Year: 1974
Duration: 01:32:02
Directed by: Lindsay Shonteff
Actors: Linda Marlowe, Alan Lake, Jason Kemp
Language: French
Country: UK
Also known as: Zapper’s Blade of Vengeance, Skliri, oraia kai adistakti
Description:
A clear improvement on the first film, this jettisons the majority of the zany action and lame attempts at humour in favour of a much more straightforward strategy. They usually have also dropped the crude focus on titillation , although there is a smattering of dolly birds knocking about. A significant advantage is the introduction of a decent adversary by means of Alan Lake, a rather charismatic actor who bears a striking similarity towards the younger John Belushi. Because his personality functions very well and is interesting he is able to be afforded much more screen time than ended up being the situation in the very first film. This requires the emphasis off the poor Marlowe, whose one-note overall performance as Zapper allows the movie down. Into the very first film she appeared understated contrasted to Gary Hope but next to Alan Lake within this film she merely appears much less talented. Once again, though, the supporting cast is really poor. The film opens well with an intriguing world detailing a modern time duel;, however, the scene additionally introduces a note of mercy in Lake’s personality which is not present for the rest for the film. The scene makes good utilization of the British countryside like many movies of this period (say EXPOSE or WITCHFINDER GENERAL) suggesting murky goings on in a tranquil, pastoral setting. While there is evidence, after that, of a reasonable intelligence in the office here, Shonteff lets himself straight down with a bad command of technical know-how. The camera work is poor, the editing is terrible and also the unique effects are ropey to state the minimum.
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