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Maitei Jyakku (1968)

Don't believe a word of any other review!

Yes we could write Mighty Jack off straight away for many reasons:

• The slightly poor special effects (think original Thunderbirds meets punch & Judy)

• The nigh-on incomprehensible plot (but so in vogue post-Donny Darko)

• The 'Once again someones done a cack job of translating Japanese to English' effect (I absolutely refuse to believe that Japanese dialogue is so poor, It must be the fault of the translators picking wrong words to translate into: Case in point, watch Japanese film 'The killer' with subtitles AND dubbing - you sometimes get completely different meanings to lines)

However, come in to this film ready to enjoy yourself and you will find nothing more fun than picking holes in the plot, imitating the dialogue, and choking back laughter at the suffering- from-age special effects!

Yes, it is a BAD film, but in my opinion, its SO bad it's great! Don't buy this if you're looking for a 'Japanese action film your friends don't have', cos you wont earn any kudos. However I picked it up for £1, and it's kept me chuckling for days now! Stick your tongue as far into your cheek as it will go, and enjoy!