A Mão que Aperta

I'm shocked at so many of the reviews giving redeeming value to this serial. Above average production values? Really. So bad it's worth seeing? Yes, there are films so ridiculously bad they're good but I beg to differ that this is one of them. Not giving anything away by telling you that the villain is a hand. The story features the character called America's Sherlock Holmes, Craig Kennedy who is also called a Scientific Detective. Played here by 2nd fiddle actor Jack Mulhall with Rex Lease as his newspaper reporter friend Walter Jameson. Today's LED bulbs are brighter than the two of them put together and all I could do for 15 Chapters to entertain myself was to sing Help Gironda, help help Gironda who is the missing scientist who supposedly has developed a formula for synthetic gold. He hasn't and he's not even really missing which isn't giving away a spoiler. You know almost right away that he's the dreaded clutching hand. It's laughable but you won't laugh. I like serials and can usually find something to like about all of them. I'll get back to you.