My personal favorite Ross Martin role is Baron Rolf von Stuppe in 1965's "The Great Race". Martin managed to be a menacing villain and demonstrated swordsmanship worthy of Errol Flynn or Basil Rathbone while not quite overshadowing the comedy. Like a lot of 70s shows this one slipped under my radar. So far I like how Martin's Chan acts with kids, something both Oland and Toler were great at. And since Chan is supposed to be from Honolulu, kudos for putting him in an Aloha shirt; they were already around in the 1930s, but this the first Chan I've seen in one.
Ross Martin made a few slipups on the Chinese accent and on the way Charlie Chan spoke reflected in the way Chan said things. Such as his way of throwing in Chinese proverbs for different situations, and Chan's invariable remark after someone he was questioning gave him valuable information. It was always, "thank you so much". I think that the more Chan movies Ross Martin made, the better he would have gotten in acting as Chan. Rivaling the last two of the three actors who played him. This was the only movie I could find on RUclips where Ross Martin played Chan.
Yes, and they usually had the Native Am. characters (played by non-natives) speak in one syllable grunts or otherwise acting very stupid & very bloodthirsty. I can understand if an actor plays a character of a different ancestry/culture part of the time, as long as the character isn't portrayed in a racist way. After all, it's the job of actors to play characters unlike themselves. But when other actors who are of that group are available & often going without work, that's different. And worse, when the films show 'minority' characters in racist ways, there's no excuse. The older Charlie Chan movies were much better made than this one, which is awful, and though it would've been preferable to have a Chinese actor playing Chan, at least the Chan character wasn't made to look dumb. The films contain lots of stereotypes but Chan was still an admirable character, which for '30s-'40s America was a step forward. In the '70s, no excuse: those involved in making the film knew that it offended many Chinese-Americans to have a Euro-Am. man play a Chinese, but they apparently didn't care.
@@@janegarner9169, the older movies were not constrained by prejudice, i.e. they were not censored and so they were more accurate and true to reality. The condemnation of racism is then approval of censorship. However, Jehovah God gave us free will, freedom to choose, and thus any time political government denies us our free will it is evidence that politicians and many of their supporters and bureaucrats are not Christians but Satan's acolytes.
I won't say that this is a good Charlie Chan mystery, but it is still a pretty good mystery. Just think of Ross Martin playing an imposter, Artemis Gordon's grandson in disguise, a "Charlie Chang", if you will, instead of the actual Charlie Chan.
All the negative comments are unwarranted. I know the history of the character, the movies & the real Honolulu policeman who was the inspiration for Charle Chan. I am watching it to watch Ross Martin, a great character actor who died too soon. Not to criticize the teleplay or why no Asian actor did the role. However, people forget that the early films were of a different time where having a non Asian in the role was acceptable. And producers use name actors & Ross had a track record.
They should have tried to convince the public that Charlie had passed on and his SON had taken his place. They they could have had a plausible excuse for the different actor. Poor plan and plot at the start
Huntingtons Chorera was/is a nightmare. In the 70s, my Professor actually whispered when discussing the syndrome. Leslie Nelson was excellent as a victim.
It is Huntington's disease, also known as Huntington's Chorea. What he was showing here were the advanced stages of the disease. There still is no cure and it is fatal. It progresses over about 15 years and then the patient dies.
I know you all pu pu Artimus Gordon as Charlie Chan and while he is no Toler, I found enjoyment in this flick. His Lucy Lu looking daughter was quite striking on top of that.
Where on earth did you find this? Good job! I've just recently gotten to know the New Adventures of Charlie Chan, with J. Carol Naish, but Ross Martin? Artemis forever? Very nice backup cast, as well. I was a freshman in high school in '73, but I don't remember this one. Always on the lookout for a new mystery. Thank you.
Get a GOOD look, this right before the official end of Nam,marking the peak peacetime of America, late 70s-early 80s. I was there for it all,and can attest, THIS was Americas best time,never to be equalled again. So many good things were beginning to happen in 1973.
I don't know, an actual Chinese person probably could do it hah. Although at least an Asian played Charlie in some of the classics. He was Japanese though
Thank you for making this movie available. All the whining against Ross Martin is laughable. Only an idiot would watch something that they claim to despise. Anyone who doesn't like it is free to take a pass. Or perhaps they can finance a new Charlie Chan movie with Chinese actors for Chans. But they probably find it much easier to just complain about what others try to do....
