![]() Starring Ron Marchini, Michael Chong, and Joshua Jackson as the three death machines with abs of steel, the film also features a hilariously disturbing performance by Mari Honjo as Madame Lee, the angry Oriental Dragon Lady who sends them on their assassination mission. It starts out with an animated logo and some cheesy synths, but quickly goes off into cloud cuckoo land as we watch three death machines – one Asian, one African, and one Caucasian – fight their targets with passable martial arts. ![]() It is hilariously choreographed with one high-flying kick to the head after another (complete with squeals), but misses the mark with one too many side stories. Well, they did what they set out to do and this is why we are STILL talking about this low budget 1976 drive-in movie.ĭeath Machines is a confusing action flick, one that manages to mix some half-assed kung fu with elements of sci-fi. The best they could do was ratchet up the action and pray for luck with a movie about three assassins souped-up on a special killing serum. They knew they liked 1974’s The Yakuza with Robert Mitchum they also knew they didn’t have the money for his fess. If you listen carefully to director Paul Kyriazi, it sounds like the cast and crew he assembled for Death Machines knew enough about action films to be dangerous. ![]() ![]() I will argue to the death that it definitely takes talent to successfully pull off the B-movie. Drive-in flicks are as badass as they are clueless. ![]()
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