| One of the most absurd monster movies ever made. Man, I don't know what to tell you. This film is so inconsistent in practically everything. Even my insane mind couldn't keep up with it, let alone a mind filled with the most malign drugs known to man.
"Mighty Peking Man" is also extremely entertaining. To think, as I watch, that the best thing this film has to offer was the tiger biting some man's leg off, which was one of the funniest scenes ever crafted. But it never ends, it gets better and better and more and more absurd as the film rolls on, to the point where you get to see the greatest scene of all: Mighty Peking Man stomping on Ku Feng's character. I almost died from laughter. The insanity never ends, until the film ends of course.
There are times where the film does get emotional, where Peking Man is forced to become a misanthrope because of humanity's caustic ignorance and its antagonistic demeanor. It makes you sad to see a man in a monkey suit--er a monster who expresses his trust to humanity only to be betrayed by this atrocity, and in the end you will be rooting for Peking Man to destroy humanity. But when you get to the point where you are emotionally involved, the absurdities will manifest and everything is ruined. I loved it. It just f@#$s with your emotions, constantly.
"Mighty Peking Man" is absurd, stupid, and incoherent, yet it's heart-warming and sincere, and yet it's insane and retarded, and yet it's sad and depressing, and yet it's maniacal and--I swear I could go all day explaining my feelings and thoughts about this film. The only monster films that beat this film's high level of asininity are "Godzilla Vs. Megalon" and "King Kong Vs. Godzilla" as far as I'm concerned. This film is highly recommended to those who like their films campy and stupid and extremely fun. |