Ross Martin was a very good actor. Sorry we lost him at a youngish age . Did not watch this film to end. All the old Chan detectives spoiled me I guess !
Good grief. Not even Nielson and the hot daughters can save this. Its the only thing I've seen Ross Martin in apart from his excellent turn in Columbo (one of my favourite endings tbf)
Like so many projects in that era, - embarrassing! As though they did not feel it worth it, Poor tech things, etc., just awful- incompetent , thoughtless, and worse - A remake of Charlie Chan should be done - and today it would probably be high art, too. We should petition for it.
It should not be too impossible to work around the Asian and Black stereotyping, and just make supergreat stories of it all. The author of the books designed Chan as a foil to bad stereotype - Asians were badguys till Chan..."Biggers, who disliked the Yellow Peril stereotypes he found when he came to California,[3] explicitly conceived of the character as an alternative: "Sinister and wicked Chinese are old stuff, but an amiable Chinese on the side of law and order has never been used."[4]"
It was a mistake to cast Ross Martin as Charlie Chan. Ross was a good actor but he just was not close to Warner Oland and Sidney Toler in portrayal of Charlie. I hope some actor will come along with the Warner Oland or Sidney Toler styles and many episodes of Charlie Chan with settings in the 1930s and 40s can be produced.
We can only hope because they will have a big pair of shoes to fill. Making a 1930 movie is easy, but, filling the original character in 2019 will be literal impossible
@@@davidvincent3948, It will not happen as the political correctness, prejudiced, hate mongering commie/socialist Democrats will not permit the use of the terminology of the bygone eras. We once enjoyed free will, freedom to choose, as a gift from Jehovah God, but since Satan's acolytes have infected and infested politics, especially the Democratic Party, we are just a pack of stinkin' slaves on the plantation state run by masters/politicians and their hired overseers/judges/enforcers. Bye bye Miss American Pie.
I seem to remember that Ross Martin was born in Russia and he could speak at least 7 languages. This movie is not Wild Wild West. I loved Ross but this movie does not do his talent justice.
I wanted to watch this movie so bad. But 8 minutes into the movie there were 5 commercials. It’s hard to focus with that many distractions. You Tube is getting ridiculous with this. I think I will abandon You Tube and move on.
It was so bad it was only air 8 years after it was made. Peter Ustinov made a slightly better version in 1980 but yes, it should have tried to cast a Chinese actor. Samo Hung or Jackie Chan would have been a suitable choice.
anwardi jamil in this time period, Universal did a few potential pilot TV movies of classic mystery characters. None of which got picked up. Sherlock Holmes in The Hound of the Baskerville, Hildegarde Withers in A Very Missing Person, Nero Wolfe in Nero Wolfe, this one and also Nick Carter in the Adventure of Nick Carter. I might have missed a couple.
They could not cast an Asian American for Chan's role in 1973!!!???!?!?? BS!!!!~! So they cast Artemus Gordon aka Ross Martin aka Martin Rosenblatt??!!
i like Ross Martin. unfortunately, his portrayal of Chan is disappointing. His Chinese dialect disappears about 30 minutes in and his Chan speaks perfect English for a good portion of the middle of the film before going back to the dialect he started with. .I wish the script was better. Not recommended.
Not worth watching and a slap in the face to the great actors that played in the original movies! Could have been MUCH MUCH better if they had made him look 80 years old and they needed an actor with a much deeper voice. Of course the original Charlie was not Asian, in fact if I am not mistaken he was American and worked hard at developing his character based off the sound of a Chinese coolie voice. I have been a fan of the Charlie Chan movies since I was born - only then they were new. This is a disgrace to the series.
Ross Martin makes the absolute worst Charlie Chan. There must have been a multitude of Asian choices in 1973. Victor Sen Yung who played number 2 son in 25 Charlie Chan movies would have been perfect. Other good choices would have been James Hong and Phillip Ahn who also played in Charlie Chan movies.
This should have been made like Dr. Fu Man Chu with Peter Sellers...... could have been comedic, because I kept getting flashbacks of Wild Wild West/Artemis Gordon and Airplane mixed in with this boring dialogue. What a disappointment.
He stared in a A LOT of other TV guest and film parts. He was considered a 'character' actor in those days and only played secondary or lesser rolls. He was also a voice, radio and stage actor. If you go to the movie database IMDb you will see he did many acting parts from 1951. I think he was happy with what he was doing. He died in 1981 of a heart attack at 61. ...........and he could speak 7 different languages. He also suffered a near fatal heart attack in 1968, that weakened his heart, and some TV people / directors were then afraid to hire him in any leading rolls (per info on IMDb). But he still continued to act.
