This 10-digit number is your confirmation number. | Rating: 4/5, August 7, 2002 We want to hear what you have to say but need to verify your email. By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie. |, June 4, 2008 The image is an example of a ticket confirmation email that AMC sent you when you purchased your ticket. Never forget that Fu Manchu is a gentleman in the early 20th Century meaning of the term. I really enjoyed this and thought that it would be a pretty decent thriller. Its not really scary, but Boris Karloff turns in a pretty chilling performance as the evil and sadistic Dr. Fu Manchu. You might call him a brand-new Fu! This movie is a bit more of a thriller along the lines of Indiana Jones than it is a horror film, but there are many cool touches packed into its 68 minutes. Weymouth and Karameneh make only token appearances in this work. He believes his people will rise up and destroy the white race and he will be all powerful and rule the world. Please enter your email address and we will email you a new password. Boris Karloff portrays the evil warlord with the right mix of menace and playfulness. Once they located the wonderful works in gold and jewels - the only things that an archaeologist would care about, y'know - they pack them up to take back their civilized country. Sid. towards the end, in what likely directly stoked the "yellow fear" of the day. There are also a couple of death traps that will remind you of 007 films from 30 years later, including an alligator pit, and how can you not love a laser scene from 1932? It's all truly over the top, and the sets are fantastic. ...the film is filled with high camp, Karloff in droopy mustache and long, curled fingernails and Loy in slinky gown and dangly headdress. Still, I took more offense to the gap-tooth, goofy waiter ringing the dinner bell at the end, than I did to Karloff or Loy. The story starts after Van Berg, Greville, The Chief and their party have excavated the artifacts of long-gone and heretical Islamic sect. Copyright © Fandango. Coming Soon. Later we'll see him torturing a captive with a giant gong, and presiding over an operating room which has lizards and snakes clamoring to get out of jars, a giant python, and a tarantula he extracts poison from. On the scary scale though this has to rake in a easy 6 of 10. All rights reserved. Basically an adventure story...it edges into the horror category thanks to the fiendish torture devices used by the Oriental criminal mastermind - and his sadistic daughter. Sign up here. Though it is not scary what-so-ever. Fu Manchu plans to use the sword and mask to proclaim himself the reincarnation of Genghis Khan. At least, not to anyone who matters. and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes and Fandango. Coming Soon, Regal The sets by Cedric Gibbons are gorgeous to look at, a uniquely Hollywoodian blend of art-deco and tasteful Orientalism, photographed to fantastic effect by Tony Gaudio and evocatively lit. | Rotten (1). Only the movie's overt racism can be a mark against it today. Fah Lo Suee, his evil but hot-blooded daughter, makes some nice eerie appearances in this tale, as well. Cinemark This time the threat to civilisation comes from an heretical Islamic sect. Sign up here. The percentage of users who rated this 3.5 stars or higher. Your AMC Ticket Confirmation# can be found in your order confirmation email. Please enter your email address and we will email you a new password. More importantly kill all of the white men. Copyright © Fandango. It somehow combines the Yellow Peril of the 1930s with height of purple prose. |, July 4, 2005 Our old friend, the insidious evil doctor Fu Manchu, returns in "The Mask of Fu Manchu," the fifth book in Sax Romer's classic mystery series. Forgot your password? what else could u possibly want? Cinemark Sidney Poitier’s 7 Most Memorable Performances, All Harry Potter Movies Ranked Worst to Best by Tomatometer. Although a few of the Fu Manchu books are a bit "trite" in spots, and at times they certainly have the feel of the "pulp fiction" … Just confirm how you got your ticket. Shan Greville again narrates, and all our old friends are back: Nayland Smith, Dr. Petrie, Orientalist Lionel Barton and his niece, Rima. All Critics (8) There's no such thing as a really good Fu Manchu film, but Charles Brabin's The Mask of Fu Manchu is probably as close as one comes. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. A classic with a towering performance by Karloff as Fu Manchu. What we have here is a group of scientists searching out the mask and sword of Genghis Khan. If you can put aside the wild racism of the time this is an okay pre-code adventure with the male lead being sexually objectify for a change. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Thus, a reading of that earlier story is fairly essential when going into this one. Only the movie's overt racism can be a mark against it today. | Rating: 3/5, September 11, 2003 This was during the misguided period when Myrna Loy was being cast as an Oriental baddie. | Rating: B Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. So I have a list that I am going off of and this was on there as a Horror Movie. Cosmopolitan Productions, October 17, 2016 Once the gold's gone, the shrine is of no further interest, right? Basically an adventure story...it edges into the horror category thanks to the fiendish torture devices used by the Oriental criminal mastermind - and his sadistic daughter. There's no such thing as a really good Fu Manchu film, but Charles Brabin's The Mask of Fu Manchu is probably as close as one comes. |, May 12, 2009 Regal You can still see all customer reviews for the product. Sidney Poitier’s 7 Most Memorable Performances, All Harry Potter Movies Ranked Worst to Best by Tomatometer. Oh, and they dynamite the reliquary on their way out. Working under the guidance of Sir Nayland Smith (Lewis Stone), the English team finds ancient relics -- a mask and a sword. Coming Soon. Don't have an account? well i have to say this was really fun but also quite racist. This is a creaky but entertaining relic from the early sound era. ...the film is filled with high camp, Karloff in droopy mustache and long, curled fingernails and Loy in slinky gown and dangly headdress. The sinister Dr. Fu Manchu (Boris Karloff) and his equally devious daughter, Fah Lo See (Myrna Loy), clash with a British expedition that has set out in search of Genghis Khan's tomb. The sinister operation is presided over by the inscrutable Myrna Loy with her cat-like face, calming smoking what appears to be a hookah, as well as a bunch of bare-chested African-American guys on pedestals with arms crossed. J.R. 'Bob' Dobbs & The Church of the SubGenius, Fall TV First Look: Find Out What’s Coming, The Best Peacock Original Shows and Movies, All Upcoming Disney Movies: New Disney Live-Action, Animation, Pixar, Marvel, and More. Verified reviews are considered more trustworthy by fellow moviegoers. At the end of Mask, where other villains would have vengeance on their minds, Fu Manchu sends Greville an expensive wedding present. A classic with a towering performance by Karloff as Fu Manchu. Fu Manchu has Sir Lionel is kidnapped and brought to him. By creating an account, you agree to the Privacy Policy By creating an account, you agree to the Privacy Policy This is a creaky but entertaining relic from the early sound era. We want to hear what you have to say but need to verify your account. | Rating: 3/4 Is the film racist? Thanks to the essential oil of a rare Burmese orchid, Dr. Fu has attained a new lease on life in this book, and is both stronger and more active than ever. Just below that it reads "Ticket Confirmation#:" followed by a 10-digit number. Hokey, campy, and highly entertaining. The effects are enough for you to really sit through it. They just don't write them like this any more, Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2006. Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 And a good thing, too. Don’t worry, it won’t take long. This book, #5 of 14 in the Fu Manchu series, is a direct continuation of the previous entry, "The Daughter of Fu Manchu." and the Terms and Policies, Then again, Karloff bellows "Kill the white man, and take his women!" While the group seeks the artifacts for their archeological value, Fu Manchu and Fah Lo See regard them as mystical items that they can use to gain unstoppable power. You're almost there! The percentage of Approved Tomatometer Critics who have given this movie a positive review. You have to be able to forgive the filmmakers a bit, but if you can, I think you'll enjoy this one too.