Mr. Hercules Against Karate

Mr. Hercules Against Karate
Directed by	Antonio Margheriti
Screenplay by	Gianni Simonelli Antonio Margheriti [1]
Story by	Luciano Vincenzoni Sergio Donati [1]
Produced by	Carlo Ponti
Starring	Roberto Terracina Fernando Arrien Jolina Mitchell George Wang Chai Lee Sue Chang
Cinematography	Luciano Trasatti [1]
Edited by	Mario Morra [1]
Music by	Carlo Savina
Production company	Laser Film [1]
Distributed by	United Artists Europa
Release date	1973 (1973)
Running time	104 minutes [1]
Country	Italy [1]

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

1. Milne, Tom (1974). "Schiaffoni e Karate (Mr. Hercules against Karate)". Monthly Film Bulletin . Vol. 41, no. 480. London: British Film Institute. p. 81.
2. Palmer, Palmer & Meyers 1995, p. 152.
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-05-30. Retrieved 2016-04-29.

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