The tiger from Taipei

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Movie
German title The tiger from Taipei
Original title The Amsterdam Kill
Country of production USA , Hong Kong
original language English
Publishing year 1977
length 90 minutes
Age rating FSK 18
Rod
Director Robert Clouse
script Gregory Teifer
production Golden Harvest
(Raymond Chow)
music Hal Schaffer
camera Alan Hume
cut Gina Brown
Allan Holzman
occupation

The tiger from Taipei (alternative title: "Conspiracy in Amsterdam", Chinese  荷 京 喋血 ) is one of the lesser-known films with Robert Mitchum in the lead role and was one of the attempts by Robert Clouse and Raymond Chow, with one of Asian and American professionals composed crew to repeat the success of The Death Claw Man .

action

The ex-police officer Quinlan (Robert Mitchum) was dishonorable prematurely dismissed from service. Given the occasion, the DEA instructs him to conduct undercover investigations and unmask a traitor within the organization. As is so often the case in action films, the hero is promised amnesty for his commitment.

production

The veteran Robert Mitchum (who had worked successfully in the industry for 33 years at the time) is said to have suffered a certain culture shock, especially since he - as we still know from the stars in Hong Kong - should do his own stunts. After all, the atmosphere on the set is said to have been extremely hostile, so that Mitchum finally felt seriously insecure. His concern was not entirely unfounded, given the incidents in earlier films by Robert Clouse. When shooting Robert Clouse's best-known film ( The Man with the Death Clause ), Robert Clouse insisted on the use of real bottles in an action scene and after an injury to Bruce Lee caused on the set, spread the rumor that Bruce Lee wanted his opponent out of this scene really kill now. During the filming of McGee, the Tiger , there was a real fight with serious injuries between the main actor and his opponent, while Robert Clouse kept the camera running, even when Rod Taylor was hit on the head with a real bottle . Janet Maslin of the New York Times later certified Robert Mitchum that he would have delivered an impressive account given the circumstances.

criticism

"Mr. Clouse proves to be suitable for showing how a car drives through a houseboat and lands in a canal without causing the slightest tension. (Mr. Clouse proves himself capable of showing a car being driven through a houseboat and into a canal without generating any excitement at all.) The same is true in the film's final orgy of destruction, which includes a bulldozer, a greenhouse and a huge number innocent mother flowers and roses are involved. (The same thing holds true for the film's final demolition scene, which involves a bulldozer, a greenhouse and a very large number of innocent mums and roses.) "

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Original title: THE AMSTERDAM KILL, reference title: Conspiracy in Amsterdam . Retrieved October 14, 2011.
  2. Hong Kong Movie Database: HKMDB ​​- The Amsterdam Kill (1978). In: www.hkmdb.com. Retrieved May 24, 2019 (Chinese, English).
  3. ^ Quinlan was removed from his job for stealing drug money . Retrieved October 14, 2011.
  4. Mitchum plays a washed-up police officer, hired by DEA agent Bradford Dillman to help plug up a security leak. . Retrieved October 14, 2011.
  5. ^ According to Lee Server's biography Baby I Don't Care, the 60-year-old Mitchum was extremely irritated over the poorly organized production and having to do his own stunts . Retrieved October 15, 2011.
  6. So severe was the enmity of the set that Mitchum seriously feared that the crew was taking out extra insurance on him and planning to kill him off . Retrieved October 14, 2011.
  7. Bob Wall Dishes on Bruce Lee, Steven Seagal and Chuck Norris - Bob Wall: Any so-called feud was Clouse's doing, as he spread the rumor that Bruce wanted to kill me . Archived from the original on November 2, 2011. Retrieved on May 24, 2019.
  8. After he busted three of my ribs, I hit him with a bottle, a real one. . Retrieved October 9, 2011.
  9. But there's something impressive about the imperturbability with which he marches through the most potentially embarrassing situations. . Retrieved October 14, 2011.