Asesinos del Karate, Los |
Mexico • 1965 • 85m •
   • Directed by: Alfredo B. Crevenna. • Starring: Wolf Ruvinskis, Ariadna Welter, Chucho Salinas, Rodolfo Landa, Carlos López Moctezuma, Germán Robles, Fernando Luján, Imelda Miller, The Gay Crooners, Miguel Arenas, Mario Cid, Federico Falcón, Juan Garza. • Music by: Antonio Díaz Conde.   Superhero wrestler Neutron battles a gang of robotic assassins who use their hands and feet as deadly weapons.
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Review:
Prolific director Alfredo B. Crevenna returns to helm a tale that cashes in on the then-booming craze of the 1960s, karate. An arresting opening sequence sees these karate assassins utilising their skills around the globe, wreaking havoc in both Paris and London. Before long the Mexican cops are on the case and Neutron gets called in to help out. There are a lot of mild comic antics which take place in the local gym but there's also a lot of talk and padded song and dance routines (from a group called the 'Gay Crooners').
Series stalwart Wolf Ruvinskis does turn up for a few fight scenes but they do feel rather brief unlike the extended bouts we saw before. It's only at the action packed climax that things really pick up. Other than that my favourite scene is where one of the assassins is captured by the cops and chooses suicide over spilling the beans. Prolific Mexican character actors German Robles and Carlos Lopez Moctezuma play in support, but this is still a lifeless effort with too much detection and too little wrestling.
Review by Leofwine_draca from the Internet Movie Database.
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