Mr. Hercules Against Karate

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

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

^ ^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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

References[edit]

Palmer, Bill; Palmer, Karen; Meyers, Ric (1995). The Encyclopedia of Martial Arts Movies. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 1461672759.

External links[edit]

Mr. Hercules Against Karate at IMDb

[mfb-review-1] ^ ^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.

[FOOTNOTEPalmerPalmerMeyers1995152-2] Palmer, Palmer & Meyers 1995, p. 152.

[3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-05-30. Retrieved 2016-04-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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