Future Hunters - Robert Patrick (1986) - Kai Tak Airport, Kowloon

It's come to that time again when I have to start scraping the very bottom of the barrel and figured one of the worst films I've ever seen is probably due an outing on the blog. Granted, the film was 'supposedly' written by J.Lee Thompson (the man who directed classics such as Ice Cold in Alex, The Guns of Navarone, Cape Fear, and was kicked out of Hong Kong with Gregory Peck in 1969 as they were trying to make The Chairman) and stars Robert Patrick and Richard Norton (neither a stranger to making films in Hong Kong - Patrick was featured previously here in Hong Kong '97 and Richard Norton has a long pedigree in Hong Kong film and also had a brief cameo in Forced Vengeance) but it doesn't change the fact that the film is a big bag (and 100 mins) o' shite.

Anyway, the plot involves Richard Norton being transferred into the future (I think) with the tip of the spear that killed Christ, and his need to get the artifact to a Professor Hightower (although it doesn't explain how he knows him) before the Nazis do. Patrick and his girlfriend fly to Hong Kong in search of Hightower but then end up having to go to the Philippines where they run away from Nazis, stumble across a tribe of pygmies, partake in some extreme low-budget special effects and then..well, I can't remember because I got bored. Its one highlight is a brief cameo from Korean superkicker, Hwang Jang Lee.

The screen caps here are fairly low quality because I haven't been able to secure a physical copy of the film and ended up taking the screencaps from a version uploaded to DailyMotion.com (see link here), so if anyone knows of a proper release, please let me know so I can do my bit and pay for it.

So, the Hong Kong scenes start with the usual arrival at Kai Tak where the pair are met by Patrick's local friend, played by Bruce Le.