The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu

The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980)

  • 20% of critics liked it
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  • 42% of users liked it
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Peter Sellers gets to play both hero and bad guy at the same time in this comedy variation on Sax Rohmer's infamous stories of Asian super-villian Fu Manchu. The 168-year-old Fu Manchu (Sellers) is starting to run out of the youth-preserving formula that has kept him alive and kicking for the past… More

PG, 1 hr. 40 min.
Directed By
Piers Haggard
Genres
Mystery & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy
In Theaters
Aug 8, 1980 Wide

Critic Reviews

  • Steve Crum, Video-Reviewmaster.com

    Sad, sad end to Peter Sellers' great movie career. Lackluster at best.

  • Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

    Another movie that wastes Sellers.

  • Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com

    For the sake of the late, great, brilliant Peter Sellers, let's all just forget this movie even exists.

  • David Poland, Hot Button

    Improves with age and comparison to newer junk

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