Written by James M. Tate / 4/02/2013 / No comments / crime , franchise , mr moto , norman foster , peter lorre , sequel , sidney blackmer , thirties , thomas beck
MOTO ADVENTURE TWO: THANK YOU, MR. MOTO
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year: 1937 cast: Peter Lorre, Sidney Blackmer, Thomas Beck rating: *** |
Peter Lorre’s Mr. Moto takes us back overseas where a missing scroll is all that’s needed to make several other scrolls, when connected, provide the location of Genghis Khan’s tomb, bearing more than the famous conqueror's dusty old bones: there's an immense treasure buried within.
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Peter Lorre and John Carradine |
The first half works the best: the mystery opens up onto several shootouts and a handing-off of clues, taking Moto from one dangerous situation to the next. But the pace slows at the 11th hour when the characters meet inside a ship within a fog shrouded port (resembling director/cowriter Norman Foster's JOURNEY INTO FEAR), where Moto plays mind games with the villainous couple, resulting in a somewhat anticlimactic showdown.
What makes THANK YOU, MR. MOTO unique and special to the series is his patriotism for Japan, shown in a seemingly illogical decision (in monetary terms) at the film's conclusion, providing the character a bit more depth than we've seen thus far.
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Mr. Moto strums an antique instrument |
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