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Kalimán en el Siniestro Mundo de Humanón
Kalimán in the Sinister World of Humanón
Mexico 1976
produced by Rafael Cutberto Navarro, Modesto Vázquez González for Kalifilms
directed by Alberto Mariscal
starring Jeff Cooper, Milton Rodríguez, Lenka Erdo, Manuel Bravo, Carlos Cardán, Alberto Inzúa, Fernando Yapur, Angelina Fernández, Carlos East, Carlos León, Andres Najera, Nicolás Jasso, Raúl Gómez, Antonio Aguilar, Consuelo Quezada, Alonso Castaño
screenplay by Victor Fox, based on characters created by Rafael Cutberto Navarro, Modesto Vázquez González, music by Gustavo César Carrión
Kalimán
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Kaliman (Jeff Cooper), an Egyptian mentalist with superstrength,
travels to Brazil for a parapsychological congress with his sidekick Solin
(Manuel Bravo) - to learn from the congress organizer Doctor Pheral that
the thing is likely to be cancelled as many of the participants have
cancelled or disappeared, and the keynote speaker Professor Ramadan was
found beheaded, with his head missing. Soon attempts are made on Kaliman's
life and Solin is kidnapped, but Kaliman is able to ward off the first
wave of attacks, save Solin, and find out a little bit about the enemy,
Humanon (Milton Rodriguez), who uses zombietronics (remote control
zombies) as his willing slaves. Eventually, Kaliman and Solin are trapped
by Humanon's henchmen though as it turns out Pheral and Shimara (Lenka
Erdo), Ramadan's wife, are working for Humanon, he because Humanon holds
his daughter, she because Humanon has said he has kept Ramadan's head
alive. Neither feels good about this though. At Humanon's headquarters,
we find out that he plans to conquer the world and cultivate a new race by
turning humanity into zombitronics, transplanting heads of scientists on
new bodies, making animals and even minerals into humanoids and the like.
And yes, he has kept Doctor Ramadan's head alive, but the good doctor
doesn't seem to be too happy about this. Of course, Humanon tries every
trick in the book to torture Kaliman to death, especially mentally, but
Kaliman is superstrong both physically and in spirit and ultimately breaks
all chains, frees Solin, Pheral, Shimara, and Pheral's daughter, and
ultimately Humanon's headquarters go up in smoke ... If you
take this movie, second and so far last in the Kalimán-series,
seriously, you're likely to not like it. Basically this is high camp
superhero fare for kids of all ages, with a bit of gruesomeness thrown in
for good measure but not enough to give one nightmares. And of course, the
characters are all paper-thin and the situations merely mainstays, and the
plot follows a rigid formula, and frankly, the budget's not always up to
the story's demands - but that's all what makes this movie super-naive
nostalgic fun, no less. Of course, nothing that you'll remember for more
than a few days, but it's enjoyable enough while it lasts.
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