Now how is this for a plot: Jim and artie are supposed to escort the Albanian princess to her embassy. Unfortunately, when they get there, a friend of hers announces that is not the princess. Her brother, Prince Gio, is incensed the Americans lost his sister, which tells you right there he is the one who kidnapped her. We all knew it from the time he showed up on screen. The best place to hide her is in the Albanian embassy, after all.Gio is an expert I a martial art that appears to be across between ballet and judo that Road House era Patrick Swayze would be embarrassed to perform on camera. His prowess has won him enough respect to make him the leader of a secret society called the Kamora. The Kamora plans to commit large heists in the United States and return home with the princess safely under the assumption the king will beso happy to have his daughter back, he will let Gio keep the riches.
Do I really need to describe how dumb all that is? Daddy is probably plotting a declaration of war right now against the united States for losing the apple of his eye. Is he really going to forget his son is a murdering thief just because he faked his sister’s kidnapping?
It does not really matter, because one kick from im sends Twinkle-Toes Gio falling to his death, so the princess is quickly rescued.
“The Night of the Dancing Death” is a dud. The Kamora even ties up Jim, gives him a wine bottle, and then leaves him alone log enough to break the bottle, use a shard to cut himself free, and kidnap their hot, female member I order to get the clue we already figured out--the princess is in the embassy.
Point of interest: Gio is played by Mark Richman, who played the snooty millionaire who was revived in Star Trek: the Next Generation’s “The Neutral Zone.” He is still acting today at the ripe old age of 83.
Rating: * (out of 5)
