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Jaguar Lives!

  • 19791979
  • PGPG
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
4.2/10
505
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Christopher Lee, Donald Pleasence, Barbara Bach, Capucine, John Huston, Joe Lewis, Woody Strode, and Joseph Wiseman in Jaguar Lives! (1979)
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The world's new Karate hero (Joe Lewis) is out to stop drug dealers, gangs, and help save the world from an evil con (Sir Christopher Lee).The world's new Karate hero (Joe Lewis) is out to stop drug dealers, gangs, and help save the world from an evil con (Sir Christopher Lee).The world's new Karate hero (Joe Lewis) is out to stop drug dealers, gangs, and help save the world from an evil con (Sir Christopher Lee).
IMDb RATING
4.2/10
505
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    • Ernest Pintoff
    • Yabo Yablonsky
  • Stars
    • Joe Lewis
    • Christopher Lee
    • Donald Pleasence
    • Ernest Pintoff
    • Yabo Yablonsky
  • Stars
    • Joe Lewis
    • Christopher Lee
    • Donald Pleasence
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    • 15User reviews
    • 21Critic reviews
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    Jaguar Lives! (1979)
    Barbara Bach and Joe Lewis in Jaguar Lives! (1979)
    Christopher Lee in Jaguar Lives! (1979)
    Barbara Bach and Joe Lewis in Jaguar Lives! (1979)
    Christopher Lee in Jaguar Lives! (1979)
    Barbara Bach in Jaguar Lives! (1979)
    Christopher Lee and Capucine in Jaguar Lives! (1979)
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    Joe Lewis
    Joe Lewis
    • Jonathan Cross (Jaguar)
    Christopher Lee
    Christopher Lee
    • Adam Caine
    Donald Pleasence
    Donald Pleasence
    • General Villanova
    Barbara Bach
    Barbara Bach
    • Anna Thompson
    Capucine
    Capucine
    • Zina Vanacore
    Joseph Wiseman
    Joseph Wiseman
    • Ben Ashir
    Woody Strode
    Woody Strode
    • Sensei
    John Huston
    John Huston
    • Ralph Richards
    Gabriel Melgar
    • Ahmed
    Anthony De Longis
    Anthony De Longis
    • Bret Barrett
    Sally Faulkner
    • Terry
    Gail Grainger
    • Consuela
    Anthony Heaton
    • Coblintz
    Luis Prendes
    Luis Prendes
    • Habish
    Simón Andreu
    Simón Andreu
    • Petrie
    James Smillie
    James Smillie
    • Reardon
    Oscar James
    • Collins
    Ray Jewers
    • Jessup
      • Ernest Pintoff
      • Yabo Yablonsky
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    • Trivia
      Four cast members in this movie appeared in James Bond movies; Joseph Wiseman played the first Bond villain in Dr. No (1962); Donald Pleasence played Bond's chief nemesis Ersnt Stravo Blofeld in You Only Live Twice (1967). Sir Christopher Lee played a Bond villain in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), and Barbara Bach played Major Anya Amasova in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977).
    • Quotes

      Adam Caine: Those who forget the lessons of the past are doomed to repeat them.

    • Alternate versions
      UK cinema and video versions were cut by 26 secs by the BBFC to remove footage of nunchakus.
    • Connections
      Featured in 42nd Street Forever, Volume 3: Exploitation Explosion (2008)
    • Soundtracks
      Jug of Wine
      Written and Performed by Elliot Redpearl

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    3/10
    Expensive trash
    This was the first movie role for karate and kickboxing Champion Joe Lewis, whom director Pintoff described as "a cross between the sensitivity of James Dean, the rage of a young Marlon Brando, and the flamboyance of Errol Flynn". Let's say this was a slight misjudgment for a young man without any acting experience. Lewis could have played a supporting role as a fighter, but here he has more dialog than Clint Eastwood in five movies. Joe's hair is growing longer or shorter, being colored brighter or darker, changing from scene to scene, so his coiffeur could probably tell in which order the scenes were shot. After "Jaguar Lives", Lewis was never asked to fulfil the contract for 4 movies he had signed.

    "Jaguar Lives" is a bizarre combination of expensive Hollywood hubris and cheap action trash. On one hand, they got plenty of stars like Donald Pleasance, Christopher Lee, Joseph Wiseman (Dr. No), Barbara Bach and even ancient Hollywood legend John Huston (in a wheelchair!). On the other hand, they used a script which is a random collection of scenes without any story or character development (Lewis fights one boss in Hong Kong, one boss in Rome, one boss in wherever, while an off-screen narrator - always the last means of help if nobody understands the story - explains they all work for the same criminal network).

    The funniest scene is when Donald Pleasance as general boasts about his precious helicopter with machine guns and rockets, promptly stolen by Lewis - and you see him take off in a totally unarmed old chopper which barely flies. An episode of the TV series "Airwolf" must have had a higher budget than this epic.

    "Jaguar Lives" at least has a couple of good fights, a brave star who does dangerous stunts (even the 'cling to the car roof' scene) himself, some funny moments (Donald Pleasance seems to enjoy the part of the general) and is watchable once, but it feels like a disaster of a movie from the moment when Woody Strode watches Joe's Tai Chi practice and tells him how awesome he is. The audience never shares the feeling.
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      • November 1979 (United States)
      • Spain
      • United States
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Almería, Andalucía, Spain
    • Production companies
      • Jaguar Productions (V)
      • Films Internacionales (FISA)
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    • 1 hour 30 minutes
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      • Mono

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