Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1999) (TV)

Calificación de los usuarios:

4.5/10   

Director:

Colin Budds

Escritores:

Peter M. Lenkov (writer)
Robert Louis Stevenson (novel)

Género:

Horror | Suspenso | Acción

Plot:

The Hong Kong martial arts version of Jekyll and Hyde, with Hyde as the mythical fighting champion known as the White Tiger battling the Triads, drug trafficking and illegal organ transplants. |

Plot Keywords:

Mythical | Triad | Hong Kong | Martial Arts | Alter Ego

Premios:

1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Doc Jekyll and Kung-Fu Hyde

Reparto

Adam Baldwin	...	Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
Steve Bastoni	...	McAfee / Newcomen
Anthony Wong	...	Barry Tong
Jason Chong	...	Ah Yee
Karen Cliche	...	Muriel
Kira Clavell	...	Connie
Helene Joy	...	Mary Riley
Peter Gow	...	Lo Mang Ho
Alistair McDougall
Aaron James Cash	...	Oliver (as Aaron Cash)
Chang Tseng	...	Dr. Chau / Mr.Wong / Hooded Man
Linden Goh	...	Kano
Steve Tan	...	Soon Han
Stewart Tsui	...	Cerio
Richard Chong	...	Whang Kim

También conocida como:

The Prophecy of the Tiger (UK) (video title)
La profecía del tigre (Argentina) (video title) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, some sexuality and drug use.

Duración:

Canada:105 min | Germany:98 min | Argentina:104 min

País:

Canada | Australia

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.33 : 1

Sonido:

Stereo

Clasificación:

USA:R | Germany:18 | Argentina:13

Compañía:

Telescene Film Group Productions

Conexiones de Película:

Version of El hombre y la bestia (1973)

Doc Jekyll and Kung-Fu Hyde

This is the loosest adaptation of anything I've ever seen. In fact, loose doesn't even begin to describe it. What Sci-Fi has done is taken the title of the Robert Louis Stevenson's novella in order to draw viewers in, and nothing else.

The TV movie follows Dr. Henry Jekyll, now a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon. The entire supporting cast of Stevenson's story, even in name, is nonexistent. Jekyll travels to China with his new bride for a honeymoon. There he encounters Chinese mobsters who maim the doctor, kill his wife, and leave him for revenge.

Up to this point, the movie had potential. An action-adventure vigilante retelling of "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" might have been worth seeing. Unfortunately, the movie never even tries to live up to its source material. Dr. Jekyll apprentices himself to a local medicine man and studies martial arts under the name "Edward Hyde." It looks like Sci-Fi had to throw both of those names in there somewhere in order to keep the title. Eventually, in the final third of the movie, Dr. Jekyll does make a medicine that gives him glowing eyes, sharp teeth, and a killer edge. But Stevenson's theme of the struggle between good and evil inside of every man is unexplored. If Sci-Fi was going to take the title, they should have at the very least tried to stay true to the theme. Under the influence of the medicine, Dr. Jekyll is aware, even more aware, of what he is doing. Mr. Hyde is all alias, no altar ego.

The acting performances are solid, but the movie is hard to enjoy when it begs to be compared to its classic source material. Before the halfway point of the movie, the "Based on the book by Robert Louis Stevenson" in the credits seems like a bold-faced lie. If you enjoy American-in-China-karate-action movies, and you have nothing better to watch, try this on for size. If you're looking for an adaptation of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", avoid this, or you'll be sorely disappointed.

By the way, the recent "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" was a better Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde action movie.