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When their boat hits Hong Kong harbor, two sailors go on shoreleave. One of them is on a courier mission for some far east heavies and goes missing. The other befriends some natives and goes on a kung fu- quest to uncover the secrets behind his friends disappearance.

This one is a fairly entertaining turkey containing lots of bad kung fu, bad acting and bad screenwriting. What makes it entertaining is its particularly disarming innocent silliness. One example: the lead character is a Dutchman named Dutch... Reasonably fast paced and coherent storywise.

Highly recommended for fans of second rate (or lower) kung fu.

Released on video in Finland in the eighties.

A typically unimpressive euro- war film of the seventies.

American major trains a group of elite soldiers for a dangerous covert commando mission behind the lines. Unfortunately, as they're dressed in German uniforms, all but the major are killed in their sleep by another allied platoon lost behind enemy lines. The major has no alternative but to continue the mission with his new platoon.

Familiar face Guy Madison stars in this very very average example of European war cinema. Everything is done with a very tight budget, hence no major effects and lots of cardboardy studio interiors. And as far as themes and message are considered, it's safe to say, that Hellcommandos if far from groundbreaking. Some unintentional comedy can be found, though.

Released on video in Finland in the early eighties.

Entertaining Italian 60's Zorro- rip off.

Errol's son Sean Flynn stars in this delightful piece of fast paced fluff. The lively son of a Basque aristocrat lady discovers that he has a father living in Mexico. The father has requested the help of his son with some trouble at hand. Reluctantly the son sails across the Atlantic only to find his father murdered by the evil local administration. Revenge follows.

It's most interesting to watch "Errol Jr." trying to imitate his father's nonchalant style of acting. Even more worrying is that he actually pulls it off a few times. Rest of the time it's just plain painful. But in a good way. All in the references to Zorro are few. In fact: two. At some point the son wears a mask that barely resembles any mask worn by the other Zorros. Later on the famous Z- mark has mysteriously appeared on some wall. That's it.

All in all this one is a fairly basic swordplay- movie which manages to rise above mediocrity mainly because of fast pace and burlesque characters.

Released on video in Finland in the early eighties.