Yes, naturally it's pretty bad, nothing at all like the great Toler and Oland ones. Hollywood has a way of making crappy remakes of classics, especially with hokey dialog and cheesy disguises. I had to stop it from time to time, as is was impossible to watch all the way through without having a barf bag handy It did get better as it went along, and one good thing, - his son was not a goofball like in the other movies.
This was brutally awful. Ross Martin couldn't have been worse if he tried. Do not waste your time, I lost 30 minutes of my life before I finally had to turn it off. Stick to the B/W classics with Warner Oland & Sydney Toler (even Oland was better than Toler) Dont remember who took over the role after Toland died but he was pretty awful. And did you know that Son #1 in the Oland movies went on to play the mentor in the TV show "Kung Fu"?
This movie makes for a pleasant diversion. Thank you for sharing it.
Anything Ross Martin is in I enjoy. Thanks for uploading.
No one or nothing compares to the original Charlie Chan, Warner Oland. However, Ross Martin gives it a unique twist.
What an underated actor!
I'd sell my soul to relive life, from 1973, all over again,till now! The 70s were so much better than now!
Imagine what this film could have been if Keye Luke was cast as Charlie Chan like he was in the cartoon.
I don't know where this was growing up in the 70's but I kinda like it.
My personal favorite Ross Martin role is Baron Rolf von Stuppe in 1965's "The Great Race". Martin managed to be a menacing villain and demonstrated swordsmanship worthy of Errol Flynn or Basil Rathbone while not quite overshadowing the comedy.
Like a lot of 70s shows this one slipped under my radar. So far I like how Martin's Chan acts with kids, something both Oland and Toler were great at. And since Chan is supposed to be from Honolulu, kudos for putting him in an Aloha shirt; they were already around in the 1930s, but this the first Chan I've seen in one.
I hate modern times. The 30's to 70's were magic...
Ross Martin made a few slipups on the Chinese accent and on the way Charlie Chan spoke reflected in the way Chan said things. Such as his way of throwing in Chinese proverbs for different situations, and Chan's invariable remark after someone he was questioning gave him valuable information. It was always, "thank you so much". I think that the more Chan movies Ross Martin made, the better he would have gotten in acting as Chan. Rivaling the last two of the three actors who played him. This was the only movie I could find on RUclips where Ross Martin played Chan.
First saw this in the 70s with my mom who got mad that a Chinese man wasn't cast. They almost never casted actual Native Americans back then either.
Yes, and they usually had the Native Am. characters (played by non-natives) speak in one syllable grunts or otherwise acting very stupid & very bloodthirsty.
I can understand if an actor plays a character of a different ancestry/culture part of the time, as long as the character isn't portrayed in a racist way. After all, it's the job of actors to play characters unlike themselves. But when other actors who are of that group are available & often going without work, that's different. And worse, when the films show 'minority' characters in racist ways, there's no excuse.
The older Charlie Chan movies were much better made than this one, which is awful, and though it would've been preferable to have a Chinese actor playing Chan, at least the Chan character wasn't made to look dumb. The films contain lots of stereotypes but Chan was still an admirable character, which for '30s-'40s America was a step forward. In the '70s, no excuse: those involved in making the film knew that it offended many Chinese-Americans to have a Euro-Am. man play a Chinese, but they apparently didn't care.
@@@janegarner9169, the older movies were not constrained by prejudice, i.e. they were not censored and so they were more accurate and true to reality. The condemnation of racism is then approval of censorship. However, Jehovah God gave us free will, freedom to choose, and thus any time political government denies us our free will it is evidence that politicians and many of their supporters and bureaucrats are not Christians but Satan's acolytes.
They had this little thing I like to call racism back then.
I won't say that this is a good Charlie Chan mystery, but it is still a pretty good mystery. Just think of Ross Martin playing an imposter, Artemis Gordon's grandson in disguise, a "Charlie Chang", if you will, instead of the actual Charlie Chan.
Oh Sidney Toler was the best
Not having the annoying Jimmy Chan made this a welcome change.
Had to watch this even though i knew it would never compare. Barf
All the negative comments are unwarranted. I know the history of the character, the movies & the real Honolulu policeman who was the inspiration for Charle Chan.
I am watching it to watch Ross Martin, a great character actor who died too soon.
Not to criticize the teleplay or why no Asian actor did the role.
