Easy to see why this was Brynner's last starring role

Serpent-5

This poorly put together mafia hitman film is just another dull movie wasting the talent of the late Yul Brynner.  Seeing this film I understand why Mr. Brynner quit motion pictures and stayed in KING & I tour for many years.  This mishmash has Yul as a hitman who finds out that a kingpin in Italy is the man that killed his brother.  Yul takes on a rookie sidekick, fall in love with a dancer (bouchet) and Martin Balsam plays a italian cop. The film at least have Yul and Balsam not dubbed by someone else, and does have some car chase and nudity to keep the action audience entertained. I think Brynner could've made a career like most action stars who do Italian film, but this was the only low-grade film he ever did.  I guess performing to a crowd on KING & I on stage is more rewarding than doing a film going straight to the drive-ins/grindhouse circuit.  Only amusing moment is the rock star badly lipsinc a Oliver Onion tune in the opening scene which has nothing to do with the film.

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Serpent-5 18 April 2000

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