The Guillotines
Forced to execute.
ActionHistoryAdventureDramakung fuchinaremakehong kongwuxiaqing dynastyweapons of warchinese mythology
A dark, kinetic wuxia action film about an elite imperial assassination unit confronting moral reckoning and failure within a tyrannical regime.
In the time of the Qing Dynasty, the Emperor Yongzheng created a secret army known as the Guillotines. It was the job of the Guillotines to protect the Emperor by killing anyone who posed a threat to him or his rule. After 348 successful missions to eliminate their target, the 349th assignment proves to be their last.
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