Mr. Hercules Against Karate

Mr. Hercules Against Karate/Ming, ragazzi! is a 1973 Italian comedy Kung fu film directed by Antonio Margheriti that was filmed in Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney and Bangkok.^[2] Produced by Carlo Ponti, the film features Bud Spencer and Terence Hill impersonators Alberto Terracina and Fernando Bilbao in a satire of the Kung-fu craze.^[3]

Mr. Hercules Against Karate
Directed by	Antonio Margheriti
Screenplay by	Gianni Simonelli Antonio Margheriti[1]
Story by	Luciano Vincenzoni Sergio Donati[1]
Produced by	Carlo Ponti
Starring	Roberto Terracina Fernando Arrien Jolina Mitchell George Wang Chai Lee Sue Chang
Cinematography	Luciano Trasatti[1]
Edited by	Mario Morra[1]
Music by	Carlo Savina
Production company	Laser Film[1]
Distributed by	United Artists Europa
Release date	1973 (1973)
Running time	104 minutes[1]
Country	Italy[1]

Plot

The film is about Danny (Roberto Terracina) and Percy (Fernando Arrien) who are fired from an oil rig in Australia when Percy accidentally destroys it. They retreat to a Chinese restaurant where they meet the owner Wang who offers them $100,000 if they return his son Henshu who has been taken by Henshu's stepmother and her boyfriend, a kung fu master. The two agree and fly to Hong Kong.

Reception

Tom Milne (Monthly Film Bulletin) gave the film a negative review, lamenting that one or two shots such as the carnival dragon in a dark alley "remind one that Margheriti has had his moments in the past as a minor-league Bava".^[1] Milne concluded that the film was "a dim carbon copy, studded with travelogue views and making heavy weather of its aimless roughhouse fights."^[1]

Cast

• Alberto Terracina ... Danny / Dino (billed as Tom Scott)
• Fernando Bilbao ... Percy / Parsifal (billed as Fred Harris)
• Jolina Collins ... Ai-Lan (billed as Jolina Mitchell)
• Chai Lee ... Lee-Ping
• George Wang ... Ming
• Sue Chang ... Sue
• Luciano Pigozzi ... Chief of Police (billed as Alan Collins)