Year: 1981
Duration: 87 min.
Directed by: Eddie Nicart
Actors: Weng Weng, Yehlen Catral, Carmi Martin
Language: English Dubbed
Country: Philippines
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Also known as: For Your Height Only, Agent 003 1/2 in geheimer Mission, Bruce Linito Agente 003 y 1/2
Description: Mr. Giant has kidnapped the brilliant Dr. Van Kohler and is planning to use the Doctor’s invention, the N-bomb, to hold the world hostage. The only one who can foil Mr. Giant’s evil scheme is Agent 00, a 3-foot-tall filipino martial arts master, expert marksman, top-class romancer and all-around superspy. Can Agent 00 rescue Dr. Kohler before it’s too late?
Sometimes I feel like a pusher: I take an obscure film and introduce innocent people to it. For free. Then smile and laugh when they come crawling back to me for another fix.
“For Your Height Only” is the drug which has addicted many on first exposure. And no matter how many times one has seen it, the craving grows…
The DVD is out of print (and the price is heading steadily up), but worth keeping an eye out for since you will want a format which won’t wear out during multiple sharing’s with new “customers”. DVD is also nice to have for quick reverses to confirm, “Did I just see that?”
The movie is worth watching for the “Butt Slap of Death” scene alone.
Only one thing could make this film funnier: Weng Weng’s voice dubbed into a deep baritone. Maybe I’ll tackle it someday… (Actually, WW’s own speaking voice was said to be very rich. The dub makes him rather squeaky. And the gangsters are dubbed in Aussie versions of 1920’s North American gangsters… marvelous!)
Several sources claim there is a sequel to this film (“The Impossible Kid”), and perhaps even two (“Agent 00”). Tracking these down have become the Holy Grail of my film collecting. (Some other aliases for the sequel may be “The Impossible Kid of Kung Fu”, “The Incredible Kung Fu Kid”, and “007&1/2: Nothing is Impossible”.)
Good things come in small packages! ~ IMDB
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I haven’t seen this one yet, but I *have* seen “The Impossible Kid.” Absolutely hilarious!
Also, i have a source for “Impossible Kid.” Let me know if you are interested.