I had the pleasure of seeing this Thailand-made title on the big screen, in Turkey no less, in the early 80's. Now, I can't imagine any distributor in Turkey hiring a translator that spoke Thai for the translation of this film, so I assume all the dubbed dialogue, some of which I still remember, was made-up.
Not that you really need dialogue to understand what's going on, of course. This is one of those movies where the goodies and baddies are so boldly drawn, that all you need to do is sit back and enjoy "what" is on the screen, without giving any thoughts as to "why".
The Kamen Riders are bike-riding masked heroes, although they don't really have any superpowers. Their bikes look like 12-year old kids' bikes that they pimp up for Hallwoeen, and their powers consist of lousy karate chops, and kicks worse than a grandmother could do.
The evil lord, who resembles Ultron (actually it's more appropriate to say "whom Ultron resembles", since this is a much older production) somehow needs blood, and sends his henchmen for the job. He also kidnaps a scientist for some reason I can't remember. And the Kamen Riders help the innocent people.
All this is enough to make a decent plot, but somehow Hanuman gets involved in this. Hanuman is a godly being, and tries to punish the evil lord (just like the Kamen Riders, although they don't necessarily work together). This makes the plot a bit complicated, but no less enjoyable.
The real star of the film is the action and the special effects. The baddies have cheap Halloween masks instead of makeup, and the fight sequences are terrible, but this all adds to the enjoyment of the experience. I'm not one of those western doofuses that compare shoestring-budget movies like this to Hollywood productions. This is a different kind of filmmaking altogether. And in terms of what it means, what it tries to do, and what it claims to give the audience, it fairly succeeds. It looks worse than a school project done by the most inept kids with the help of a hand camera and some buddies, but it will certainly stay with you longer than the latest The Fast And The Furious installment.
I've read on movie sites that this is regarded as the worst Kamen Rider movie ever (also the only one made in Thailand), and that the original copyright holders, plus most fans, completely disown it and claim it doesn't exist. I can't really make any such comparison, since I haven't seen any other Kamen Rider movie, but this is something worth seeing, if you can find it. It's very cheap, very crude and by all means terrible, but still very enjoyable.
