NekoHomey Purely Joyful Movie!

ClassyWas Excellent, smart action film.

HottWwjdIam There is just so much movie here. For some it may be too much. But in the same secretly sarcastic way most telemarketers say the phrase, the title of this one is particularly apt.

Numerootno A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

MisterWhiplash Holy Kong-Knockoff Power! This is bad! But it's also glorious! (and yeah I felt the need for more ape madness after Kong: Skull Island, but that's neither here nor there).So let's address something right out the gate: Evelyne Kraft is a (conventionally) attractive blonde 'hottie' woman... and she and her character are treated to one of those most over the top depictions of sexism I've seen for a movie like this. It's almost to the point that I wondered early on after the movie introduces "Samantha" (yes, it's her name, but I'm using quotes anyway), in her outfit that is so skimpy that it seems to be teasing what is acceptable as a "family" movie if the director was doing a parody of skimpy girl-in-almost-nothing clothing movies. Seriously, if you have a problem with your kid seeing even the tiniest bit of breast, let alone nipple, in your ultra-cheese monster movie knock-offs from the 70's, you've been warned.And yet I'm not sure if it is a parody though, because there is a stretch of film here - oh I'd say about ten minutes, give or take another ten - where the movie practically stops so that our main guy Johnnie Fang (Danny Lee, a Bruce Lee surrogate of sorts, ideal for a Kongsploitation) from literally frolicking, at 60 frames per second, with Samantha along with her 'pets' being the tigers and leopards and elephants. It's almost as if the filmmakers somehow saw the early rushes of the movie ROAR and thought they could do one better - or simply less awkward and more silly - by having it that this woman Samantha, who was a little girl when her parents died in a plane crash (she doesn't scream or yell at all about this as a little girl by the way, she's totally placid) and then 'Mighty Peking' (that's not his real name, don't ask me what it was now) raised her as if she was his own... which included specially made clothing to just barely cover her lady parts.In other words, this director I think means all of this sincerely, and if there is a tongue in cheek it's so firmly planted it's wagging out the side of his mouth (and as realistically as one of the toy cars or tanks that make the toys in the Godzilla movies look like ILM creations). But this isn't a downside; on the contrary, The Mighty Peking Man is a fantastic monster movie when you take it on its ridiculously stupid terms. It's no wonder that Tarantino was involved in its re-release - though I recall, from owning the VHS years back of the Rolling Thunder release, that he didn't do an intro to this like the other films, for shame Quentin! - as it certainly appeals to what he (as well as I) want in a ridiculous Asian monster movie that sometimes is in India and sometimes is in Hong Kong.There's an affection I can't shake off for this kind of movie-making, for all of its dopeyness and all of the bad dubbing and all of the nonsense from the villain of the film (who sometimes wears some amazingly sparkly t-shirts as he plots his 'we must get to Hong Kong or else' and 'we must fill up the stadium' and 'oh, I must rape you now' moments... yeah, that happens) and how completely wild the climax of the movie gets, which seems to last for about 20 minutes. This is cinema that involves mattes and rear-screen projection and those shots where it's clearly processed to where you can see the black lines separating parts of the screen from the foreground and the background, and you can see the man inside the ape suit's skin around his eyes. And with all of this, there's some work and skill put into this cheese... at points.Sure, there are times, especially early on, shots don't cut well together, and the animal actors look probably doped up to the gills. And through it all, every actor plays it completely straight, and so every irresistibly nutty beat is sold all the more. On top of all of this, the ending gets surprisingly dramatic and tragic, as if Meng Hua-Ho has to top how sad and tragic it got at the end of King Kong (or the 76 King Kong too, can't forget that, which I could bet this is as much a rip-off of, probably more, since that was a fresh blockbuster at the time). Like, the poster that you see for this movie, it's one of those times that's NOT a reaction, there really IS a leopard or cheetah or whichever that the lady of the movie just has around her shoulders and back like it's a pet, and there's nothing at all seen unusual about this by Mr. Johnnie.(oh, and there's also a teary subplot involving Johnnie being cheated on by his long time girlfriend and then he goes away and comes back with the blonde white lady and then his ex is jealous and sad and oh neverf****ingmind).

poe426 Of course there are movies so bad they're fun to watch; this just ain't one of 'em- by any stretch of the imagination. Coming or going. While I did like the costume the title character sported (not that far removed from Rick Baker's duds in SCHLOCK), that's about IT as far as admiration goes. Looking over the posted comments here regarding this one, I can't help but feel that Television has wrecked havoc with the taste buds of most viewers- because MIGHTY PEKING MAN, more than anything else, reminds me of an episode of a really bad television show (take your pick, from day first to this- and they're still being cranked out with mind-numbing regularity); nothing more, nothing less. If you can honestly walk away from something like this having been in any way "entertained," consider watching paint dry.

Mark Honhorst This movie, while definitely not credible film making by any means(or worth ten stars), is good ol' fashioned, camp entertainment. You have a giant ape, a blonde babe whose nipple pokes out for almost the entire movie, gore, death, and destruction. What's not to like? That said, this is just an adventure movie, and it delivers what it promises: Action, romance, and a giant ape. And it's hilarious to boot! While it probably tries to be serious(well,maybe not) it just comes off as silly. And, this being a big budget Chinese release, the picture looks great while the movie is totally goofy. This is one of those movies that's better to find in the dubbed, Amercanized version. It just makes it sound even sillier. Definitely worth a look for all fans of silly cult cinema. Especially silly cult cinema.

lastliberal One of the "sweded" films in Be Kind Rewind, this starts out as a ripoff of King Kong, then switches to a Tarzan movie as Johnny (Danny Lee) discovers Samantha (Evelyne Kraft), an absolutely gorgeous babe that was raised by The Peking Man after her parents died in a plane crash.Just like Tarzan, she talks to the animals, all except for a snake that bit her on the thigh, necessitating Johnny sucking the venom out very close to the jungle treasure. Of course, Peking Man arrives with special leaves that Johnny crushes up and applies to the wound. Miraculous! We go back to King Kong and Tarzan in Hong Kong, as they transport the Peking Man to the city. You can imagine the carnage as The Peking Man becomes Godzilla-like after he sees Samantha being raped (not really, it's PG-13).Only Quentin Tarantino can bring us this much fun.