Harry Knuckles and the Pearl Necklace (2004)

From Odessa Filmworks, the award winning team that brought the world Harry Knuckles and the Treasure of the Aztec Mummy and rewrote the gospel of Canadian filmmaking with Jesus Christ, ... See full summary »

Director:

Lee Demarbre

Writer:

Ian Driscoll

Stars:

Phil Caracas, Nancy Riehle, Emma Maloney

Cast

Credited cast:
Phil Caracas	...	Harry Knuckles / Fuzzy Knuckles
Nancy Riehle	...	Cassie Nova
Emma Maloney	...	Gail Force
Jeff Moffet	...	Santo Enmascarado de Plata
Josh Grace	...	Bionic Bigfoot
Ian Driscoll
Patricia Bellemore	...	Virtual Girl
Nancy Bouzi	...	Leopard Lady
Shana Betz	...	Agent Ito
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dan Gosse	...	Bad Boy Batty Bat
John N.E. Hill	...	Barfly
Lloyd Kaufman	...	The Man in the Hat
Jodi Larratt	...	Party Girl
Mark Pollesel	...	Goon
Jay Stone	...	Judge

Storyline

From Odessa Filmworks, the award winning team that brought the world Harry Knuckles and the Treasure of the Aztec Mummy and rewrote the gospel of Canadian filmmaking with Jesus Christ, Vampire Hunter comes a new knuckle-dusting adventure starring everyone's favourite super spy. A valuable necklace has gone missing, and Harry Knuckles, AKA Special Agent Spanish Fly, is on the case. But getting his hirsute hands on the prize isn't going to be easy for the diminutive dynamo. There's more to this case than meets the eye. Armed with a lethal arsenal of kung-fu moves, a hair-trigger temper, a fistful of moxie and a seemingly endless supply of potassium-rich bananas, Harry's ready to knuckle up against any and all comers. Back to back with his loyal friend, famed Mexican wrestler El Santos, Harry goes toe to toe with the hinterland horror of the Bionic Bigfoot and an army of interlopers. Can even Special Agent Spanish Fly survive the Zen onslaught of a shadow warrior from the land of the ...

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Plot Keywords:

reference to virtual reality | kung fu | bigfoot | female flatulence | bikini | 

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Horror

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Did You Know?

Trivia

The movie poster for The Fury (1978) is a tribute to Gordon Jump who played the character named Harry Nuckells. The filmmakers did not know this fact until after they started making the Harry Knuckles series.

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Goofs

At the birthday party Harry Knuckles passes a woman at the bottom of the stairs but when he goes up she's suddenly at the top of the stairs.

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Quotes

Johnny Vega: [referring to Santos's wrestling style] How did he get this way? Stomping puppies?

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Connections

Follows Harry Knuckles and the Treasure of the Aztec Mummy (2002)

User Reviews

A great film for a small amount of money

The film itself was an action adventure spy spoof-a-rama filmed in and around Ottawa for a rather shoe string budget of around 40000CAD over the course of two years. Noticeable when, the female lead, Cassie Nova (played by Nancy Riehle), has a scene that I imagine was filmed the summer after the rest of her scenes. Line is more or less: 'There's Cassie! Why did she change her hair?' 'There's no time for that now, let's go!' ;). Generally, this film was fun and goofy, with the plot revolving around the titular necklace, stolen from the Museum of Nature by a bionic Bigfoot (Josh Grace in a pretty awesome costume, I must say). Harry is asked by two researchers to find the necklace, but do they have ulterior motives? The film is overtaken by a horde of baddies that try and keep Harry from his goal, with punch-ups, sword fights and pilfering. He eventually, with the help of his trusted friend Santo, the world famous masked wrestler, finds out the truth behind the necklace, and Bigfoot and the mysterious figure that has been plaguing him with these attacks, his own evil twin!

It was an extremely fun film to watch, and I hope that they do well with it. I do have a couple of quibbles, but nothing heart stopping. For instance, I found that there were just maybe one too many fight scenes (the film is hours). The scene with Virtual Girl didn't seem to gel with rest of the film, perhaps it was part of a greater subplot that was cut and should have been left on the floor, but I'm not any worse off for seeing it ;). Also, the sound was a bit off. The soundtrack was overpowering the actors from time to time, and I missed some plot points as I couldn't understand what they were saying.

All in all a very good film for very little money!

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 October 2004 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Harry Knuckles 3

Filming Locations:

Aylmer, Québec, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

CAD50,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Odessa Filmworks

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1