Mighty Peking Man, The

aka: Hsing Hsing wang
Hong Kong 1977, 86 minutes
Dir. Meng-Hwa Ho
In Mandarin, English with English subtitles
Rating: [M]
Genres: Foreign Cinema, Action/Adventure / Martial Arts

Feat. Danny Lee

Aroview: A hilarious Shaw Brothers riff on KING KONG, with an earthquake disturbing the slumbers of a giant ape in the Himalayas who then heads into India to spread havoc.

Like giant primates before him, 'mighty Peking man' is eventually bundled off to civilisation, Hong Kong in this case, for more large-scale wrecking. Revered by Quentin Tarantino, the true glory of this cult item is the insanely campy dialogue and entertainingly ludicrous characters.