Review: Shatter
Mr. Shatter (Stuart Whitman) is an assassin is in Hong Kong collecting payment after finishing an assignment taking out an African dictator (Yemi Ajibade). Unfortunately, his slimy employer (Anton Diffring) stiffs him, denying any knowledge of him or the job he was given. And then Mr. Shatter manages to survive two attempts at extinguishing his life. A police inspector (Peter Cushing) requests that Mr. Shatter leave Hong Kong. Lung Ti plays a local man whom Shatter hires to be his bodyguard while in Hong Kong trying to figure out what in the hell is going on. Hammer combined with Hong Kong’s Shaw Brothers for two films in 1974. The other one, “The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires” , is pretty good fun. Started by director Monte Hellman ( “Beast From Haunted Cave”, “Two-Lane Blacktop” ), this one’s a mess I’m afraid. It sounds like it was a bit of a nightmare shoot, with Hellman replaced by the film’s producer Michael Carreras for the rest of the fi...