Der Koloß von Konga (1977)
60KDer Koloß von Konga: Directed by Meng-Hua Ho. With Evelyne Kraft, Danny Lee, Feng Ku, Wei-Tu Lin. King Kong goes Hong Kong as a giant Himalayan beast tries to save a sexy Russia Tarzanette from a sleazy show-biz promoter. The action, locations set in India, and interracial romance made Variety reach this verdict: “High camp, Chinese style.”
“I learned a lot of things from u0026quot;Mighty Peking Manu0026quot;:u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu003culu003eu003cliu003eThe Himalayas are tropicalu003c/liu003eu003c/ulu003eu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu003culu003eu003cliu003eLeopards really enjoy it if you put them on your shoulders and spin them aroundu003c/liu003eu003c/ulu003eu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu003culu003eu003cliu003eA woman raised in the jungle can function perfectly well in society while still wearing a chamois bikini and barely speaking any sort of languageu003c/liu003eu003c/ulu003eu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu003culu003eu003cliu003eAfter youu0026#39;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 rallyu003c/liu003eu003c/ulu003eu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu0026quot;Mighty Peking Manu0026quot; is a weird mutant hybrid of u0026quot;King Kongu0026quot; 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. Thereu0026#39;s a certain majesty here, an aura of utter ineptitude that transcends mere bad filmmaking and becomes art.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eYou 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 u0026quot;King Kongu0026quot; in grandeur and drama; instead they surpassed u0026quot;Plan 9 From Outer Spaceu0026quot; in camp and sheer manic idiocy. u0026quot;Mighty Peking Manu0026quot; sets a new standard in bad movies — utterly inept and laughable, and yet highly entertaining.”
