
Fu Manchu and his army of henchmen are kidnapping the daughters of prominent scientists and taking them to his remote island headquarters. Instead of asking for ransom, Fu demands that the fathers help him to build a death ray, which he intends to use to take over the world. But Fu's archenemy, Sir Denis Nayland Smith of Scotland Yard, is determined not to let that happen.... (Full plot summary below)
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Fu Manchu and his army of henchmen are kidnapping the daughters of prominent scientists and taking them to his remote island headquarters. Instead of asking for ransom, Fu demands that the fathers help him to build a death ray, which he intends to use to take over the world. But Fu's archenemy, Sir Denis Nayland Smith of Scotland Yard, is determined not to let that happen.
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| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzThe second Fu Manchu in the series is weaker than the original The Face of Fu Manchu, but still enjoyable hokum. |
| User ReviewBruce BChristopher Lee Plays an Excellent Fu Manchu, his acting throughout this movie is outstanding and stellar. Fu Manchu is kidnapping scientist and their daughters to develop a death ray . But the law is out to stop him. Having been filmed in 1966 this film was good enough to convince me to watch the 2 other Fu Manchu movies staring Christopher Lee, I think this is his best role. 4 stars 3-12-12 |
| User ReviewTed WPretty much the only reason to see is for Christopher Lee who is fantastic, the rest of the movie is just dull. |
| User ReviewBill TNot a BAD sequel to the first Christopher Lee Fu Manchu movie. At least the protagonist is more believable, but, amazingly, just like the first movie, Manchu has backed himself up with a lot of wimpy Asian henchmen, who are no match for the Heroic British Policemen! Sometimes 5 henchmen against 1 Policeman, guess who wins? |
| User Reviewmutt mBetter than the first as they seem to have employed 99% of orientals in this one and only Christopher Lee himself isnt. Quite fun in an old style adventure way but i still don't think lee pulls oriental villain off very well. And yet another movie i've had to suggest to Flixster! |
| User ReviewOrlok WI have to be honest here and say that I haven't seen any of the films in the Fu Manchu series, and being that this is a sequel, it's probably not the best place to start because it seems to be following a story of sorts. Christopher Lee stars in The Brides of Fu Manchu, which picks up where the previous film The Face of Fu Manchu left off. It apparently was successful enough to warrant a set of sequels and I guess it doesn't really matter what order you watch them in. I'm assuming they're all pretty much the same. Like I said, I haven't seen the others, but this isn't terribly impressive, nor is it all that entertaining. It's quite boring actually, but it does have Christopher Lee in Asian make-up, some beautiful young ladies and lots of Karate and Judo from not just the bad guys but the good guys too. Apparently if you fight in one of these movies, you automatically know how to Judo chop. It reminded me a lot of early Bond movies in that regard. So I guess in some sick, twisted and demented sort of way it has some watchability to it, but only for the reasons that I mentioned. It's not a good movie by any stretch of the imagination, but I am curious to see the rest of the films in the series just to see where it goes from here. It won't get any better, I'm sure. |
| User ReviewScott CSo-so sequel. Not as good as 'The Face of Fu Manchu', but there are still lots of fun set pieces. And while it's kind of stupid having a white actor play an asian character, Lee does a good job in the role. |
| User ReviewGreg WA decent sequel that ultimately sits very well amongst the full series of films made with Christopher Lee in the title role. Viewed as a single film it's a run-of-the-mill megalomaniac fantasy. |
| User ReviewSenor CNot a bad entry in the Fu Manchu series but I personally prefer Mask of Fu Manchu w/ Boris Karloff (the best of the lot) & the exploitation take in Blood of Fu Manchu that may be my favorite Jesse Franco movie. Once again w/ Christopher Lee as Chu its more of a cult item that you tune in to see him in the role then being presented w/ an actual 'good' film. Fu Manchu is a mother-fucker it's just too bad that more often then not you're not given a film that matches the sheer presence of such a diabolical character. It's watchable for fans but it hardly ever delivers...as well Chu's henchmen are a sorta weak. They seem to get their asses kicked rather easily even by women. Someone should make another entry in this series & update it by having them all be martial arts masters & have a shit load of kung fu action. Hell Nichols Cage should take the lead. If anything Rob Zombie proved w/ his Grindhouse trailer Werewolf Women of the S S he would be fantastic in the role |
| User ReviewTim SI have to be honest here and say that I haven't seen any of the films in the Fu Manchu series, and being that this is a sequel, it's probably not the best place to start because it seems to be following a story of sorts. Christopher Lee stars in The Brides of Fu Manchu, which picks up where the previous film The Face of Fu Manchu left off. It apparently was successful enough to warrant a set of sequels and I guess it doesn't really matter what order you watch them in. I'm assuming they're all pretty much the same. Like I said, I haven't seen the others, but this isn't terribly impressive, nor is it all that entertaining. It's quite boring actually, but it does have Christopher Lee in Asian make-up, some beautiful young ladies and lots of Karate and Judo from not just the bad guys but the good guys too. Apparently if you fight in one of these movies, you automatically know how to Judo chop. It reminded me a lot of early Bond movies in that regard. So I guess in some sick, twisted and demented sort of way it has some watchability to it, but only for the reasons that I mentioned. It's not a good movie by any stretch of the imagination, but I am curious to see the rest of the films in the series just to see where it goes from here. It won't get any better, I'm sure. |