{"id":138,"date":"2006-04-04T13:32:53","date_gmt":"2006-04-04T20:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=138"},"modified":"2020-12-04T22:39:16","modified_gmt":"2020-12-05T05:39:16","slug":"doc-savage-the-man-of-bronze-1975","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=138","title":{"rendered":"Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Have no fear &#8212; Doc Savage is here!&#8221; <\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Doc-Savage-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Doc-Savage-Poster-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-46024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Doc-Savage-Poster-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Doc-Savage-Poster-83x128.jpg 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Doc-Savage-Poster.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis<\/strong>:<br \/>\nDoc Savage (Ron Ely) and his associates, the Fabulous Five, travel to the South American country of Hidalgo to investigate the death of Doc&#8217;s father.  <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<strong>Genres:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Comics and Comic Strips<\/li>\n<li>George Pal Films<\/li>\n<li>Murder Mystery<\/li>\n<li>Satires and Spoofs<\/li>\n<li>Superheroes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review:<\/strong><br \/>\nThis adventure film &#8212; George Pal&#8217;s last production, bringing &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doc_Savage\">Kenneth Robson&#8217;s pulp hero<\/a> to the screen for what was supposed to be the beginning of a series&#8221; &#8212; is clearly meant to be a spoof, but falls flat on all counts. While I&#8217;m occasionally in the mood for enjoying a truly &#8220;bad movie&#8221;, this one can&#8217;t seem to make up its mind if it wants to be camp or straight-action drama. Plus, as Peary points out, &#8220;square-jawed&#8221; Ron Ely has <em>zero <\/em>charisma:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Doc-Savage-Ely.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Doc-Savage-Ely-1024x581.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"363\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-56255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Doc-Savage-Ely-1024x581.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Doc-Savage-Ely-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Doc-Savage-Ely-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Doc-Savage-Ely-768x436.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Doc-Savage-Ely-1536x872.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Doc-Savage-Ely-475x270.png 475w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Doc-Savage-Ely.png 1805w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; there are &#8220;few interesting story twists&#8221;, and it &#8220;has the static studio-look of a cheap, kiddle adventure TV show.&#8221; Other than a few diehard Doc Savage fans, most IMDb contributors seem to agree with Peary that this cult film is a &#8220;dull disappointment&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A bizarre image of a villain sleeping in an oversized crib and sucking his thumb<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Doc-Savage-Thumb-Sucking.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Doc-Savage-Thumb-Sucking-1024x578.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-56256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Doc-Savage-Thumb-Sucking-1024x578.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Doc-Savage-Thumb-Sucking-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Doc-Savage-Thumb-Sucking-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Doc-Savage-Thumb-Sucking-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Doc-Savage-Thumb-Sucking-1536x866.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Doc-Savage-Thumb-Sucking-479x270.png 479w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Doc-Savage-Thumb-Sucking.png 1821w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, unless you happen to be a Doc Savage fan.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0072886\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Have no fear &#8212; Doc Savage is here!&#8221; Synopsis: Doc Savage (Ron Ely) and his associates, the Fabulous Five, travel to the South American country of Hidalgo to investigate the death of Doc&#8217;s father. Genres: Comics and Comic Strips George Pal Films Murder Mystery Satires and Spoofs Superheroes Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: This adventure film &#8212; George Pal&#8217;s last production, bringing &#8220;Kenneth Robson&#8217;s pulp hero to the screen for what was supposed to be the beginning of a series&#8221; &#8212;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=138\"> 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-138","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\/138","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=138"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56258,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138\/revisions\/56258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}