Part one: Start
Part two:  Nazi Correlations?


Nazi Sig-Heil, or Chi-harnessing?

 

     Now, I need to address an interesting aspect of this movie.  A Nazi correlation to the Master of the Flying Guillotine.  Now, yes, he is Chinese, and the Swastika is an ancient Middle Eastern/Indian symbol, but the Master wears his with pride as he slices off the heads of one-armed fighters.  But his ruthless hunt of one-armed boxers rivals the evilness of the Hitler's lover-boys.

Comparisons:  They both have crazy mustaches, target specific groups to kill (Hitler : Jews; Master : One-armed men), and love the swastika.

Differences:  Hitler was a European mutt, Master is Chinese and blind.  Hitler hated all ethnic groups save Germanic peoples, Master just hates one-armed fighters and Ming supporters.  Hitler enjoyed sodomizing his underage niece, then getting kicked in his one testicle by Eva, Master just liked to pop people's heads off with his flying tampon/circumciser of doom.

     I bet that Hitler would have creamed his pants if he could have gotten a hold of a few flying guillotines for his storm troopers.

     Yeah, I probably am just pulling too much out of a simple swastika, but when comedy lands in your lap, you have to accept it.

Finally, the pointless Japanese master. 
     They had to include a Japanese fighter with a large rice-patty hat.  He's actually pretty cool looking, but the one-armed boxer kills him with one of his powerful chi-harnessed punches.  That's all I really have to say about that.


Huh?  I am Japanese, I have a hat, and I am a master.  WITH A HAT!
No Flying Guillotine gonna fit around that fucker.

 


Big Trouble in Little China brings the hat to a new level of cool.


     Well, I say we need more movies like this one.  Cripple combat is some of the best fighting around.  Anyone that has seen Cruel Masters (armless and legless fighters defeat a cruel master with an iron back) will attend to this.  A one-armed man against an old blind guy is just the type of fucked up gimp fighting I need to get my day going.   This is a bit of a rare find, but it recently has been restored from the original negative on DVD, though I hear the disc sucks.  Rent this, or try to buy a good copy.  If you want a good laugh, get the dub, if you want a more serious feel, go fuck yourself.

-Ace Kendo