So, this is a film which reuses footage from Battlestar Galactica (all the space scenes) - though some are played backwards. The original special effects are not up to much. Most of the space ship interior looks like an abandoned factory, with a few "futuristic" sets which use 1980s PCs. The bad guys drive around in golf carts which fire laser guns. Meanwhile, there are a group of alien women aboard who prance around to New Age music and appear to exert some kind of psychic control on people, though not much effect on the plot.
The plot is rather basic and incoherent. The acting is almost universally awful. The fight scenes chaotic and inept... Obviously the film is hilarious. This is a film where one of the supporting actors dies... and then reappears as an extra in the next scene!
Gerry (Ronald Lewis) is part of a gang which intends to steal diamonds. He is also in love with Molly (Belinda Lee). Now Molly's brother Mike (David McCallum) is on the fringes of the gang and comes up with a way for the gang to get their hands on a policeman's uniform. There is this boy, Freddie (Michael Brooke), who's dad is a copper and Freddie has a crush on Molly...
After the crime Freddie ends up, by accident, being in possession of the loot. Gerry and the gang of course want it back but a complication is that Freddie's young boy heart has been broken by Molly...
A tense drama, evocative with the sights and sounds of late 1950s London, with a lot of bombed out buildings still around. The film packs in the emotion, and many emotions too. The film may be a bit slow at times but personally i felt it made good use of the extra time.
A lovely little film set at the height of pre-war Hollywood glamour. Constance Bennett reveals her rather relaxed and lavish beauty regime once she finally drags herself out of bed! This involves applying varying creams, having a bath and being annoyed by regular time checks from her maid! It is all rather strange, and probably not much practical help to the average fan, but at all times Constance is suitably glamorous!
So a simple plot but this has a number of interesting sub-plots. We have Tung Hao (Tao-Liang Tan), a conflicted triad member who regrets the killings that Lu takes part in. Nana (Nana Misaki), a dancer and prostitute linked to the gang (and Tung Hao's girl), who is desperate to have a better life.
The film is often unintentionally hilarious, Bolo Yeung is dubbed with a cockney accent for example. The film also has quite a bit of gratuitous female nudity, and lots and lots of violence. The fighting is of a good standard and overall the film is well worth a watch.