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Mar 01, 2014 the mighty peking man is a 1977 film produced in hong kong by shaw brothers studio to capitalize on the craze surrounding the 1976 remake of king kong. A thoroughly loony movie, the mighty peking man is nowhere near being good in any cinematic category at all. With evelyne kraft, danny lee, feng ku, wei tu lin. Our group has watched a lot of bad movies together but very few have given us as much joy as mighty peking man. World northal 1980 usa theatrical dubbed creswin distribution 1982 canada theatrical dubbed directed by ho meng hua written by kuang ni. Mighty peking man 1977 in case you didnt know it, an earthquake back in the sixties unearthed a giant frozen simian in the himalayas. May 26, 2016 the movie opens with a group of hong kong businessmen discussing the capturing of the mythical peking man, who is believed to inhabit the himalayan mountains, and television promoter lu tiem tells us, in flashback form, of how the mighty peking man appeared out of an explosive earthquake, devastating a nearby village despite the natives trying to defend themselves with catapults. Mighty peking man scifi 1977 rare exyu movie insert for auction is mega rare 1977 original vintage movie insert from exyugoslavia, xing xing wang the mighty peking man mocni pekinski covek directed by meng hua ho. Said catastrophe has released the enormous title creature some poor shlub in a hairy suit to crush some villagers. The giant ape man costume is as hokey as youd expect, and the films villains are liars, cruel and stupid. Maybe i wonder if the director was serious about this movie or he actually intended to make funniest comedy of the decade. Kraft played her last role in the 1980 sovietfrenchswiss coproduction film teheran 43 as jill the false secretary, before retiring from acting. Deutsch francais norsk bokmal simple english edit links.
This cheap hong kong king kong ripoff is totally out of. The mighty peking man suit is of poor quality its mouth gapes wide open, allowing us to see the suit actors mouth in a few shots. Mighty peking man himself is bizarre looking, in several scenes you can see the actors eyes underneath the unreal monkey mask. Watch mighty peking man part 01 chris elchesyn on dailymotion. Mighty peking man, made in 1977, is being rereleased by quentin tarantinos rolling thunder pictures, and we can only imagine young qt behind the counter of that legendary video store of his youth, watching this on the. A team, led by johnnie fang danny lee is assembled to find the towering apemonster. Cut to a city in india and the awesome site of mighty peking man towering over the buildings while hundreds of screaming extras run for cover. Word of a monster ape ten stories tall living in the.
Playing a heartbroken explorer, danny lee the killer leads an exhibition to recover the legendary mighty peking man. I keep thinking ive seen mighty peking man before, maybe on cable, or during the lost days of wabcs 4. Mighty peking man was another attempt to replicate the success of king kong, a movie often copied and never surpassed. But rather than make just a boring imitation by relying entirely on its kong association, the mighty peking man basically says aww screw it and goes to the absolute extreme in every manner possible. The beast, seven stories high and hailing from the himalayas, makes his way to the jungles of india in the wake of a violent earthquake. An energetic, shameless attempt to cash in on the 1976 remake of king kong, mighty peking man varies that movies formula only by having the giant ape or in this case, apelike protohuman come from india instead of skull island. Mighty peking man is a highly entertaining subgenre film from the shaw brothers.
She starred in two hong kong shaw brothers films deadly angels and the mighty peking man. The mighty peking man 1977 nude scenes download chinese man fast and for free. But the new kong film tanked, and mighty peking man, obviously tainted by the failure of its american counterpart, soon died of neglect. While i can clearly remember going to the theater with my dad to see the king kong remake in 1976 the film this movie is so obviously trying to copy i have no memory whatsoever of the mighty peking mans american release a few years later march of 1980, even under the title goliathon. Our goliathon of a story follows a group of exploiteers who have heard about a legendary creature living in the himalayas called the mighty peking man. Yeah, the mighty peking man is an obvious ripoff of king kong 1933 and mighty joe young 1949, one that lacks even the most basic shred of likeability of those two films. Latest bluray the mighty peking man 1980 mp4 3gp full hd the mighty peking man filmypur mkv worldfree4u rdxhd filmawale the mighty peking man world4free okjatt okpunjab downloadhub 9xmovies mkv 480p. King kong goes hong kong as a giant himalayan beast tries to save a sexy. The mighty peking man is cheap and sometimes downright insane, but it will please schlock enthusiasts because it is never dull.
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May 31, 2015 the mighty peking man was made with a budget of around 6 million hkd. Word of a monster ape ten stories tall living in the himalayas reaches fortune hunters in hong kong. Goliathon 1977 opens w the utter destruction of a toy village by an earthquake. Mighty peking man may be a muddled mess, but who cares when you got a giant monkey running around with a hot swiss model.
It was released to hong kong theaters on august 11, 1977 and american theaters in march 1980. Dec 12, 2012 watch mighty peking man part 01 chris elchesyn on dailymotion. Meng hua ho, evelyn kraft, lu tien, danny lee, kuang ni, vee king shaw, chua lam. Anyway, i really love this movie and if you are reading this and you havent watch mighty peking man, run to the nearest video shop and grab it. The mighty peking man 1977 yify download movie torrent. So mighty peking man finds himself in chains on the deck of a freighter, headed for hong kong. The action, locations set in india, and interracial romance made variety reach this verdict.
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