The Deathless Devil [1973]

Dr. Satan wants the Professor’s remote control device in order to send out an army of robots to take over the world – but not if the superhero Copperhead has any say in it.

The direction was bad – the editing was bad – the effects were bad - but it’s an amazingly fun film! The entire film was like shotgunning a pot of coffee – it was so energetic and action packed – it barely left me time to write notes about what was happening before I saw something else I wanted to jot down.

Highlights include:

- Dr. Satan’s lumpy face and killer mustache.

- Tekin is told he’s adopted – his father was the original Copperhead – takes the mask and accepts that he’s the new Copperhead without a thought of consideration.

- Bitik is the comic relief – who’s annoying as all get out – but the pacing of the film leaves little time to linger on his Jar Jar like antics.

- Tekin punches a bad guy through a wall and onto the roof of a building – bad editing – but it was outstanding fun.

- It felt like it should be a kids film – but there’s a bit of nudity – interesting.

- Why did the one Professor decide to take a trip if he didn’t know the purpose of the trip?

- The Robot is a step up from Santa Claus Conquers the Martians – but a step down from C3PO

- I liked how Copperhead just leapt on each bad guy as his beginning move in a fight.

Anyway – it’s a hell of a lot of fun – and for the entertainment factor I’m giving it an exciting action packed 4 out of 5.

I'd like to note that this film is from Turkey - and according to the notes they had a booming film industry in the 70's - yet most of their films were lost - so this release looked dubbed from a VHS - but it's sad that it seems we lost a whole country's film industry. Now, this double feature DVD is going out of print? Sad loss for us all.

[directed by Yilmaz Atadeniz]