Next up is another Italian production, Mr Hercules Against Karate (original title: Ming, Ragazzi!), that appears to have been shot in Sydney, Hong Kong as well as some other unknown places that are beyond my remit. The story follows a couple of oil workers who are hired by an Chinese restaurant owner, in Sydney, to go to Hong Kong and rescue his young son, who has been kidnapped by the usual meglomaniac gang leader (played by George Wang). I don't know much about Italian cinema, but the pairing of these two seems to be a cheap knock-off of the pairing in the Terence Hill and Bud Spencer movies. With the 'Bud Spencer' role (superhuman strength, big bushy beard etc) being taken by Fernando Bilbao.
Anyway, weirdly, part of a Sydney-shot sequence, as the pair walk up by the side of the Sydney Harbour bridge, was partially filmed on the Peak in Hong Kong. The scene has been edited together so that when Terracina looks off camera (in Sydney) to his friend, his point of view is looking at Bilbao at the peak as he rips a safety rail off a bus he was about to board. It's an odd combination of locations having the Sydney Harbour bridge in one direction and the Peak viewing tower in the other.
The film is available to watch on Youtube here (no doubt it will disappear at some point), but it's pretty poor quality, both in terms of resolution and entertainment.
Anyway, here are some screen captures from the 'supposedly still in Sydney' scene. The Peak Cafe is the location of the Chinese restaurant where the guys are hired by the owner.
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