Wow...very rarely you watch a movie that you instantly fall in love with. I just finished For Your Height Only and it's the first movie to have that effect on me in a long time. It has easily jumped into my top 5 favorite movies of all time list.
It comes to us from that hot bed of cinematic excellence we know as the Philippines. It's a take off on the James Bond style spy movies...only the lead actor is a midget who is just under 3 feet tall. What Weng Weng lacks in height he more than makes up for in sex appeal and combat skills. The agency equips him with many high tech weapons such as a remote controlled razor hat and X Ray glasses. They have a female mole inside the local syndicate and she and Weng team up to crush the forces of evil.
What makes this movie so awesome is little Weng...he kicks ass like nobody's business and women rush to say things like "bare your bod" to him. The actor actually took some pretty dangerous leaps off things that I doubt many full sized actors would have the guts to try. The dubbing is also great...it seems like everyone is either trying to sound like Bogart, Cagney, or Woody Allen and is full of lines like..."You're such a little guy, very petite, like a potato."
Some cheapo DVD company released it a while back but it's out of print now. Do yourself a favor and seek it out...it would be great to watch with a group of people.
-badfish |
