{"id":1054,"date":"2006-05-07T10:42:03","date_gmt":"2006-05-07T17:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1054"},"modified":"2021-01-25T17:15:48","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T00:15:48","slug":"infra-man-1976","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1054","title":{"rendered":"Infra-Man (1976)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;No matter how potent your weapons are, you&#8217;ll be defeated &#8212; because Infra-Man is <em>invincible <\/em>against them!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/Inframan-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/Inframan-Poster-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-47010\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/Inframan-Poster-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/Inframan-Poster-84x128.jpg 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/Inframan-Poster.jpg 658w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nChaos ensues when a power-hungry alien princess (Terry Liu) arrives on earth with a crew of two-legged mutant monsters; it&#8217;s up to a scientist (Wang Shieh) and Infra-Man (Li Hsia-Hsien) to save the day!<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aliens<\/li>\n<li>Martial Arts<\/li>\n<li>Science Fiction<\/li>\n<li>Superheroes<\/li>\n<li>World Domination<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review:<\/strong><br \/>\nPeary recommends watching this ultra campy flick in a theater, noting that it&#8217;s &#8220;dull&#8221; on T.V. &#8212; which I have to admit was the case for me.  Despite an intriguing first ten minutes (the opening titles are clever), a mercifully fast pace, and amusing monster-costumes (which reminded me of the 1970s T.V. series <a href=\"http:\/\/www.70slivekidvid.com\/pufn.htm\">&#8220;H.R. Pufnstuf&#8221;<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.70slivekidvid.com\/lotl.htm\">&#8220;Land of the Lost&#8221;<\/a>), I was often distracted. This one is only a must-see film for kung fu\/silly monster fans.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fun, colorful costumes<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/Infra-Man-Still.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/Infra-Man-Still-1024x452.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"283\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-47014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/Infra-Man-Still-1024x452.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/Infra-Man-Still-300x133.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/Infra-Man-Still-128x57.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/Infra-Man-Still-768x339.jpg 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/Infra-Man-Still-1536x679.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/Infra-Man-Still.jpg 1777w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/Infra-Man-Still2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/Infra-Man-Still2-1024x452.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"283\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-47013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/Infra-Man-Still2-1024x452.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/Infra-Man-Still2-300x133.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/Infra-Man-Still2-128x57.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/Infra-Man-Still2-768x339.jpg 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/Infra-Man-Still2-1536x679.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/Infra-Man-Still2.jpg 1777w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s worth a look if you&#8217;re curious about its cult appeal.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0073168\/\">IMDB entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1981\/12\/23\/movies\/infra-man-from-hong-kong-scientists-vs-mutants.html\">NY Times Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moriareviews.com\/sciencefiction\/infra-man-1976.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;No matter how potent your weapons are, you&#8217;ll be defeated &#8212; because Infra-Man is invincible against them!&#8221; Synopsis: Chaos ensues when a power-hungry alien princess (Terry Liu) arrives on earth with a crew of two-legged mutant monsters; it&#8217;s up to a scientist (Wang Shieh) and Infra-Man (Li Hsia-Hsien) to save the day! Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Aliens Martial Arts Science Fiction Superheroes World Domination Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: Peary recommends watching this ultra campy flick in a theater, noting&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1054\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1054"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65965,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1054\/revisions\/65965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}