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Information
- Year
- 1976
- Runtime
- 87 min.
- Director
- Oscar Williams
- Genres
- Action, Drama, Comedy
- Rating *
- 4.1
- Votes *
- 183
- Checks
- 38
- Favs
- 0
- Dislikes
- 4
- Favs/checks
- 0.0% (0:38)
- Favs/dislikes
- 0:4
Top comments
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Siskoid
Black Belt Jones and a team of operatives fight their way through Thailand to rescue an ambassador's daughter kidnapped by a crime lord, fighting or helping what seems like a dozen tribes each with their own specific costume along the way. At its best, Hot Potato looks like it should be turned into an Icecapades spectacle (I blame the costumes and the choreography both). At its worst, you want to kill the loathsome White Rhino character played by George Memmoli, a heinously terrible comic relief character that very nearly ruins what is otherwise an ok martial arts comedy. Can't believe Memmoli almost played in the lead in Taxi Driver. Geoffrey Binney plays another agent, Johnny Chicago, who I'd swear was the inspiration for Indiana Jones if he wasn't so awful too. So it's a good thing we have cool cat Black Belt Jones (Jim Kelly) and his girl-du-jour, a super-competent Thai agent played by Irene Tsu. One to mock, and sometimes groan at. 8 years 9 months ago