Best movie of this year hands down!

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

So much average

Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

The Mask of Fu Machu is a heavily stylized film about a group of scientists led by Nayland Smith on their quest to acquire the sword of Genghis Khan. The film certainly works under the genre of humor, with its injection of Orientalized crafts and symbolism in almost every scene of the film. In fact, it would be a fun game for viewers to find scenes in the film that does NOT in some shape or form Orientalize or subjugate Asians. However, for it's intended purpose as a sci-fi/horror, it is difficult to look past its blatantly racist message, use of yellow-face, and the ridiculous essentialism of anyone and everyone from the "East" in the film.

This movie was awesome. I thought the heinously racist depictions of every non-white character in it were absolutely awesome. The absurdly ominous gong sounds every single time a Chinese character appeared? Awesome. China being portrayed as a land of whore houses and opium dens? Awesome. The impossible to understand "Eastern Races" being portrayed as half-naked, barbaric idiots who worship skeletons? Awesome. The fact that the only educated Chinese character was the source of seemingly every evil in the world? Awesome. The romantic face off between the dragon lady dominatrix China woman and the virginal white woman (who wins by the pure force of her unadulterated love)? Awesome. The way all the China men were struck down by the just and powerful white men wielding the electric powers of Zeus? Awesome. And how the Chinese servant (also made out to be a thoughtless, servile idiot) in the last scene is congratulated for being uneducated? Awesome! The list just goes on and on and on...

This movie is strongly driven by a logic of Orientalism. In other words, the British men who are on a mission to "save the world" from Fu-Manchu are actually representative of the "West," and Fu-Manchu is representative of the "East." Historically, the Western civilizations have been put on a direct opposition to Eastern civilizations. The "East," or the "Orient" has repeatedly been framed as a threat, and as the enemy. This movie is a very accurate demonstration of this idea.Fu-Manchu is (or should be), by his nature of being a Chinese man, inferior to the White men. However, because he was able to get three doctorates from Western education, he is able to use this intellect and turn it against the Western empire. Therefore, the White man's empire must be protected by moral, strong, and superior British men. This reasoning is not a simple storyline that is encapsulated within a single movie. The idea that the modern day's audience should simply "ignore" or "take into consideration" the time period in which this movie was made in is not a reasonable request. The ideas that exist in this movie represent a much larger societal and political perspective that Orientalism is a justification and an anchor for war, and this perspective is not only alive, but it is alive and well in our modern society. Therefore, I urge you to think about these concepts as you watch the movie.

Hollywood often has the ability to produce such terrible movies wrought with insidious stereotypes and racial undertones, and this movie is no different. From the racist dynamic between the British and those of the elusive East, it's hard to understand the appeal to this movie. The use of yellow face is virulent, as well as the movies invocations of yellow peril. The notion of the West versus the East has historical implications, so is rather foolish for Hollywood to produce such a film, but hey, they did it anyway. Overall, as a film, it serves its purpose - to purport an unchecked fear of those on the East looking to take over. Watch at your own peril, unless you're looking for some comical propaganda.