Word of a monster ape ten stories tall living in the himalayas reaches fortune hunters in hong kong. This greatly displeases mighty peking man, not to mention samantha this is the second time the nipple adhesive fails. 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. A very young danny lee yep, the same guy from the killer ventures into the jungle to track down a big ass ape. They travel to india to capture it, but wild animals and quicksand dissuade all but johnny, an adventurer with a broken heart. Titans of 60s and 70s hong kong cinema, the shaw brothers are bestknown for their many martialarts films, but mighty peking man is an exception, if in content more than quality. The mighty peking man, with its absurd dubbing and man in a suit monster is very similar to the japanese toho films actually, this is better than any toho giant monster pic produced in the 70s. The magnificent miniatures of the mighty peking man 1977 duration. The mighty peking man was made with a budget of around 6 million hkd. This campy hong kong version of king kong played at the 1999 sundance film festival in the midnight madness sections, as well as the toronto film. The mighty peking man 1980 hindi dubbed filmyzilla.
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. However, it was with the mighty peking man in 1977 that the shaw brothers studio cast their own attempt at a m. The film was originally released in the us in 1980 as goliathon. Xing xing wang the mighty peking man colossus of congo. The mighty peking man 1977 yify download movie torrent. Mighty peking man is an over the top retelling of the great ape story in classic hong kong action style. 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. A thoroughly loony movie, the mighty peking man is nowhere near being good in any cinematic category at all. The ape looks good in som e scenes, ridiculous in others, and in some facial closeups, a mechanical head is mysteriously substituted.
The film was originally released in the united states with the english dub in 1980 as goliathon. Goliathon 1977 movie simple english wikipedia, the. Free download 720p hollywood movies download, movie torrent. After reintroducing the world to italian horror schlockster lucio fulci via the beyond, rolling thunder followed with the newtovideo mighty. Mighty peking man is a weird mutant hybrid of king kong and all those 1950s giant bug movies, where whole blocks of downtown hong kong or wherever they are are made of very fragile models and toy vehicles. Mighty peking man 1977 was the shaws cover version of king kong and the japanese tohotoei kaiju movies with a dash of tarzan done in their own incredibly entertaining way. It was not until just a few years ago, when discovering the abundance of bmovie websites on the internet, that i first heard of this film. The beauty is russia starlet evelyne kraft, a sexy blonde tarzanette who is the mighty peking mans best. 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. Wringing every last drop of pathos out of his tragic death scene he lifts his battered, tearsoaked rubber head off the ground, glass eyes staring up into the night sky, reaches out, as if for some far off salvation, then finally collapses back to the ground dead. With evelyne kraft, danny lee, feng ku, wei tu lin. Cut back to mighty peking man who, oh my god, is still moving. Said catastrophe has released the enormous title creature some poor shlub in a hairy suit to crush some villagers.
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. So mighty peking man finds himself in chains on the deck of a freighter, headed for hong kong. The mighty peking man is a 1977 monster film produced by shaw brothers studio to capitalize on the craze surrounding the 1976 remake of king kong. However, it still piles on the entertainment value thanks to its howlingly awful dubbing and wacko plot tangents, such as a kitschy romantic montage complete with pop music that should leave the most stonefaced viewer howling for mercy. This cheap hong kong king kong ripoff is totally out of. The beauty is russia starlet evelyne kraft, a sexy blonde tarzanette who is the mighty peking man s best friend. The peking man changes size a bit, depending on the sets. Evelyne kraft, danny lee, feng ku, wei tu lin, norman chu. Though its efforts seem to have collapsed and its leader seems to have disappeared, quentin tarantinos rolling thunder imprint spent a couple of years in the late 90s valiantly attempting to revive the allbutvanished midnight movie. Nov 01, 20 available on dvd as part of quentin tarantinos rolling thunder pictures triple feature, and also on bluray from japan warning, no english subtitles available with the japanese release, i finally got round to catching the mighty peking man. Iranianbritish man plays monkey king character in peking opera full hd nba sports. The mighty peking man is a 1977 monster film produced by shaw brothers studio to capitalize on the craze surrounding.
I have no memory whatsoever of the mighty peking mans american release a few years later march of 1980, even under the title goliathon. Danny lee, evelyne kraft, hangsheng wu, hsu shaochiang, ku feng, lin weitu, chen chengfeng running time. Download free the mighty peking man fzmovies bluray full hd 720p 300mb rip the mighty peking man 1980 from filmyzilla filmywap tags. Mighty peking man scifi 1977 rare exyu movie insert ebay. Its an obvious attempt to cash in on the popularity of king kong, which had been released a year earlier, but it has enough original ideas to make it interesting. King kong goes hong kong as a giant himalayan beast tries to save a sexy. The mighty peking man 1977 what sort of mad genius created the mighty peking man aka goliathon.
King kong goes hong kong in this unique shaw spin on the ageless theme of beauty and the beast. Thats just how it goes sometimes 77 was a great year for punk rock but a lousy one for giantapeonarampage films. Mighty peking man was another attempt to replicate the success of king kong, a movie often copied and never surpassed. The action, locations set in india, and interracial romance made variety reach this verdict. The model work is good, on par with tohos godzilla movies, and there are some clever ideas and bits of good dialog. 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. Titans of 60s and 70s hong kong cinema, the shaw brothers are bestknown for their many martialarts films, but mighty peking man is an exception. A really, and i mean really, obvious ripoff of king kong, only better. 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. There is an earthquake near the beginning of mighty peking man, but unlike the earthquake in the fondly remembered inframan, it does not unleash the slinkynecked robots and hairy mutant footstools controlled by princess dragon mom. A giant ape called mighty peking man has emerged following an earthquake in the himalayas, and has made its. Goliathon 1977 movie simple english wikipedia, the free. Despite ticking all the boxes of potential scum greatness seal of approval from tarantino, rare shaw brothers creature.
