Chinese villagers hire a mercenary and his team of karate experts to help rid them of a gangster and his henchman who are threatening their island.
Acting
Palance and Lamas trying to out-scowl each other.
Production
Hong Kong location work wasted on this nonsense.
Director
Michael D. Moore
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Michael D. Moore was primarily a second-unit director on epics like Ben-Hur—this was his rare main directing gig and, uh, it shows.
Part of a 1960s wave of American films awkwardly grafting Western stars onto Asian action premises—basically the grandfather of Ghost in the Shell (2017).
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