However, people forget that the early films were of a different time where having a non Asian in the role was acceptable.
And producers use name actors & Ross had a track record.
They should have tried to convince the public that Charlie had passed on and his SON had taken his place. They they could have had a plausible excuse for the different actor. Poor plan and plot at the start
I love the Chan family compound 💕🙏🙏
Huntingtons Chorera was/is a nightmare. In the 70s, my Professor actually whispered when discussing the syndrome.
Leslie Nelson was excellent as a victim.
It's 'chorea'.
It is Huntington's disease, also known as Huntington's Chorea. What he was showing here were the advanced stages of the disease.
There still is no cure and it is fatal. It progresses over about 15 years and then the patient dies.
If you have a beef with ross playing chan , don't watch! Martian was always worth watching even if the movie is weak. So talented.
Charlie Chang is actually Artemus Gordon (Ross Martin) in disguise
Works for me! I like Charlie Chan, and I like Ross Martin, even if mixing the two of them together seems so unlikely.
I know you all pu pu Artimus Gordon as Charlie Chan and while he is no Toler, I found enjoyment in this flick. His Lucy Lu looking daughter was quite striking on top of that.
The actress who played Charlie's daughter (Virginia Ann Lee) was a babe!
This was a fun movie to watch, thanks for the upload
Every 3-5 minutes a commercial. I give up. I really wanted to see this,but the commercials are irritating
I'm sure in the 70's they could have found someone else to play Chan .. Keye Luke number 1 son in quite a few of them ..
this is an outrage..terrible.. no one can replace his character.
Not perfect, but still fun to watch after seeing the classics many times.
Where on earth did you find this? Good job! I've just recently gotten to know the New Adventures of Charlie Chan, with J. Carol Naish, but Ross Martin? Artemis forever? Very nice backup cast, as well. I was a freshman in high school in '73, but I don't remember this one. Always on the lookout for a new mystery. Thank you.
Martin is even worse than Naish as CC, and that takes some doing.
Get a GOOD look, this right before the official end of Nam,marking the peak peacetime of America, late 70s-early 80s. I was there for it all,and can attest, THIS was Americas best time,never to be equalled again. So many good things were beginning to happen in 1973.
How can anybody try to follow in the foot steps of the original Charlie Chan characters, ludicrous 😡😡😡😡
I don't know, an actual Chinese person probably could do it hah. Although at least an Asian played Charlie in some of the classics. He was Japanese though
RIP Ross Martin
29:14 One of the best shots ever committed to film. The rest is imminently skippable.
In less than 15 minutes already 4 commercials. Very irritating
Charley Chan is the Man.
Thank you for making this movie available. All the whining against Ross Martin is laughable. Only an idiot would watch something that they claim to despise. Anyone who doesn't like it is free to take a pass. Or perhaps they can finance a new Charlie Chan movie with Chinese actors for Chans. But they probably find it much easier to just complain about what others try to do....
Agree. At least we were spared the bungeling son scenario!
Ross Martin was a very good actor. Sorry we lost him at a youngish age . Did not watch this film to end. All the old Chan detectives spoiled me I guess !
Hilda J Williams Well, number eight son did get tackled on the airplane when he was caught following his father.
Good grief. Not even Nielson and the hot daughters can save this. Its the only thing I've seen Ross Martin in apart from his excellent turn in Columbo (one of my favourite endings tbf)
Ross Martin had a big role in the TV series the Wild Wild West, and was on the original Hawaii Five-0 as a bad guy a couple times
I think they should do a reboot of Charlie Chan starring Jackie Chan.
It iS the best movie every made they should a make more of them
It is movies like this that made Bruce Lee give up on Hollywood and returned to Hong Kong.
They must have known better in 1973: Why didn't they get a Chinese-American actor to play Charlie Chan?
Ross Martin could be so hilarious.
One word CRAP. See the originals which in the main are all fun.
I disagree with you, not crap, a very different take but still excellent.
I got to 8 minutes and couldn't watch any more.
I did you one better I got to 5:47 and had enough
Like so many projects in that era, - embarrassing! As though they did not feel it worth it, Poor tech things, etc., just awful- incompetent , thoughtless, and worse - A remake of Charlie Chan should be done - and today it would probably be high art, too. We should petition for it.
