Connection To DISASTER MOVIE - humour me on this one, Disaster Movie features a little version of Indiana Jones, whilst this movie is a take on James Bond with a tiny person, I think it's a good enough connection.
I don't think until now I have actually seen any Philippines cinema, I've seen plenty much of Asian cinema and I've seen plenty of stuff that was filmed in the country (an impressive amount of cool stuff) - For Y'ur Height Only (aka Agent 00) is perhaps one of the most infamous to come from that country thanks to featuring a diminutive star - Weng Weng.
Weng Weng is the shortest action star in the history of cinema (lead role at least) and that lies the appeal, because he really isn't half bad at martial arts considering, though him doing the martial arts are some of the least appealing things of the movie because they can get repetitive but are still worth watching.
The bad guy is called Mr. Giant who you would believe is really tall, but he's not he's dwarf (while Weng is a midget) - Mr. Giant's plan of using something called the N Bomb is never really gone into, I guess we just have to believe it's bad.
The similarities to Bond including the very opening, the gadgets that will come into play later and the seduction of women (the scene in question is not very erotic). The film's most entertaining scene for me is after leaving his bosses office I was expecting a bit of Bond/Moneypenny flirting but instead we got him putting on x-ray glasses and looking at the secretaries nude (we see nothing) then him putting his hand to his face like an embarrassed schoolboy. Another memorable bit is Agent 00 using a tiny jet pack which just looked incredibly awesome in my eyes.
I've got to say the dubbing is done with so little enthusiasm that it comes across as a film where everybody is lacking any sort of chemistry with each other.
Overall such a fun (puts on shades) little movie (sorry), it knows it's all a bit silly so has fun with it's scenes and it was a very enjoyable experience for me.
Weng Weng is the shortest action star in the history of cinema (lead role at least) and that lies the appeal, because he really isn't half bad at martial arts considering, though him doing the martial arts are some of the least appealing things of the movie because they can get repetitive but are still worth watching.
The bad guy is called Mr. Giant who you would believe is really tall, but he's not he's dwarf (while Weng is a midget) - Mr. Giant's plan of using something called the N Bomb is never really gone into, I guess we just have to believe it's bad.
The similarities to Bond including the very opening, the gadgets that will come into play later and the seduction of women (the scene in question is not very erotic). The film's most entertaining scene for me is after leaving his bosses office I was expecting a bit of Bond/Moneypenny flirting but instead we got him putting on x-ray glasses and looking at the secretaries nude (we see nothing) then him putting his hand to his face like an embarrassed schoolboy. Another memorable bit is Agent 00 using a tiny jet pack which just looked incredibly awesome in my eyes.
I've got to say the dubbing is done with so little enthusiasm that it comes across as a film where everybody is lacking any sort of chemistry with each other.
Overall such a fun (puts on shades) little movie (sorry), it knows it's all a bit silly so has fun with it's scenes and it was a very enjoyable experience for me.
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