Shatter (1974)

Avaliação/usuário:

4,9/10   

Diretor:

Michael Carreras

Roteirista:

Don Houghton (writer)

Release Date:

Março 1975 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama

Chamada:

MR. Shatter isn't crushproof, but cross him and he'll put you in a box!

Plot:

Stuart Whitman is Shatter, an international hitman who is hiding out in Hong Kong after he has completed a contract out on an African leader...

Plot Keywords:

Kung Fu | Hitman | Hong Kong | Assassination | Martial Arts

Comentários dos usuários:

Monte Hellman's Flick.

Cast

Stuart Whitman	...	Shatter
Lung Ti	...	Tai Pah
Lily Li	...	Mai-Mee
Peter Cushing	...	Paul Rattwood
Anton Diffring	...	Hans Leber
Yemi Ajibade	...	Ansabi M'Goya / Dabula M'Goya
Chia Yung Liu	...	1st Bodyguard
Pei Chi Huang	...	2nd Bodyguard
Ya Ying Liu	...	Leber's Girl
Wai Lo	...	Howe
James Ma	...	Thai Boxer
Han Chiang	...	Korean Boxer
Hsiung Kao	...	Japanese Boxer

Conhecida como:

Call Him Mr. Shatter (USA)
Duo ming ci ke (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)

Duração:

USA:90 min | Argentina:90 min

País:

Hong Kong | UK

Língua:

English

Color:

Color

Som:

Mono

Censura:

UK:X | Argentina:16 (re-rating) | Argentina:X (original rating) | Norway:16 | Sweden:(Banned) (1976) | USA:R

Company:

Hammer Film Productions

Monte Hellman's Flick.

Long unavailable on home vid, this was just one of the many projects that cult maestro Monte Hellman ghost-directed. So when the good folks at Roan decided to release this on LD, I jumped at the chance to get a copy. At forty bucks, it was worth it. But I wound up eating at Papaya King for the rest of the week. (Inside joke for fellow New Yorkers)

It was a long-held belief that Hellman only directed a small portion of the film before being sacked and replaced by producer Michael Carreras. But in the running commentary, Hellman (upon seeing the movie for the very first time) was surprised to see that at least 80% of the final cut is his.

Though no "Background to Danger," this is a very passable B-adventure, with Whitman a fine hero/foil. Whitman's Shatter is another in the long line of Hellman loner-man-on-the-outside-looking-in protagonists. The film also bears striking similarities with the long forgotten "Karate-the Hand of Death" (1961)about an American Karate expert returning to Japan after the war and runs afoul of some mob types. "Shatter" is a decent way to spend an hour and a half on a rainy afternoon, and a find for Monte Hellman completeists.