It should not be too impossible to work around the Asian and Black stereotyping, and just make supergreat stories of it all. The author of the books designed Chan as a foil to bad stereotype - Asians were badguys till Chan..."Biggers, who disliked the Yellow Peril stereotypes he found when he came to California,[3] explicitly conceived of the character as an alternative: "Sinister and wicked Chinese are old stuff, but an amiable Chinese on the side of law and order has never been used."[4]"
It was a mistake to cast Ross Martin as Charlie Chan. Ross was a good actor but he just was not close to Warner Oland and Sidney Toler in portrayal of Charlie. I hope some actor will come along with the Warner Oland or Sidney Toler styles and many episodes of Charlie Chan with settings in the 1930s and 40s can be produced.
I hope they finally get an Asian actor to play him
We can only hope because they will have a big pair of shoes to fill. Making a 1930 movie is easy, but, filling the original character in 2019 will be literal impossible
@@@davidvincent3948, It will not happen as the political correctness, prejudiced, hate mongering commie/socialist Democrats will not permit the use of the terminology of the bygone eras. We once enjoyed free will, freedom to choose, as a gift from Jehovah God, but since Satan's acolytes have infected and infested politics, especially the Democratic Party, we are just a pack of stinkin' slaves on the plantation state run by masters/politicians and their hired overseers/judges/enforcers. Bye bye Miss American Pie.
WJack97224 You sure are one crazy ass dude...
After reading most of the comments before starting the film, I decided to pass. Maybe I'll look up a Mr. Moto movie, or a Mr. Wong.
I seem to remember that Ross Martin was born in Russia and he could speak at least 7 languages. This movie is not Wild Wild West. I loved Ross but this movie does not do his talent justice.
I wanted to watch this movie so bad. But 8 minutes into the movie there were 5 commercials. It’s hard to focus with that many distractions. You Tube is getting ridiculous with this. I think I will abandon You Tube and move on.
I son t remember this , was this on TV or a movie ? any one out there know.
Charlie Chan - horrible stereotype - smart, polite, funny, family man, good - yeah, I would hate my people to be characterized like that! Trauma!!!!
I really enjoyed Sidney Toler , in my book he was the best.
It was so bad it was only air 8 years after it was made. Peter Ustinov made a slightly better version in 1980 but yes, it should have tried to cast a Chinese actor. Samo Hung or Jackie Chan would have been a suitable choice.
Samo Hung - perfect. That would have been fun to watch. I love Ross Martin but this is not the part for him.
Charlie Chan is not a Chinese man, he is a Western idea of a Chinese man.
anwardi jamil in this time period, Universal did a few potential pilot TV movies of classic mystery characters. None of which got picked up. Sherlock Holmes in The Hound of the Baskerville, Hildegarde Withers in A Very Missing Person, Nero Wolfe in Nero Wolfe, this one and also Nick Carter in the Adventure of Nick Carter. I might have missed a couple.
I'd love to see Jackie Chan as Charlie Chan. His comedy background would definitely make the movie interesting!
Keye Luke would have been about the right age at the time... and would have been available and recognized by fans of the old movies.
Ross Martin is not even close to Chinese. He did well as Jim West's assistant.
I didn't watch this.
I just dropped by to say ... 😝.
Good!
They could not cast an Asian American for Chan's role in 1973!!!???!?!?? BS!!!!~! So they cast Artemus Gordon aka Ross Martin aka Martin Rosenblatt??!!
Exactly!
I didn't get that far.
Maybe because no Asian WANTED THE PART. Segregationist.
Best place for skeleton is in family closet
I think Doreen (Virginia Ann Lee) was gorgeous!
Sorry so bad I really enjoyed it thanks for uploading. Hilarious stuff
couldnt watch as soon as i saw Ross Martin...very bad
Your loss.
They shouldn't do a remake of Charlie chan
If anyone can, Chan can.
The absolute best Charlie Chan of all!!! Thank you for sharing!
Have you seen any of the 45 original movies ??? This was the best ???
I love Charlie Chan. But why is it never occurred to them to have a Chinese actor portray him or at least an Asian?
This man is smart
A whole dollar was a lot of money in 1973
i like Ross Martin. unfortunately, his portrayal of Chan is disappointing. His Chinese dialect disappears about 30 minutes in and his Chan speaks perfect English for a good portion of the middle of the film before going back to the dialect he started with. .I wish the script was better. Not recommended.
Why is it so hard to find a Chinese or Japanese actor to play him? Ridiculous.
How dare you. A Chinese or Japanese starring in an American movie? You must be a communist.
@Raymond Logan - EXCELLANT?
@Raymond Logan - That's right.
@Raymond Logan - I only do that for special people.
