Harold Sakata is the only actor I can think of who was in a big movie and then took on the name of his character from that movie as his professional nickname in his later credits. After he played a villain named Oddjob in the James Bond movie Goldfinger, he was billed as Harold “Oddjob” Sakata in several further projects. I think it’s a great idea. More actors should do it. Put a gun to my head right now and I could not tell you the name of the actor who plays Thor in the new Marvel movies. So, he should just call himself Thor. Jack “Thor” McGillicuddy, or whatever his name is. Even better, just literally call himself “The Guy Who Plays Thor”. If he’s in another movie and he plays a character called Roger, his credit could read “The Guy Who Plays Thor as Roger”. It’d be cute. I might even like him enough for that to remember his actual name.
So anyway, in this movie Harold “Oddjob” Sakata (and whoever is providing his voice overdub) is still up to no good. He’s stolen a Mr. Freeze weapon from a scientist who’s hidden the plans for it on a microchip surgically embedded just under his lady lab assistant’s hairline. We’re talkin’ a type of bomb that creates an instant snowstorm that freezes people to death. The only thing it’s missing is a cartoon villain who uses it to try to take over the world. Oddjob doesn’t have time for that, though he does have a turtle with a really strong jaw that he tells women will bite off their breasts if they don’t do what he says (I am not making that up). No, Oddjob is just an arms dealer. He’s in it for the quick millions and the only person who can stop him is Kung Fu cop Jim Kelly. He’s smooth, his afro is perfect, the ladies love him and he seems to be going for the Most Groin Attacks in a Movie record. Watch out.
It’s not a great movie. It feels like an episode of a 70s television cop show gone overtime. Director Al Adamson is just plowin’ through it.
The best things here are Jim Kelly in one of his too-few film appearances and a groovy, “this should be on a new overpriced limited vinyl release that sells out before you know it exists and is now going for $150 on Ebay” cosmic funk score by the mysterious Chuck Ransdell, who never scored another film, best I (and IMDB) can tell.