Flash Gordon (1936)

Flash Gordon (1936)

IMDB: 7.4 

Plot: The planet Mongo is on a collision course with Earth so Flash Gordon, his girl pal Dale Arden and scientist Dr. Zarkov travel in a rocket to Mongo to try to change the planet's trajectory. On Mongo they run afoul of Ming the Merciless Emperor of the Universe and ruler of Mongo along with his daughter Princess Aura who plots to have Flash Gordon to herself. While on the planet they team with Prince Thun (leader of the Lion Men) and King Vultan of the Hawkmen. They battle Sharkmen, Octopuss monsters, dragons, gorillas and Mings guards, even turning invincible at one point to thwart Ming's plans to marry Dale.

My thoughts: This is one is a little boring when viewed in its entirity, I would recommend tracking down an edited version. The acting is par for the course for a serial and the effects are actually how you would imagine them to be. The take away for me is that Flash has three superpowers, he is charming, handsome and straight up strangling people. Flash rarely fought any body with his fists, he tended to wrap his hands around their throats and strangle them unconscious. Skip this one and I'll hope for better down the road.



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