When a Russian fighter pilot defects to Japan with his revolutionary aircraft—a Mig-25 AKA Foxbat—C.I.A. agent Michael Saxon (Henry Silva) is tasked with smuggling photographs of the plane out of Japan. Having taken the pictures with a camera hidden in his glass eye, Saxon places the film in a hollow cough lozenge, but runs into problems when the sweet is eaten by flamboyant Chinese chef Cheung (James Yi Lui), leading to several other ruthless parties trying to capture the cook.
Narratively speaking, Foxbat is a mess: the action jumps awkwardly from scene to scene and it is frequently unclear as to who the characters are, what they are doing and why. Director Po-Chih Leong delivers a smattering of crazy action—Saxon fighting a sumo wrestler, the agent killing his opponent with a toothbrush, a hospital shootout, and several scenes of vehicular mayhem including a chase through the streets of Hong Kong, Saxon commandeering a bus to pursue his quarry—but it's not nearly enough to compensate for the thoroughly confusing plot.
3.5 out of 10, generously rounded up to 4 for the torture of Cheung with a feather, a full body burn stunt followed by a massive explosion, and Vonetta McGee (as streetwise babe Toni Hill, also trying to get her hands on the film) doing a high dive onto a sidewalk.
N.B. Bond director Terence Young acted as script consultant, and somehow ended up with a co-director credit.
Narratively speaking, Foxbat is a mess: the action jumps awkwardly from scene to scene and it is frequently unclear as to who the characters are, what they are doing and why. Director Po-Chih Leong delivers a smattering of crazy action—Saxon fighting a sumo wrestler, the agent killing his opponent with a toothbrush, a hospital shootout, and several scenes of vehicular mayhem including a chase through the streets of Hong Kong, Saxon commandeering a bus to pursue his quarry—but it's not nearly enough to compensate for the thoroughly confusing plot.
3.5 out of 10, generously rounded up to 4 for the torture of Cheung with a feather, a full body burn stunt followed by a massive explosion, and Vonetta McGee (as streetwise babe Toni Hill, also trying to get her hands on the film) doing a high dive onto a sidewalk.
N.B. Bond director Terence Young acted as script consultant, and somehow ended up with a co-director credit.