Slave of Crime (1987) User Reviews

Why so high notes ?

[Prostak · 4/10 · 30 August 2015]

I am surprised that this movie has over 7/10.

Compared to other Franco's productions this one is so-so. Naive and not very reasonable plot, poor acting (especially in fight scenes), suspense kept by repeating the same actions and words.

And almost complete lack of what Franco's fans are looking for: the mixture of violence, sex, perverted characters and weird sense of humor. I am disappointed also by visual side - should pictures of exotic vegetation accompanied by emotional music replace really intense scenes ? And view of actors' faces substitute for shots of explosions and fire ? Not for me.

I would say - skip it, save your time for another one.

Slaves of Crime

[BandSAboutMovies · 4/10 · 4 February 2022]

Tsai Chin is the daughter of the infamous - and now dead - Fu Manchu, so she's one Sax Rohmer character. As she controls a large empire of women soldiers who command erotic chemical hypnosis powers, she's also another Rohmer supervillainess, Sumaru, who Jess Franco already made two movies about - The Million Eyes of Sumaru and The Girl from Rio.

Of course, she's played by Lina Romay and yes, there's lots of torture, as she kidnaps a rock band and a private detective named Mandell seeks to chop and kick his way through her forces. As for Fu Manchu, he's in hell and can only speak thrugh an urn, while Nayland Smith hired Mandell.

This whole thing was shot in a hotel, which is a late career Franco directoral trademark it seems, and there's no concern for coherence or continuity. It does, however, have its female army dress in thongs and high heels, which doesn't seem to be the most intimidating of uniforms, but when Franco and Romay build a fighting force of extraordinary magnitude, I guess they can really do anything they'd like.