For an assignment, FBI agent Martin (George Martin) is to track down
supercriminals Willy (Willi Colombini) and Dick (Salvatore Borghese) -
known as the Two Superman for their fancy bulletproof outfits that make
them nearly invisible ... to team up with them to track down a delicate
film of a British Prince that might endanger world peace. After Martin has
successfully tracked down Willy and Dick and persuaded them to let him
join their ranks - only because he helps them steal a few millions from an
oil transaction in broad daylight - their investigations lead them to
Tokyo. And while all the baddies had to do to avoid getting tracked down
was to lay low, they attract attention to themselves by trying (and
failing) time and again to take out the Supermen ... and soon, trailing
becomes rather easy for our heroes. But actually getting information on
where the film might be hidden is another game altogether, and neither
beating it out of the baddies nor their female companion Gloria (Gloria
Paul) seducing the lead baddy Jacques Conferre (Mino Doro) seem to work.
Fortunately though, there is a Japanese scientist who has just developed a
machine to shrink objects in size, so Dick is shrunk to pint size to
listen in on the baddies freely talking about where the film is hid at
just the right time ... but once our heroes arrive there, the film has
long been shipped off to France where the film is to be shown to the
international press. Of course, our heroes are off to the screening, and
this time Dick and Willy are shrunk to substitute the film with a
slapstick reel ... and once the Supermen have grown to full size again,
they clobber the baddies like nobody's business. I don't think
anybody has expected a masterpiece of Three Supermen in Tokyo, the
second entry in a rather silly series to begin with, a bland of Eurospy
and superhero motives with mediocre slapstick humour ... but this is
actually one of the better films of the series no doubt, with at least
some really funny scenes, some rather elaborate action setpieces (a chase
through an amusement park including a rollercoaster ride come to mind),
and some fun ideas, however random they are. Still, it's not a movie to
watch if you're looking for intellectual enlightnement, but at least
something you might enjoy if you're into retro low budget entertainment
with a high camp factor.
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