Sie hauen alle in die Pfanne (1974)
55KSie hauen alle in die Pfanne: Directed by Alfonso Brescia. With Aldo Canti, Marc Hannibal, Hua Yueh, Malisa Longo. Three men with supernatural powers interfere in a tribal warfare to prevent evil Amazons destroying the inhabitants of a village.
“If you can get through its funky and funny opening credits and title sequence, presented sometimes in negative format, you are doing well…u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eProduced in collaboration with the mighty Shaw Brothers studios, you can certainly see the influence the Hong Kong giants had on Italian cinema of this time, and if there wasnu0026#39;t so much white flesh kicking about and ridiculous comedy sequences, you could definitely mistake it for a bizarre, Chang Cheh directed kung fu epic.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eNow – donu0026#39;t take my words and twist them!u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWhat I mean is the ascetic of it all – the large cast, the wild sets, crazy characters, violent training sequences and mad weapons. The opening 10 minutes alone is an army of Amazonian women beating the hell out of each other before introducing us to one of the Supermen in a whacky (but fun) teahouse-style fight reminiscent of any amount of 70u0026#39;s kung fu comedies…u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis Rarescope presentation could have done with an HD clean-up which may have made it all the more exciting. Itu0026#39;s not a terrible film by any means, featuring many mad-cap moments, some great stunt work and acrobatics, and enjoyable kung fu fights (as well as the usual 70u0026#39;s style comedic Italian slapping scuffles and daft music). Itu0026#39;s like Fantasy Mission Force meets a Bud Spencer film meets The Princess Bride, which isnu0026#39;t a bad thing in my opinion!u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eShaw Brothers star Yueh Hua seems to enjoying himself all-the-same, and I canu0026#39;t blame him. As dated as the film may seem, it is just so nutty you canu0026#39;t help but smile during most of its running time.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOverall: Plenty of laughs and comical action, Amazon Vs Supermen passes the time pleasantly, but its hardly a classic!”
