The Man from Holland (1984)
Reviewed by: Frank Lakatos on 2005-09-28
Man from Holland, made in early 1986, this movie was one of the last low budget independant Hong Kong productions to star notable HK actors, such as Philip Ko, Chan Wai Man, and Ray Lui. Philip Ko(looking a bit thinner and ripped than his early 80's and old school days) was in his prime, and everybody is serious, but the director wasn't serioes, and the script, direction, and pacing limit the entire casts' potential. What's even worse is that the Ocean Shores VCD's reception is terribly dark, whihc makes scenes that are a bit dark unviewable, just a total black screen at times. Besides an embarresing perverted cameo by John Ladalski, who ties up and paints on a nude woman on a beach, a transvestite gweilo hitman, and a finale that is so dark it is unwatchable, nothing really happens in this movie. There is one fight scene in the day with Tommy Cheng and an interesting music score, but that's it.
Everybody is wasted. *1/2/*****