4 /10 1 Votes4
Initial release 14 September 1973 (Italy) Music director Carlo Savina | 4.1/10 IMDb Cinematography Luciano Trasatti | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Screenplay by Gianni SimonelliAntonio Margheriti Starring Roberto TerracinaFernando ArrienJolina MitchellGeorge WangChai LeeSue Chang Story by Luciano Vincenzoni, Sergio Donati Cast Fernando Bilbao, Luciano Pigozzi, Alberto Terracina, Jolina Mitchell‑Collins, Chai Lee Similar The Chinese Stuntman, Drunken Master II, The Way of the Dragon, Shaolin vs Lama, Executioners from Shaolin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
mr hercules against karate trailer 1973
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. Produced by Carlo Ponti, the film features Bud Spencer and Terence Hill impersonators Roberto Terracina and Fernando Arrien in a satire of the Kung-fu craze.
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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". Milne concluded that the film was "a dim carbon copy, studded with travelogue views and making heavy weather of its aimless roughhouse fights."