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Hot Potato (1976)

Started by claws, March 27, 2010, 01:18:08 AM

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claws

Adventure / Kung-Fu Comedy starring Jim Kelly who is not even trying to be funny because yeah, his acting skills were kind of limited. This one is about a group of friends on a rescue mission somewhere in Asia trying to find a kidnapped woman. They do eventually find her but along the way they are under constant attack by bad guys in odd costumes.
My personal highlight of utter badness involved a small toy police car confusing the hell out of goons during a big fight scene. Another favorite corny scene shows our male heroes getting it on with the females all at the same time, including a brief close up of one of the ladies shaking her head from side to side in PG-rated ecstasy.
The comedy is very silly and never funny. The soundtrack is intentional goofy. The fight scenes are well choreographed. In a nutshell: Hot Potato is dumb and bad but still sort of entertaining.


zombie no.one

sounds good. no wait, sounds bad  :teddyr:.

saw a good trailer for black belt jones on you tube in that montage a while back, was pretty funny

Torgo

I picked up that 4 pack a little while back. Hot Potato is so bizarre and so awesomely bad at times.
"There is no way out of here. It'll be dark soon. There is no way out of here."

Trevor

I read somewhere that Jim Kelly is now a tennis pro at a club.  :teddyr:
We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.

Torgo

Quote from: Trevor on April 13, 2010, 10:05:23 AM
I read somewhere that Jim Kelly is now a tennis pro at a club.  :teddyr:

Yep, he's become quite the tennis player and teaches mostly famous people how to play from what I've gathered.

"There is no way out of here. It'll be dark soon. There is no way out of here."