How about casting a Chinese actor, I think even stupid Hollywood could do that. This movie would have to get much better just to be bad.
I thought this crap was only available in B&W, for the semi-educated 😳
Man it's the 70s and he's still doing yellowface!
should have called frank drebin!
No could follow plot. Too many actors look same. Still don't know who kill who, or why. Girl playing Charlie's daughter cute!
ugh,even in 1973 they were still using non asians to play asians...ugh..it just dont feel or look right...what a bummer..next!
Hes the best
Not worth watching and a slap in the face to the great actors that played in the original movies! Could have been MUCH MUCH better if they had made him look 80 years old and they needed an actor with a much deeper voice. Of course the original Charlie was not Asian, in fact if I am not mistaken he was American and worked hard at developing his character based off the sound of a Chinese coolie voice. I have been a fan of the Charlie Chan movies since I was born - only then they were new. This is a disgrace to the series.
Ross Martin makes the absolute worst Charlie Chan. There must have been a multitude of Asian choices in 1973. Victor Sen Yung who played number 2 son in 25 Charlie Chan movies would have been perfect. Other good choices would have been James Hong and Phillip Ahn who also played in Charlie Chan movies.
Also Keye Luke number 1 son would have been a good choice.. not marten Ross
Commercials at every 5 minutes arent necessary!
This should have been made like Dr. Fu Man Chu with Peter Sellers...... could have been comedic, because I kept getting flashbacks of Wild Wild West/Artemis Gordon and Airplane mixed in with this boring dialogue. What a disappointment.
As an actor Ross is a one trick pony from "The Wild , Wild West". He should be ashamed when he cashed his check. Peace.
you rip a guy and then say peace? you couldn't come close to his accomplishments...
wrong.
He stared in a A LOT of other TV guest and film parts. He was considered a 'character' actor in those days and only played secondary or lesser rolls. He was also a voice, radio and stage actor. If you go to the movie database IMDb you will see he did many acting parts from 1951. I think he was happy with what he was doing. He died in 1981 of a heart attack at 61.
...........and he could speak 7 different languages. He also suffered a near fatal heart attack in 1968, that weakened his heart, and some TV people / directors were then afraid to hire him in any leading rolls (per info on IMDb). But he still continued to act.
Not even close. Where is Mantan? Takeoff of Sherlock Holmes
Jim West is tied up in this somehow or my name's not Artis OPPS Charlie Chan
waiting for Leslie Nielsen to do a gag - much prefer the original, had a darker quality
A lame Hollywood attempt to recreate a classic. Huge fail. Could not watch.
Terrible
This Charlie Chan should have stayed retired
And moved to the Wild Wild West!!
How about John Wayne playing Genghis Khan ?
Those eyebrows on Leslie Nielsen were done very badly.
Of course. They didn't want them to be out of step with the rest of the movie.
Before Neilson caught the funny .
Think about the other actors, who played the detective!
LadyDancer
White suit will be great
And I thought the "New Adventures.." tv series was as bad as it could get...
Not as good as the older, simpler, black and white versions of the past.
Who was the murder?
bad,bad film..i like the old charlie chan movies with sidney toler and warner oland,,they are the best actors for the charlie chan movies...
Why not Jet Li as Charlie chan?
Disturbing.
Too bad not in B & W.
Yes, naturally it's pretty bad, nothing at all like the great Toler and Oland ones.
Hollywood has a way of making crappy remakes of classics, especially with hokey dialog and cheesy disguises. I had to stop it from time to time, as is was impossible to watch all the way through without having a barf bag handy
It did get better as it went along, and one good thing, - his son was not a goofball like in the other movies.
was this number8 son?
Overall decent film, but why the white actor as Chan? This could have been the best time to reboot the character without the yellowface.
Only racists see race in everything
Do not like this. It is not as good as the classics.
Good one 😉
This was brutally awful. Ross Martin couldn't have been worse if he tried. Do not waste your time, I lost 30 minutes of my life before I finally had to turn it off. Stick to the B/W classics with Warner Oland & Sydney Toler (even Oland was better than Toler) Dont remember who took over the role after Toland died but he was pretty awful. And did you know that Son #1 in the Oland movies went on to play the mentor in the TV show "Kung Fu"?
Karen Of course. Everyone knows Keye Luke was in Kung Fu. I like how you mixed Oland and Toler into one - Toland. Funny.
I want my 90 minutes back
Even for the seventies Hollywood, it~s very sad to see a white guy playing a chinese.