The Mad Executioners is a solid but flawed film.
The plot's terrific and the ending's pretty neat, problem is that you're not invested in the characters enough. Which is also part of why the ending works. That and it makes his decision to let his girlfriend be bait a bit more understandable, but still stupid. Ann getting in the car with them following on foot, really stupid. John walking right up to the doctor with his gun pointed at him and the doctor with a knife, incredibly stupid. She tries to buy time, but just goes along with everything. Obviously don't drink the tea, say you don't drink tea and don't go down into the lab, come on to him or something. The hooded executioner scenes don't work that well because they're grabbing unknowns and the hangings aren't shown. It gets better as it goes though.
The plot's terrific and the ending's pretty neat, problem is that you're not invested in the characters enough. Which is also part of why the ending works. That and it makes his decision to let his girlfriend be bait a bit more understandable, but still stupid. Ann getting in the car with them following on foot, really stupid. John walking right up to the doctor with his gun pointed at him and the doctor with a knife, incredibly stupid. She tries to buy time, but just goes along with everything. Obviously don't drink the tea, say you don't drink tea and don't go down into the lab, come on to him or something. The hooded executioner scenes don't work that well because they're grabbing unknowns and the hangings aren't shown. It gets better as it goes though.