BlazeLime Strong and Moving!

Mjeteconer Just perfect...

filippaberry84 I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Cheryl A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

Horst in Translation ([email protected]) "Kommissar X - In den Klauen des goldenen Drachen" is a co-production of no less than four countries that results in this 90-minute movie from 1966, which means the film had its 50th anniversary last year. The director is Italian Gianfranco Parolini (still alive today approaching 90) and he is also one of the people who worked on the script for this movie. If you hear his name and the name of lead actor Tony Kendall, who plays the title character, then maybe you already guess correctly that this is another Jo Louis Walker film. One of many actually. And it would certainly not be wrong to call these the German approach to the (back then) quickly rising and highly popular James Bond franchise. Just like with Bond, there are political references here (Cold War), there are sinister power-hungry villains, there are extremely attractive women, some good some bad, and then there is a secret agent in the center of it who is luckily skilled enough to stay alive all the time despite all kinds of people trying to murder him. And of course Bond also travels the world and this film takes place entirely in Asia. Singapore is fittingly also one of the production countries.This is the second Kommissar X film I have seen. The very first one I was not too big about, but this one here about a filter that can turn a laser beam into a death ray way genuinely enjoyable and probably closer to a ****/***** than to a **/*****. One memorable scene after the next. The one on the boat with the guy(s) shooting at Walker (yes I almost wrote Bond), the one with the spiked ceiling moving towards Walker and his partner. Oh yeah, this is one major difference to Bond. At times, in this film here, it feels as if there are really two lead actors, a dark-haired one and one with lighter hair, so you can make your pick ladies which one you want to be rescued by. Okay the acting is not always great and sometimes the plot gets a bit too gimmicky (even if I like that sometimes too), but all in all this was actually convincing watch and not only the lead actors are at least as attractive physically as Connery, Moore and Lazenby I guess, but some of the scenes feel as if they are right out of Bond movies and as somebody who really loves the 007 franchise, this is definitely a seal of approval. I recommend this movie that is also known as "Agent Joe Walker: Operation Far East" or "So Darling, So Deadly". Criminally underseen for sure.

Uriah43 In this third film of the "Kommissar X" series, the private detective named " Joe Walker" (Tony Kendall) is hired to go to Singapore to meet with an atomic physicist named "Professor Akron" (Ernst Fritz Furbringer) in desperate need of protection from foreign agents who want his new invention concerning a powerful laser beam capable of downing any airplane in flight. Traveling with him is his good friend "Captain Tom Roland" (Brad Harris) of the New York Police Department who often helps him regarding matters of this nature. Once they get there, however, they are met by several assassination attempts which only serves to underscore the importance of their mission. Now, as far as the merits of this film is concerned, I must say that I didn't think it was quite as good as it predecessors in large part because of the lack of character development and the multitude of low-quality fight scenes which seemed to completely dominate the picture. It also lacked the necessary mystery or suspense required of a film of this type. Because of that I have rated this movie accordingly. Slightly below average.

gridoon2018 Set in Singapore, this entry in the "Kommissar X" series is a step down from "Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill". The main problem is the plot, which is so loose and disconnected that it feels almost non-existent. Most of the film simply consists of Joe Walker and his sidekick Tom Rowland going from place to place, getting attacked by random goons, beating them up, Joe flirting with a lady, repeat. The scenery is nice, there are plenty of beautiful women, and the leads still have their charm, but the film never really comes together, and in all honesty it's a bit of a bore. Oddest aspect: the actors who played the villain and the No. 1 henchman in "Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill" are back, as different but almost identical characters! (**)

josh-462 I happen to like the Kommissar X series from the '60s and '70s. Tony Kendall does a good job as the relaxed agent Kommissar X with his friend Captain Harris of the New York Police Department. This particular film features a scientist who has had a laser stolen by a villain known as the Golden Claw and his team of mercenaries is headed up by a group pf gun- toting, whip cracking women. While this doesn't have the budget of the Bond films, it certainly has enough charm. Yes it could have probably fit right in with the other spy films on MST3K but then again just basing your review of a film on the MST'd version is kind of missing the point (since those films were edited by MST writers). I got my copy through Sinister Cinema, I don't know where else you'd catch it.