The final shot from Hong Kong in this film shows the part of Nathan Road where it intersects with Peking Road. You can see the sloped, angular canopy of the Sheraton Hotel in the background of the top image. The next building towards camera is the old Ambassador Hotel on the corner of Middle Road. The Imperial Hotel (with all the flags on the canopy) is still around, and then finally in the last image the camera has turned to the left to show the Holiday Inn, opened in 1974.
Showing posts with label Black Samurai. Show all posts
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Monday, December 18, 2023
Sunday, December 17, 2023
Black Samurai - Jim Kelly (1977) - Hanoi Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
As the camera follows Toki around, we see her walking along Hanoi Raod - recognisable by the presence of the Millie's handbag and shoe shop as well as the "Manfa Korean Restaurant".
Saturday, December 16, 2023
Black Samurai - Jim Kelly (1977) - Star Ferry Pier, Tsim Sha Tsui
There are some shots around the bus terminus and Star Ferry Pier in Tsim Sha Tsui. Although the top image is actually captured from the rooftop carpark of nearby Ocean Terminal. A great location to see the harbour from and usually devoid of the normal throngs of people found along the waterfront.
Friday, December 15, 2023
Black Samurai - Jim Kelly (1977) - Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter
Next up we have a 1977 action film starring Jim Kelly. Another pretty awful film on all accounts (acting, action, plot and general naffness) with the one redeeming factor of Kelly's character driving around in a blue Ferrari Dino.
Kelly is Robert Sands, an agent of D.R.A.G.O.N (Defense Reserve Agency Guardian Of Nations - I'm already cringing), who is pulled away from his tennis holiday to investigate the kidnapping of his ex-girlfriend, Toki (Essie Lin Chia), the daughter of the Hong Kong "Ambassador".
Kelly tries desperately to imitate his Enter the Dragon success and style but just looks really crap here because it's obvious he can't kick, or choreograph fights, for toffee. Anyway, the opening scenes of Toki walking through the streets of Hong Kong as she is followed by her kidnappers may or may not have been library footage with a movie scene written around them. I find it really hard to believe that this movie spent any money actually filming in Hong Kong, but then again Lin Chia is a legit Hong Kong actress - although the scene is done Gambit-style and we never see her face in the HK footage. You can decide for yourself because, again, I have had to rely on an online source for this film on Daily Motion: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8fub0u.
Kelly is Robert Sands, an agent of D.R.A.G.O.N (Defense Reserve Agency Guardian Of Nations - I'm already cringing), who is pulled away from his tennis holiday to investigate the kidnapping of his ex-girlfriend, Toki (Essie Lin Chia), the daughter of the Hong Kong "Ambassador".
Kelly tries desperately to imitate his Enter the Dragon success and style but just looks really crap here because it's obvious he can't kick, or choreograph fights, for toffee. Anyway, the opening scenes of Toki walking through the streets of Hong Kong as she is followed by her kidnappers may or may not have been library footage with a movie scene written around them. I find it really hard to believe that this movie spent any money actually filming in Hong Kong, but then again Lin Chia is a legit Hong Kong actress - although the scene is done Gambit-style and we never see her face in the HK footage. You can decide for yourself because, again, I have had to rely on an online source for this film on Daily Motion: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8fub0u.
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