Enjoyable hokum with Christopher Lee sufficiently menacing as the evil Chinese villain Dr. Fu Manchu, reprising his role from The Face of Fu Manchu (1965), with this being the second of five films made in the 1960's.
Hell bent on taking over the world Fu Manchu, along with his equally sadistic daughter and army of henchman, orders the kidnapping of the daughters of prominent scientists to help him build a deadly device that can destroy it's targets and hold the world to ransom. The final third feels like it was inspired by the recent success of the James Bond films, although the Sax Rohmer books on which they are based pre-date Ian Fleming's creation as they were written in 1912 by the British author.
This adventure crime thriller mainly takes place in London as we follow Nayland Smith of Scotland Yard trying to stay one step ahead of the crime lord. Douglas Wilmer does a decent job in replacing Nigel Green as the detective and there's a good supporting cast including the requisite appearance of Burt Kwouk who usually gets hired for Eastern Asian roles as the engineer.
The pacing is measured and the action is mild in this pleasing instalment of the Fu Manchu film series produced by the prolific British screenwriter and producer Harry Alan Towers.
Hell bent on taking over the world Fu Manchu, along with his equally sadistic daughter and army of henchman, orders the kidnapping of the daughters of prominent scientists to help him build a deadly device that can destroy it's targets and hold the world to ransom. The final third feels like it was inspired by the recent success of the James Bond films, although the Sax Rohmer books on which they are based pre-date Ian Fleming's creation as they were written in 1912 by the British author.
This adventure crime thriller mainly takes place in London as we follow Nayland Smith of Scotland Yard trying to stay one step ahead of the crime lord. Douglas Wilmer does a decent job in replacing Nigel Green as the detective and there's a good supporting cast including the requisite appearance of Burt Kwouk who usually gets hired for Eastern Asian roles as the engineer.
The pacing is measured and the action is mild in this pleasing instalment of the Fu Manchu film series produced by the prolific British screenwriter and producer Harry Alan Towers.