Il gigante dell'Himalaya

I learned a lot of things from "Mighty Peking Man":

• The Himalayas are tropical

• Leopards really enjoy it if you put them on your shoulders and spin them around

• A woman raised in the jungle can function perfectly well in society while still wearing a chamois bikini and barely speaking any sort of language

• After you've captured a one-of-a-kind animal completely unknown to science, the best way to profit from him is to stage a monster truck rally

"Mighty Peking Man" is a weird mutant hybrid of "King Kong" and all those 1950s giant bug movies, where whole blocks of downtown Hong Kong (or wherever they are) are made of very fragile models and toy vehicles. There is no way on Earth you can approach a movie like this seriously, to try to use the same standards of criticism and taste that apply to normal movies. There's a certain majesty here, an aura of utter ineptitude that transcends mere bad filmmaking and becomes art.

You gotta admire the can-do spirit of everyone involved in this movie -- I just know they were convinced they were making a classic. They probably wanted to surpass "King Kong" in grandeur and drama; instead they surpassed "Plan 9 From Outer Space" in camp and sheer manic idiocy. "Mighty Peking Man" sets a new standard in bad movies -- utterly inept and laughable, and yet highly entertaining.

Mighty Peking man(aka:Goliathon)is a clever film from hong Kong and India about a search for the missing link,called the mighty Peking man, which looks like a 60 ft tall yeti.an adventurer;johnny(Danny lee)finds it along with a sexy blonde bikinied jungle woman(evelyne kraft)who was raised by the giant Peking man.this movie is a personal favorite of Quentin Tarantino and i kind of enjoy it,even if it does have some flaws.its a beauty and beast tale.in the USA it was released as goliathon in 1979.i remember seeing the trailers at the plaza theater in Paterson new jersey.where i saw endless Godzilla,kung fu and b movies.evelyne kraft was stunning,sexy and wild.a must see.5 out of 10.

"The Mighty Peking Man" has dashes of originality, laughable special effects, and a busty babe without much clothing, but it isn't inspired and is pretty lifeless. It probably would have made a good MST3K episode, but it's really dull in its regular format. You must admit that it's better than many "Godzilla" pictures, though. (*/****)

Man, these B gems are fun to watch. Shaw Bros Studios definitely pay homage to the King....Kong that is. Beware the Mighty Gorilla suit!

This movie teaches you so much! When heartbroken, sign up for a dangerous, life threatening expedition which probably means getting only a one way plane ticket. Danny Lee is good as the hero and for donning those crazy big lapels. Other times, he looks like he had a fun time with Evelyne Kraft since he's always got his hands all over her! There's also a weird triangle going on...don't mess with a gorilla's woman. The big guy likes to watch. Kraft as Ah Wei is pure eye candy and she works well with Lee (I had to laugh at the sappy love chase scenes in the deep jungle...of INDIA??? I thought we were in Peking!). Also, Shaws pulled out all the budget stops with model villages and miniscule downtown Hong Kong. It just gets the film more points in the shlock category. Laughter ensues during the stampede guns firing at the rear projection screen. One villager really gets a "leg" up during the goofy tiger scene. 15 minutes into this one and you get a feeling who the sleazeball is going to be. Was it just me or was there a lot of sexual innuendo with Ms Tarzan and the tree/light pole straddling?

There's also reckless carnage, a crazy hellbent army commander, millions of dollars in property damage...well, maybe $100 worth of model kits. Watch for that big hairy hand and the kooky Tonka dump trucks. You know, despite the fact that there's a 6 story massive gorilla in the city, the people of Hong Kong took it very well.

Great kampy fun here, Shaw style!

Re-marketed by Quentin Tarantino's Rolling Thunder Pictures,Might Peking Man could be considered Hong KOng's answer to such iconic creature features as King Kong and Mighty Joe Young. As such,this is a slightly more adult(the love scenes in this movie are somewhat less chaste and hopeful than any seen in the other two movies mentioned)and far more obscure.A B-Movie legend that was all but lost to the archive rooms of the Chinese Film Ministry,This is the kind of title that may easily float by your awareness if you're not looking for it. I say,if you like silly,high camp movies,you can't miss this.

Very similar to Kong, a group of city boys(led by DAnny Lee)looking for adventure and money for big game,travel to a remote PAcific island in search of the eponymous legend. Soon enough,the hunting party is winnowed down to Lee's JOhnnie Feng,who runs across the giant Ape man(who actually kind of saves him)and his lovely,blonde,blue-eyed lady friend(Evelyn Kraft)and Feng falls in love with the lady and comes to see the beauty and sanctity of this hunting ground he'd been so readily trying to exploit.

PLenty of quick cuts of bad stunts and action fakes(one scene,where a group of the party falls off a cliff,presumably to their deaths in the rocky crag below,it's plainly evident that piles of something or other is used to be thrown of the edge,used to look like bodies)and sort of a Disco-esquire music treatment make this MST-like laughable,but there's something almost reassuring about that. It's clearly an action movie,with little need for concern over authentic action sequences or technical accuracy,and in their haste to create something fast and interesting,they've made something that's fun. A staple of any film festival or movie party where people enjoy campy 70s entertainment.