Todd Browning - Oriental Color This time, Lon Cheney plays the role of an experienced, cool man. One of them should scare the tigers and everyone else. However, our main character has two weaknesses. And both women's fields are a beloved daughter and a treacherous wife who escaped many years ago. Now, after many years, the insidious oriental beauty appeared. The beginning was more than shocking - she almost seduced her daughter's fiancé, but soon the wedding and she is getting closer to the family. In addition, the insidious woman also blackmails the main character by stealing the groom from her daughter.
It turns out a very interesting psychological bundle - a strong and entangled in tenacious situational confusion man who seeks to protect his daughter and is forced to constantly think about the crime. How else to solve the problem, because the charm of oriental beauty makes men weak-willed? It's all written on Cheney's face -- hate, intolerance, murder. Nice plan. And again, like so many times, he's very different - the actor now looks a lot like Tommy Lee Jones. An exceptionally new look - especially for the new film. What a talent.
Will I leave the crime unanswered, for then the intrigue of the picture will be lost? I will only say that there will be a small veiled reference to Edgar Poe’s Murder on the Rue Morgue. I will definitely recommend this movie to you. Cheney here gives a very healthy, solid work, and Todd Browning confirms his status as a director extraordinary and talented.
8 out of 10