Goliathon 1977 opens w the utter destruction of a toy village by an earthquake. The term guilty pleasure has been applied to the 1975 cult classic mighty peking man, and thats understandable considering the film features a man in a cheesylooking monkey suit tearing the hell out of scale models of hong kongs urban landscape. The mighty peking man 1977 the mighty peking man 1977. If mighty peking man were released today, it would get an oscar nomination for best song. He captures and befriends it with the help of a sexy amazon chick evelyne kraft. 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. The beast, seven stories high and hailing from the himalayas, loves swiss beauty evelyne kraft, a sexy blonde tarzanette who is also the object of lust from a sleazy showbiz promoter. The giant apeman costume is as hokey as youd expect, and the films villains are liars, cruel and stupid. Stories of a ten stories tall monster ape living in the himalayas reaches fortune hunters in hong kong. The giant ape man costume is as hokey as youd expect, and the films villains are liars, cruel and stupid. An energetic, shameless attempt to cash in on the 1976 remake of king. Review of the king kong knockoff mighty peking man, produced by hong kongs legendary shaw brothers studios. Peking man homo erectus pekinensis, formerly known by the junior synonym sinanthropus pekinensis is a group of fossil specimens of homo erectus, dated from roughly 750,000 years ago, discovered in 192937 during excavations at zhoukoudian chou koutien near beijing at the time spelled peking, china.
I keep thinking ive seen mighty peking man before, maybe on cable, or during the lost days of wabcs 4. Homo erectus is thought to have evolved in africa from h. A powerful earthquake awakens a giant, apelike creature who descends from the mountains into. One man s journey down the mighty mississippi full colection. 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. It is all over the place combining sheena with king kong in a twisted psychotic fusion that follows no rules of logic, space or time whatsoever. Apr 06, 2018 the mighty peking man 4 stars this chinese film from 1977 is a curiosity. It disturbs a giant ape, for example, which lumbers down from its mountain home and heads for the jungles. Available on dvd as part of quentin tarantinos rolling thunder pictures triple feature, and also on bluray from japan warning, no english subtitles available with the japanese release, i finally got round to catching the mighty peking man. The film was originally released in the us in march 19, 1980 as goliathon. This film really tries to do it all except have a cohesive story, good acting, and good special effects minor details. Thats how bland and generic it is, there is a slowmotion montage of samantha and johnny doing just that starting off with the hackneyed running sequence the first instance of the nipple adhesive failing and graduating into carefree frolicking with. Our group has watched a lot of bad movies together but very few have given us as much joy as mighty peking man. Word of a monster ape ten stories tall living in the.
Bruno minniti conrad nichols, maria romano, malisa longo after. King kong goes hong kong as a giant himalayan beast tries to save a sexy russia tarzanette from a sleazy showbiz promoter. 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. 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. Peking man article about peking man by the free dictionary. The grindhouse film festival presents a rare 35mm print of this shaw brothers kaiju movie. 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. May 31, 2015 the mighty peking man was made with a budget of around 6 million hkd. The mighty peking man or goliathon is a 1977 hong kong adventure monster movie produced by shaw brothers studio to capitalize on the attemped surrounding the king kong 1976. The mighty peking man 1977 shaw brothers official trailer. The mighty peking man 4 stars this chinese film from 1977 is a curiosity. Johnny danny lee leads intrepid explorers into the dark indian jungle to find the mysterious, giant apelike creature that lives there the mighty peking man. Meng hua ho, evelyn kraft, lu tien, danny lee, kuang ni, vee king shaw, chua lam.
Its simply an earthquake scene, just as later, there is a quicksand scene, a scene where a python fights a tiger, etc. There is no way on earth you can approach a movie like this seriously, to try to use the same standards of criticism and taste that. A giant ape called mighty peking man has emerged following an earthquake in the himalayas, and has made its way to the indian jungles. The monkey suit looks about as good as costumes donned in a toho godzilla release. The film was originally released in the us in 1980 as goliathon the film was directed by ho meng hua and produced by runme shaw. May 15, 20 the magnificent miniatures of the mighty peking man 1977 duration.
Xingxing wang which translates to gorilla king in english is a 1977 monster film produced by shaw brothers studio to capitalize on the craze surrounding the 1976 remake of king kong. A team, led by johnnie fang danny lee is assembled to find the towering apemonster. Mighty peking man the aka colossus of congo aka goliathon aka xing xing wang bluray 1977 king kong goes hong kong as a giant himalayan beast tries to save a sexy russia tarzanette from a sleazy showbiz promoter. But the new kong film tanked, and mighty peking man, obviously tainted by the failure of its american counterpart, soon died of neglect. Mighty peking man is an overthetop retelling of the great ape story in classic hong kong action style. This campy hong kong version of king kong played at the 1999 sundance film festival in the midnight madness sections, as well as the toronto film festival. 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. King kong comes to hong kong in the mighty peking man, a uniquely shaw brothers spin on the ageless theme of beauty and the beast.
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