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Director: Ho Meng-hua Starring: Ku Feng, Lin Wei-Tu, Hsu Shao-Chiang, Wu Hang Sheng, Ted Thomas, Steve Nicholson, Chen Ping, Screenplay: I Kuang Music: Chen Yung-Ya and De Wolfe Country: Hong Kong

We're immediately transported to a small village as an earthquake is in progress. A monster emerges and our first glimpses show a figure in a gorilla suit with a very rubbery mask. The natives catapult rocks and shoot spears at it is as they run to hide in a temple built into the side of the mountain overlooking the village. Cut back to the first group as the order goes out to get the explorer who's been blue since breaking up with his girlfriend. Next we're in a bar as a man is slumped over one. A quick word instantly pulls him out of his alcoholic haze as he agrees to leading a new expedition. A hotted up sitar soundtrack heralds the opening credits and a trip to India. In the space of five minutes we've nearly had it all: destruction, mass panic, alcoholism and one rampaging, yet visibly sexless giant gorilla. But that's okay as the first appearance of Evelyne Kraft and her itsy, bitsy, teeny, weeny, animal skin bikini is just around the corner.

A hastily convened press conference announces a new mission to seek out the giant gorilla and suddenly we're in the midst of an episode of Animal Kingdom that comes on like Marlin Perkins has just discovered meta-amphetamines. Our crew come across the deserted village only to be set upon by a pack of enraged elephants who they have to fight off with guns. Meanwhile, our fearless leader Cheng Zheng-feng (Danny Lee) has a flashback involving the discovery of his girlfriend in bed with his brother. The brother immediately starts crying. Back in the jungle a tiger attacks which forces some of the team to jump in quicksand as the tiger rips off the leg of one of their more unfortunate luggage bearers. Another crew leader steps in to put the guy out of his misery with his gun which of course causes tension between the gunman and the leader. A further crisis point is reached when some of the crew seek to abandon the mission despite standing around in a ditch that happens to be otherwise known as a giant monkey footprint. Cheng holds fast though and was that a blonde woman running through that distant clearing? The Mighty Peking Man then shows up and grabs our hero who escapes and runs for it when the stunning Evelyne Kraft appears and firmly requests Ah Wang (The Mighty Peking Man) to "stop it". The great ape then takes our two new friends back to the cave hideout that's stocked with all sorts of jungle produce which provides a base for several jungle adventures.