Der Todeskuss des Dr. Fu Manchu (1968)

Der Todeskuss des Dr. Fu Manchu: Directed by Jesús Franco. With Christopher Lee, Richard Greene, Howard Marion-Crawford, Götz George. Fu Manchu inoculates ten women with poison, to kill ten world leaders.

“Having just seen the previous three Fu Manchu movies, I found myself sitting down to watch the 1968 fourth movie in the franchise, titled u0026quot;The Blood of Fu Manchuu0026quot;. And I had a fair idea of what I was in for here.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAnd true enough, writers Harry Alan Towers, Manfred R. Köhler and Jesús Franco werenu0026#39;t exactly reinventing themselves with this fourth installment. Everything was pretty much as it had been in the previous three movies, so it was starting to wear a bit thin already. And little did it help that u0026quot;The Blood of Fu Manchuu0026quot; was set to take place in the jungle of South America, so it was a far away from its usual environment, and truth be told, then Fu Manchu just felt out of place there.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe storyline in u0026quot;The Blood of Fu Manchuu0026quot; was essentially the same as in the previous three movie, so if you have seen one or more of those, then you know what you are getting with this fourth movie. It was a bit tame and weak actually, because the formula has been bled dry at this point.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe dialogue in this 1968 movie was cringeworthy, and it was actually ranking among the worst of the four movies. Some of the dialogue was just so bad that it was hard not to laugh.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eChristopher Lee returns to reprise the role of Fu Manchu. And if you have seen the movies, then you should already be accustomed to having a white actor portraying a Chinese character. Yeah, that stuff wouldnu0026#39;t pass today, with everyone itching out there to pull the racist card.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIt should be said that the props and costumes in u0026quot;The Blood of Fu Manchuu0026quot; was good, and that definitely counted for something. However, many of the characters seemed like spoofs.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAll in all, the 1968 u0026quot;The Blood of Fu Manchuu0026quot; was not an overly impressive addition to the Fu Manchu legacy. It was watchable, for sure, but hardly a memorable or outstanding movie. My rating of u0026quot;The Blood of Fu Manchuu0026quot; lands on a four out of ten stars.”