Monday, July 5, 2010

Hot Potato (1976)

Directed by Oscar Williams
My rating: BOMB
IMDb
(DVD, Warner Bros)

Jim Kelly is Jones (apparently Black Belt Jones from his previous film), a detective sent to Thailand to rescue the kidnapped daughter of a Senator. He teams up with a Thai female detective, another fighter known as Chicago and an overweight buffoon known as Rhino. The film quickly reveals its hand: it's a comedy all the way, complete with cartoon sound effects accompanying the "fighting". Rhino virtually takes over the movie, with idiotic physical humor, ridiculous fight scenes and moronic love making. It's jaw-droppingly awful and a complete waste of beautiful Thai locations.

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