fwdixon Review of The Vengeance of Fu Manchu

The Vengeance of Fu Manchu (1967)

This is where the Fu Manchu franchise begins to go downhill.

[5/10 · 17 April 2014]

Fu kidnaps a plastic surgeon and forces him (by torturing his daughter) to create a double of Nayland Smith from one of his (Asian) henchman. I guess nobody would notice the yellow tint to Smith's skin in London. Meanwhile, the real Smith is kidnapped and brought to Fu's palace in China. Now in London, the deutero-Smith strangles Smith's live-in maid, Jasmine, and is sentenced to hang. In between all this is a subplot involving a plot to kidnap all the leaders of the world's major policing departments and create doubles of them who, of course, will murder someone and be sentenced to die. All this nonsense goes on for several reels until the real Smith and the other captives in Fu's palace break free, escape and blow up the palace to boot. My "B" Movie Meter: 4.5* out of 10