It takes failure to find success - - 10/10 for a film that has had every bit stripped away for ideas found in many, many other films to follow. Besides that it's a great Hammer film (not Hollywood pretentiousness) with a real natural, honest gritty feel to it. Hong looks run down as ever, and Peter Cushing is brilliantly British rattling off dialogue as only he can. Nice one liners. Stewart Whitman looks like he will Shatter at any moment and his face has more lines than shattered crystals. So much the better for it adds more realism. Kung fu scenes are super pro- gives Bruce Lee (love him) a real run for his money. There is even a Kung Fu fighting academy with Thai and Japanese martial arts. Wicked. The fighting looks real, not that fake Jackie Chan BS with all the obnoxious squealing. The ending? Shattered.
Review of Shatter
