The Guillotines Page #3

Synopsis: During the Manchurian-ruled Qing Dynasty, Emperor Yong Zheng established a secret assassination squad known as the Guillotines to eliminate all who opposed him. Once heavily favored by the Emperor, the Guillotines are deemed expendable once Emperor Qian Long ascends to the throne and adopts Western ideas and technology. To consolidate his power under a new regime, the Emperor continues to use the Guillotines to persecute the conquered Han Chinese in a reign of terror and oppression.
Genre: Action, Drama
Director(s): Wai-Keung Lau
Production: Well Go USA
  5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
4.8
Metacritic:
35
Rotten Tomatoes:
25%
R
Year:
2012
112 min
Website
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There's a 100 tael bounty

on his head

I'm back

Don't move!

You know why!

But they don't need to die!

The Guillotines are a stain

His Majesty's legacy must be clean

The stains must be erased

Su also died at my hands

I must do what you won't

Understand?

Did His Majesty also say

If I don't return with you

you must kill me too?

His Majesty has hoped that you'll return

Lap C109

I said lap C109!

Didn't your master order you to kill me?

Shoot me, lap dog

Go on

Lap (109!

The Guillotines are a stain

His Majesty's legacy must be clean

The Guillotines are a stain

You are a stain

I wish you were my son

Are we still brothers?

You're one of us

Your name is Nala Leng

Wang Lei

Wang Lei

What's your name?

Wang Lei

Hold it

Don't be afraid

Tell me

What's your name?

Nala Leng

Mister

Constellations of stars

Wolf!

You can kill me after you recover

Why did you save me?

Because you had nowhere else to turn

Same as everyone else here

I was like you in the beginning

but I kept moving

found my place here

I found a refuge for all of us

Now, I'm not sure

how long we can eat and live in peace

You have nowhere to go

but you're not alone

Musen has died

I hate her

ls my father dead?

I got my brothers killed

I got your father killed

You're all I have left

No matter what happens

you must stay alive

you're all accomplices

Tell me where Wolf is hiding

I'll spare your lives

Otherwise

you'll all be dead

The one with the baby

That one on the hill

Let go of me

Move back!

Let me out

Over here

Run

Don't take my child!

That's the wishing tree

The locals hang ribbons on it

to bless the crops

It's so sweet

this is the sweetest yet

I wonder...

if I'll ever taste it again

After sweetness...

comes bitterness

It's a cycle

Why are you smiling?

A smile can conceal fear

You are my greatest fear

I dreamed that you kill me

then I met you

It's a sign from the heavens

I carry the hopes of many

I've made promises to too many

I do not fear death

But that day

when Bai-Ian was shot dead

Those guns dashed our hopes

and dreams

I could do nothing

but watch helplessly

I was so sure of myself once...

our dreams would come true one day

When the firearms squad arrives

everything here will be destroyed

How much time do we have left?

Great Father, come play with us

Commander Wan

Who should I kill next?

Don't kill my child!

StOP

"Map of Wuguan, Ming Dynasty"

This map is so intricate

No wonder you didn't share this earlier

Your servant

remembered it just now!

I too just remembered that...

Commander Wan and the Green Army soldiers

are also Han Chinese

Certain mountain paths are drawn differently

Do you really think we are born killers...

who hate Manchurians?

We just want to live like everyone else

Farm

Work

Provide for ourselves

It's our dream

If we didn't find this place

we'd still be slaves out there

And that...

is the life I promised them

Equality for all

cold and starving

A slave being bullied everyday

What would you think then?

I was brought up to serve the Emperor

ready to die for him

Your Majesty

However

he's Han Chinese

his name is Wang Lei

How ironic

for my son to carry on our golden legacy

with the help of a Han Chinese

I suppose it's fate

I am Han Chinese

I lived on the other side

and believed what they said

It is my fate to serve His Majesty

Haidu and I

will serve as his right hand men

H is Majesty said

he wants to create a golden age

A golden age

where no opposition exists

He also promised

The Guillotines

would no longer have to kill

I now see why

it is you who kill me in my dream

Great Father

Great Father

Allow me

to propose a toast to you

Drink up

We're not leaving

Evacuate the women and children

take the southern path

The rest of you gather weapons

and meet at the peak

When I was a Guillotine

I never had a choice

For the first time I can make my own decisions

I'm staying

I will escort them to safety

Musen

This is the last guillotine

Use it

for a cause you believe in

at each gateway to the village

leave none behind

Once prepared

meet at the town hall

It's there...

Get to safety

Mother, take good care of him

Leave now!

Order

Prepare the cannons!

Hurry!

Run!

Run!

Run!

Hurry!

It's the right time

the right place

and the right man

Take my head to them

I must die by the hand of a Han Chinese

to end this carnage

Go back and tell him

what you witnessed here

Tell him when Manchurians and Han Chinese

are equals

the day we've both been waiting for

will finally be here

I've waited all my life for you

Do it

Go back with me

The three of us are still brothers

Leng

Haidu

I bestow upon each of you the title

of Batulu Warrior

Thank you, Your Majesty

Your Majesty

What will the golden age look like?

I've finally understand

the mistake Wolf has made

that destined him to fail

Because as long as people have food

shefier

and peace

How dare you!

Continue

Whether it's the Herders

or other rebel groups

people only revolt when they have

nowhere else to turn

If they were living in a golden age

enjoying the peace and prosperity

they would never revolt

They're rebelling

against injustice and inequality

When everyone is equal

as people of the Great Qing

there will be no dissent against Your Majesty

That's when

the golden age truly begins

What makes you think I'll listen to you?

Because Your Majesty is a man of vision

Then tell me...

will that day come?

Your servant

will not live to see that day

The day I joined the Guillotines

at His Late Majesty's behest

and die as a Guillotine

The Guillotines was killed off

to erase a dirty past

And now...

I am the last remaining stain

I hope after Your Majesty end my life

will heed my final words today

Forgive him, Your Majesty

Leng had a momentary lapse

and spoke out of turn

Please forgive him

He lived longer than any other emperor

in the history of China

During his reign

he created harmony between Manchurians

and Han Chinese

in the official history of the Qing Dynasty

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