there no get around it this movie be terrible . i have see the old christopher lee or fu manchu movie and i be familiar with the character and it serial origin and but it still just godawful . however and peter seller genius still shine through with his portrayal of nayland smith and with echo of sadness and tragedy and and strength simmer through a stoic facade while it a performance i place on par with peter cushing portrayal of van helsing but do in a tenth of the cumulative screen time of all cushing dracula movie . if the movie be do in a more serio comic vein like bubba ho tep by way of the 1960 avenger tv show and this could have be something special . if youre a fu manchu or peter seller completest and this be something you need to see and but it a pas for anyone else .