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Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

Well I got conned. Conned into buying this movie based on all of the 'wonderful' reviews. They don't get much worse than this movie in terms of martial art fare. I can deal with bad acting. I can deal with silly plots. I can deal with disjointed story lines and fanciful and unbelievable twists and outcomes. After all this is martial arts right? And this is to be expected from most films of this genre. What I can't deal with is poor fight scenes and a disengaging, unentertaining story. And this film has plenty of the former and is all of the latter. Bored to tears, I'm writing this review while the end sequence between the hero and villain takes place. Don't believe the hype - save your time and money. There are much better martial arts films, many star rated below this trash, that are well worth a watch; Hand of Death, Shaolin Deadly Kicks and Shaolin Invincible Sticks to name a few. If you take your martial arts films seriously, and doubt this short review, give this one a watch and see if you agree. Fanboys walk on home.

I have just bought this movie and may i say that it is absolutely amazing, I've seen it late on TV before and missed most of the movie at that time and have read a lot of the hype about this title being one of the best Kung fu flicks of all time.I only just found the restored edition to buy and was blown away by the film, the camera work/shots were awesome and the kung fu was possibly the best I've seen come out of films from that era.I cannot say enough about the film, i am so happy to own it and will now put it along side my other kung fu classics It is a shame that this film has only just been found again and that more people have not seen it.I have rated it 10 /10

I'm only familiar with vintage Kung-Fu cinema via the Bruce Lee films of the early 70s which I watched as a child on Italian TV. There has been no shortage of contenders trying to take Lee's mantle since his untimely death and Jimmy Wang Yu, writer-director-star of this film, was one of them.It's a fairly enjoyable tongue-in-cheek ride providing any number of seemingly impossible stunts, outrageous weaponry and cheesy special effects. However, at some point, the script kind of runs out of ideas as the mid-section of the film is simply one long tournament sequence (with about 10 back-to-back combats!) - though a couple of violent confrontations later on (including the climactic bout) are given a more elaborate setting. Apparently, a whole batch of films were made featuring Yu's "One-Armed Boxer" character here; after watching this one, though, I can't say that I have any pressing desire to seek out the rest anytime soon...

I had heard good things about this movie, but words can't really do it justice. This is pure, raw, un-cut 'porn fu', people; it is completely uncompromising and internally consistent in its world-view and aesthetics. It's old school kung fu film making, pure and simple, with absolutely no concession to mainstream expectations or conventions, and you have to admire its director and producers for their dedication to their vision.I think the most incisive thing you can say about MOFG is that once you've seen it, you will always remember it, no matter how many kung fu or sword play movies you've seen before or see after-wards. Although it incorporates almost all the standard motifs and story ideas from traditional Hong Kong films, the filmmakers made dozens of choices, both major and minor, that implement these old-time plot devices and visual clichés with a vehemence like few films you've ever seen. From the sheer viciousness and cruelty of the featured weapon ( the Flying Guillotine, which yanks off heads at the neck), to the implacable ruthlessness and seeming unstoppability of the Master (who is a genuinely unsettling and scary guy) to the carefree brutality of the tournament duels, to the ear-splitting Foley and sound effects to the offbeat and ruthless strategies and tactics of the one-armed boxer to kill the killers who are after him...man, you will be talking about this movie to anyone who will listen for years after you see it.Any fan of Hong Kong film making ought to see this film at least once.