Death Machines

Death Machines  (Paul Kyriazi – 1976)  

Pointless tour the force walkthrough of 70thies action clichés with martial art and a heavy handed touch of orientalism.

Did I say pointless, but I loved it! How does that ad up? It’s because this is the real McCoy – Real 70thies exploitation with lots of fighting, shooting, swordplay, bazookas, small airplanes going up in smoke, car crashes and a weird queen of Chinatown criminal mastermind (hilariously dubbed). More than a coherent narrative this a catalogue of scenes typical of its time and the film is an example of “text that refers to another text”. And it features old school “fighting sounds”, you know like “yreeee” and “arrrrr”. How charming isn’t that?

Viewed on Marketing Film release with 1:85:1 ratio and anamorphic widescreen. The picture is a bit soft losing some detail, but otherwise pleasant.