Scars_Remain I haven't seen any of the original anime films of Golgo 13 but I am planning on it in the near future. I had heard how gory they are so I thought this version might be pretty gory but unfortunately, it isn't. I had to watch the English dubbed version because the transfer with the subtitles was absolutely awful but it didn't take away from the experience as much as I thought it would. This is a fun movie for anyone who is into hit-man films.Sonny Chiba does a great job as usual. I loved the grindhouse feel to this film. The action was great and so was the story, for the most part. There are some really great kung fu sequences as well. I think everyone should give this movie a shot. View it for what it is, a fun little 70's action film. Just don't expect some sort of masterpiece and you'll be just fine.

dbborroughs Ever watch a movie that wasn't in your native tongue to start but has been so badly dubbed you can't tell if the movie bites or the dubbing? This is one of those movies. Sure I've seen plenty of bad sword and sandal films and martial arts flicks but this films dubbing so so hideous that I'm wondering what planet the dubbing director was on. Its all the bad 70's dub voices but in this film they are put to particularly bad use...The horror, the horror...I honestly can't rate the film because the dub is so bad its not fair to even try....

Woodyanders The almighty Sonny Chiba rules the day as Duke Togo (a.k.a. Golgo 13), a tough, ruthless and formidable consummate professional international assassin who's been hired to rub out a powerful Hong Kong drug lord. Of course, said assignment proves to be easier said than done, as Togo must contend with the drug lord's seemingly limitless legion of flunkies and one Detective Smith (firmly played by Callan Leung), a relentless cop with a personal score to settle with Togo who's bound and determined to arrest him. Director Yukio Noda doesn't miss a trick with this bang-up exciting and absorbing action crime thriller flick: the nonstop lightning fast pace never lets up for a minute, the copious stirring action scenes are staged with considerable rip-snorting brio and finesse (said action includes lots of wild, rousing shoot-outs and the expected brutal, blood-spilling, bone-breaking martial arts mayhem), there's a nice smattering of gratuitous sex and nudity, the exotic globe-trotting locations are colorful and eye-catching, the plot boasts plenty of nifty twists and turns, the tone is appropriately gritty and serious, and both Harumi Ibe's lively, groovy, funky-bumpin' soulful score and Shigeru Akatsuka's agile, dynamic, sumptuously expansive cinematography are on the money slick and effective. A terrifically hard-boiled and ferocious little item that's essential viewing for Sonny Chiba fans.

sixtwentysix Also known as Golgo 13: Operation Kowloon,(US title) this is a perfect example of a grindhouse cinema Yakuza movie. Before John Woo there were these Yakuza movies. Films that merge the fetish of a slasher film with sex, guns and ammo. Gritty noir that has all of detective work of Chinatown with none of the charm or depth. This is not necessarily a bad thing, it just means that it's a different more lowbrow but equally watchable form of entertainment. Another American example would be Charles Bronson's "The Mechanic" from 1972.As the relentless killer Golgo 13, a hitman that NEVER leaves a job unfinished, Sonny Chiba delivers what I would dare say the most hardboiled of it's time hitman movie. Devoid of mercy and full of bullet holes this movie takes out all of it's aggression on it's viewer with a rapid fire delivery of the plot and action sequences that flow together as if it's own style of dialog.A perfect starter film for anyone interested in grindhouse and kung-fu style movies. Movies like Leon, Kill Bill, Ichi The Killer and later John Woo's The Killer all tip a hat to Chiba's work in this film.