Monday, June 17, 2019

Hong Kong Nights (1935)

A 1930s Oriental romp so you know to expect dated stereotypes, though isn't too bad compared to some films...

This is a decent if unexceptional crime drama involving weapon smuggling into HK. Gil Burris (Cornelius Keefe) is the mastermind behind the smuggling and two US customs agents (Tom Keene and Warren Hymer) are tasked to bring Burris to book. One complication is Burris' girl (Wera Engels), they all have the hots for to various degrees. She is of course naive and innocent of Burris' evil doings until Keene comes along...

Another complication is Burris' honourable henchman Wong (Tetsu Komai) and his good luck amulet which ends up saving Keene's life...

It is though a rather run-of-the-mill adventure film. Fairly fast moving and usually makes sense, but not always! Once things get going the action is solid.