"The Mighty Peking Man" its a very enjoyable and entertaining "King Kong" rip-off, its exactly what you would expect out of an exploitative version of "King Kong", and its probably one of the best "King Kong" rip-offs out there, its a really fun monster flick.The special effects may look cheesy at times, but they are really good for this kind of movie. The characters are decent and they are likable, the villain is a total sleazeball, which is always great. I never felt bored while watching this film, its very entertaining.The editing may be a little too awkward at times, but its nothing too distracting. I watched this movie with the Spanish dub, so I don't know if the English dub is any good, but the Spanish version its OK.I would recommend it to those who are looking for a fun and cheesy monster movie, it has gore and nudity, and its well-made (for this kind of film).

"The Mighty Peking Man" has it all. This was always an elusive flick for me, until I finally found a poor VHS copy of it under the title of "Goliathon." Quentin Tarantino had this released on DVD (my very first DVD ever purchased) and there it was, finally in all it's beautiful glory.This is exactly what these films are supposed to be - nothing but non-stop fun, and lunacy. The story is similar to "King Kong" but this flick stands on its own. It's a very bombastic movie - the music is loud and dramatic, and there are a LOT of explosions and fires, all done to the max in deep sound, a decent sound system will do this one justice.The inconsistencies are hilarious of course - everything seems to change size, from the monster to rocks to the buildings (depending on how big the monster is in any given scene). The gorgeous jungle girl wears makeup and is nice eye candy. And even though Peking Man is in the area, making a LOT of noise destroying buildings, stomping on cars, wrecking highways and causing explosions, people almost right next to him just go about their business casually, until they actually SEE the creature (maybe they need their ears checked).One big plus is that the model/miniature work is nothing short of spectacular - there are a lot of very impressive miniature sets and models built. One array of buildings and elevated highways is especially fantastic, as is the destruction.The film moves fast and is never dull. Even though Godzilla movies were no longer being made at this point, some interesting giant monster movies came around this time frame, a few good (like "Yeti: Giant of the 20th Century") and some bad (like "A.P.E." and "Queen Kong") but this is probably the best. "Peking Man" is an absolute must-see.

Word of a monster ape ten stories tall living in the Himalayas reaches fortune hunters in Hong Kong. They travel to India to capture it, but wild animals and quicksand dissuade all but Johnny, an adventurer with a broken heart.Unbelievably, Roger Ebert gave this one a positive review, writing, "Mighty Peking Man is very funny, although a shade off the high mark of Infra-Man, which was made a year earlier, and is my favorite Hong Kong monster film." And to think Ebert never would have seen it if Quentin Tarantino had not picked it up for distribution twenty years after it came out.Can you beat these amazing punches and that amazing costume? No, you cannot.

Re-marketed by Quentin Tarantino's Rolling Thunder Pictures,Might Peking Man could be considered Hong KOng's answer to such iconic creature features as King Kong and Mighty Joe Young. As such,this is a slightly more adult(the love scenes in this movie are somewhat less chaste and hopeful than any seen in the other two movies mentioned)and far more obscure.A B-Movie legend that was all but lost to the archive rooms of the Chinese Film Ministry,This is the kind of title that may easily float by your awareness if you're not looking for it. I say,if you like silly,high camp movies,you can't miss this.Very similar to Kong, a group of city boys(led by DAnny Lee)looking for adventure and money for big game,travel to a remote PAcific island in search of the eponymous legend. Soon enough,the hunting party is winnowed down to Lee's JOhnnie Feng,who runs across the giant Ape man(who actually kind of saves him)and his lovely,blonde,blue-eyed lady friend(Evelyn Kraft)and Feng falls in love with the lady and comes to see the beauty and sanctity of this hunting ground he'd been so readily trying to exploit.PLenty of quick cuts of bad stunts and action fakes(one scene,where a group of the party falls off a cliff,presumably to their deaths in the rocky crag below,it's plainly evident that piles of something or other is used to be thrown of the edge,used to look like bodies)and sort of a Disco-esquire music treatment make this MST-like laughable,but there's something almost reassuring about that. It's clearly an action movie,with little need for concern over authentic action sequences or technical accuracy,and in their haste to create something fast and interesting,they've made something that's fun. A staple of any film festival or movie party where people enjoy campy 70s entertainment.