The Guillotines
Well Go | Release Date: June 14, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
35
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
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2
Negative:
4
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
New York PostV.A. MusettoJun 13, 2013
It’s doubtful that Scorsese will redo this new Lau thriller, which is OK because the Chinese original is all fans need. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyJun 12, 2013
The Guillotines expends most of its energy in its first 30 minutes, leaving the audience with roughly 90 minutes of soapy Qing Dynasty fan fiction. Read full review
40
The New York TimesManohla DargisJun 13, 2013
The incrementally served up pieces never satisfactorily cohere. The blades fly as do the heads, but the movie remains disappointingly aground. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineRob HumanickJun 13, 2013
Despite the multitude of cinematic tricks the prolific Andrew Lau has up his sleeve, the film is a disappointingly rote entry in the wuxia pantheon. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleJun 12, 2013
An action fan could be forgiven for the medicinal taste that this slick but dissipating exercise leaves behind. Read full review
30
Village VoiceNick SchagerJun 11, 2013
A corny saga of social and generational conflict, it's ultimately yet another Chinese period epic that functions as a thinly veiled treatise on the nobility of socialist equality. Read full review
20
Time OutJoshua RothkopfJun 11, 2013
All the solemnity is deadly: Not one of these superhuman gang members registers in memory, and you feel stiffed on gory giggles. Talk about having your chain yanked. Read full review
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