Death Dimension
July. 01,1978The Pig has a plan to eradicate some people with a freeze bomb that instantly freezes people to death. It is up to Detective Ash to stop him and protect the woman with the secret to the ice bomb embedded in a microdot under the skin of her forehead.
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Too much of everything
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A Disappointing Continuation
' but does provide some mild entertainment nonetheless' would be the best way to describe this Al Adamson directed flick. In it a scientist implants a micro film containing the blueprints to a 'freeze bomb' into his trusted (and very attractive!) female assistants forehead to prevent it falling into the hands of the charmingly named 'The Pig' (Harold Sakata), a crime boss who intends to sell the potential weapon to the highest bidder.Needless to say, the Pig and his cronies are none too pleased when the assistant does a bunk with the said info and thus sets about hunting for her. Step forward the one and only Jim Kelly (equipped with his usual array of cool seventies fashions including some of his trademark track suits!) who intends to put a stop to Pig's nefarious ambitions.Will our super cool cop save the day? Well you'll just have to watch it to find out. Suffice to say, he performs a fair bit of ass whooping throughout the film including a funky nunchaku sequence.As said previously, this is far from the best of Kelly's cinematic exploits, however for a quick dose of some hearty, groovy chop socky action, then you could do a lot worse than to give this a whirl.
Yes, this movie is one of the many children of the Bruce Lee era, but honestly, it is one of the most entertaining.Everything from the sets to the story reek of cheapness, but it's all good. Jim Kelly has great fighting skill and the mere presence of Bond alumni George Lazenby and Harold Sakata is enough for the film to warrant a look.The story -- concerning a fiendish plot to "freeze-bomb" the world -- is absurd, but the elements that populate it -- kung-fu, hot chicks, and grunting henchmen -- combined with great locales and a goofy soundtrack, make it a doozy.If you expect Enter the Dragon, you won't get it with Death Dimension a.k.a Kill Factor, but this movie is still some great fun. Look for the senseless closing frame; it seals the deal.
I think anyone studying film making should be required to watch this film, and learn how NOT to make a film! This is just plain stupid!! I can see why the "Goldfinger" director had OddJob mute. Because Sakata's line readings are so bad, they might as well have dubbed in his voice. Why was poor George Lazenby cast to play in such trashy films? Was he really that bad in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"? Did the director of this film think that by casting two Bondian actors in this film that he would be raising the production value of such a horrible script? The action scenes are so tame and unexciting, that you can't believe why Jim Kelly would allow this to be vehicle in his career after the success of "Enter The Dragon". The only one aspect of this film worth viewing (with the exception of the Bondian actors) is the soundtrack. Not that it's completely brilliant, but it definately has a Rare Groove edge to it (if that's your bag), but I doubt a Soundtrack album ever accompanied this "drive-in" "B-" movie. Oh, and Jim Kelly has a cool red jump suit to wear. But that's about it. If the opening scene (with a woman getting stitched up in a nauseating slow pace) doesn't get you to turn the video off, the action will slowly put you to sleep. Only interesting if you were ever curious to see what George Lazenby got up to after his turn at James Bond.
While this looks better than a lot of other Al Adamson movies, nothing else good can be said about this. This is an incredibly boring movie. Ridiculously padded, fight scenes so lame they aren't even funny, dull direction, etc. Even fans of Kelly will be hard pressed to get through this. No wonder they had to give this movie so many alternate names - they had to keep fooling people, when each new title soon became box-office poison after word-of-mouth spread around!