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* BoringFailureHero: Nayland Smith really doesn't defeat Fu Manchu, so much as stumble over his plot and just be a passive observer. In fact it seems like Fu Manchu's plan goes south all on its own.
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* BoringFailureHero: Nayland Smith really doesn't defeat Fu Manchu, so much as stumble over his plot and just be a passive observer.
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* BoringFailureHero: Nayland Smith really doesn't defeat Fu Manchu, so much as stumble over his plot and just be a passive observer. In fact it seems like Fu Manchu's plan goes south all on its own.
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* DeusExMachina: Dr. Kessler somehow comes into possession of some acid that can stop Fu Manchu's plans. ''How'' is never explained and it's not even clear if he ever uses it.
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* DeusExMachina: Dr. Kessler somehow comes into possession of some acid that can stop Fu Manchu's plans. ''How'' it will do this is never explained and it's not even clear if he ever uses it.it other than to blow up the lock on his cell door.
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* OffWithHisHead: Happens to the Governor of Anatolia.
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* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: Omar Pasha really, really wants to rescue Lisa. It's hard to blame him.
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* EnemyMine: Nayland Smith invokes this when he meets Omar Pasha.
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* BookEnds: The film opens with Fu Manchu's equipment getting overloaded and exploding, and it ends the same way.
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* StormingTheCastle: Nayland Smith ''technically'' does this but meets almost no opposition.
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* StormingTheCastle: A villainous example happens when Omar Pasha and Fu Manchu's forces take over the titular castle. Later on Nayland Smith ''technically'' does this but meets almost no opposition.
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* DawsonCasting: Dr. Kessler the "brilliant young specialist" is a gray-haired man in his mid-40s.
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* HollywoodCasting: Dr. Kessler the "brilliant young specialist" is a gray-haired man in his mid-40s.
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* RandomEventsPlot: There's technically a coherent story, but the film is so disjointed that it comes off this way.
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* NoEnding: Fu Manchu's base blows up as some of the surviving characters watch, Fu Manchu claims he'll be back, and then the film just ends. This may ''sound'' like an ending, but not the way its presented in the film.
* RandomEventsPlot:There's technically a coherent story, There is in fact an almost-coherent storyline, but the film is so disjointed that it comes off this way.
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* RandomEventsPlot: There's technically a coherent story, but the film is so disjointed that it comes off this way.
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* StockFootage: The ship sinking which opens the story is footage from ''Film/ANightToRemember''. Something that's particularly jarring when you consider that this film was made in colour, and ''A Night to Remember'' was in black-and-white. Meanwhile the destruction of the dam is lifted from ''[[Film/CampbellsKingdom Campbell's Kingdom]]'', complete with blink-and-you'll-miss-them appearances by that film's stars, Creator/StanleyBaker and Creator/DirkBogarde
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* StockFootage: The ship sinking which opens the story is footage from ''Film/ANightToRemember''. Something that's particularly jarring when you consider that this film was made in colour, and ''A Night to Remember'' was in black-and-white. Meanwhile the destruction of the dam is lifted from ''[[Film/CampbellsKingdom Campbell's Kingdom]]'', complete with blink-and-you'll-miss-them appearances by that film's stars, Creator/StanleyBaker and Creator/DirkBogardeCreator/DirkBogarde.
* StormingTheCastle: Nayland Smith ''technically'' does this but meets almost no opposition.
* StormingTheCastle: Nayland Smith ''technically'' does this but meets almost no opposition.
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--> '''Tom Servo:''' Either I’m I'm weird, or that guy’s guy's really hot!
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* {{Sequelitis}}: A textbook case. This is the ''fourth'' sequel to Film/TheFaceOfFuManchu and it's just as wretched as you might expect.
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* {{Sequelitis}}: A textbook case. This is the ''fourth'' sequel to Film/TheFaceOfFuManchu ''Film/TheFaceOfFuManchu'' and it's just as wretched as you might expect.
