Mr. Hercules Against Karate
1973 film
- Gianni Simonelli
- Antonio Margheriti[1]
- Luciano Vincenzoni
- Sergio Donati[1]
- Roberto Terracina
- Fernando Arrien
- Jolina Mitchell
- George Wang
- Chai Lee
- Sue Chang
Production
company
company
Laser Film[1]
Release date
- 1973 (1973)
Running time
Mr. Hercules Against Karate/Ming, ragazzi! is a 1973 Italian comedy Kung fu film directed by Antonio Margheriti that was filmed in Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney and Bangkok.[2] Produced by Carlo Ponti, the film features Bud Spencer and Terence Hill impersonators Alberto Terracina and Fernando Bilbao in a satire of the Kung-fu craze.[3]
Plot
The film is about Danny (Roberto Terracina) and Percy (Fernando Arrien) who are fired from an oil rig in Australia when Percy accidentally destroys it. They retreat to a Chinese restaurant where they meet the owner Wang who offers them $100,000 if they return his son Henshu who has been taken by Henshu's stepmother and her boyfriend, a kung fu master. The two agree and fly to Hong Kong.
Reception
Tom Milne (Monthly Film Bulletin) gave the film a negative review, lamenting that one or two shots such as the carnival dragon in a dark alley "remind one that Margheriti has had his moments in the past as a minor-league Bava".[1] Milne concluded that the film was "a dim carbon copy, studded with travelogue views and making heavy weather of its aimless roughhouse fights."[1]
Cast
- Alberto Terracina ... Danny / Dino (billed as Tom Scott)
- Fernando Bilbao ... Percy / Parsifal (billed as Fred Harris)
- Jolina Collins ... Ai-Lan (billed as Jolina Mitchell)
- Chai Lee ... Lee-Ping
- George Wang ... Ming
- Sue Chang ... Sue
- Luciano Pigozzi ... Chief of Police (billed as Alan Collins)
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Milne, Tom (1974). "Schiaffoni e Karate (Mr. Hercules against Karate)". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 41, no. 480. London: British Film Institute. p. 81.
- ^ Palmer, Palmer & Meyers 1995, p. 152.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-05-30. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
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References
- Palmer, Bill; Palmer, Karen; Meyers, Ric (1995). The Encyclopedia of Martial Arts Movies. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 1461672759.
External links
- Mr. Hercules Against Karate at IMDb
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Films directed by Antonio Margheriti
- Space-Men
- Battle of the Worlds
- The Golden Arrow
- The Fall of Rome
- The Virgin of Nuremberg
- Castle of Blood
- Devil of the Desert Against the Son of Hercules
- Hercules, Prisoner of Evil
- Giants of Rome
- The Long Hair of Death
- Wild, Wild Planet
- War of the Planets
- Lightning Bolt
- Bob Fleming... Mission Casablanca
- The Young, the Evil and the Savage
- Io ti amo
- Vengeance
- The Unnaturals
- And God Said to Cain
- Mr. Superinvisible
- Web of the Spider
- Treasure Island
- Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye
- Mr. Hercules Against Karate
- The Stranger and the Gunfighter
- Take a Hard Ride
- Death Rage
- Killer Fish
- The Rip-Off
- Cannibal Apocalypse
- The Last Hunter
- Car Crash
- Hunters of the Golden Cobra
- Tiger Joe
- The Ark of the Sun God
- Yor, the Hunter from the Future
- Tornado: The Last Blood
- Code Name: Wild Geese
- Jungle Raiders
- Commando Leopard
- Treasure Island in Outer Space
- Indio
- Indio 2: The Revolt
- Virtual Weapon
