The Thundering Mantis (1980)
Mad, Bad and Insane
ジャンル : アクション
上映時間 : 1時間 33分
演出 : Teddy Yip Wing-Cho
シノプシス
Ah Chi (Ka-Yan Leung) is obsessed with the martial arts and, more often than not, his kung-fu clowning gets him into trouble. Ending up facing Hsia (Eddie Ko) of the notorious Jade Brotherhood is inevitable. As a result, Hsia forces Chi's martial arts master to expel him. Masterless and working for a fish vendor, Chi meets a crafty kid (Yat Lung Wong), whose uncle Chow Tung (Chin Yuet Sang) is a master of the Insane Mantis style. The Jade Brotherhood aims for control of the small town but Chi is training with a new Master and will not accept bullies in the neighbourhood.
ブレイドはヴァンパイアと人間との間に生まれた混血で、人間を脅かすヴァンパイアを抹殺するために闘うヴァンパイア・ハンターだ。彼は母親を死に追いやった宿敵のヴァンパイア、フロストを追っていた。フロストは世界征服を狙い、暗黒院の書庫で古代予言書「マルガの書」をコンピュータで解読し、12人のヴァンパイアを生け贄に全能の力を得ようと企んでいた。ブレイドは彼らのアジト暗黒院に潜入、フロストがマルガを呼び起こす儀式を阻止しようとする。
社会に紛れたヴァンパイアと戦う闇のヒーロー、ブレイドは敵のひとりを射殺するが、相手がヴァンパイアの奴隷と化した人間だったことから殺人犯として拘束される。相棒ウィスラーの娘アビゲイルと武器の達人ハンニバル・キングに救われたブレイドは、2人の案内で人間のヴァンパイア・ハンター組織“ナイトウォーカー”と合流する。組織は彼に、かつてはドラキュラと呼ばれたヴァンパイアの始祖・ドレイクが復活したことを告げる。
世界は冷戦真っ只中。ジェームズ・ボンドの007復帰トレーニングから物語は始まる。マティーニとフォアグラ、キャビアで怠惰になった身体を鍛えなおすことを新着したMに命令された007。たまたま本部から斡旋されたロンドン郊外の治療施設でボンドはスペクターの女殺し屋ファティマ、そしてアメリカ空軍に所属するジャックの秘密特訓を目撃する。そしてその数日後、ジャックは米空軍より核弾頭搭載巡航ミサイルを2機盗むことに成功する。 この事件を追うボンドは地中海へ向かい、世界的な大富豪のラルゴをマークする。世界の海を豪華クルーザー「空飛ぶ円盤号」(クルーザー全長87m、アドナン・カショーギ所有)で移動しながら慈善活動を行なうビジネスマンだが、裏の顔は秘密結社スペクターのNo.1(スペクターNo.2=首領は白猫を抱くブロフェルド)であった。そして彼のそばにはジャックの妹であるドミノがいた。
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舞台はスペイン領時代のカリフォルニア。マドリード留学から帰国してきた前市長の息子ディエゴ(タイロン・パワー)は、街の人々が現市長の圧制に苦しんでいることに憤り、昼間は軟弱男を装いながら、夜はマスク姿の英雄ゾロとなって、庶民のために立ち上がる。ジョンストン・マッカレー原作でダグラス・フェアバンクス主演で大ヒットした『奇傑ゾロ』を、時のハリウッド・キングことタイロン・パワー主演でリメイクした勧善懲悪の娯楽活劇。
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