Death Dimension
Encyclopedia
Death Dimension is a 1978 American
B-list
action and martial arts film
by Al Adamson
starring Jim Kelly
, Harold Sakata
, George Lazenby
, Terry Moore
, and Aldo Ray
.
The plot is about a scientist, Professor Mason, who invented a powerful freezing
bomb
for a gangster leader nicknamed "the Pig
" (Sakata). Mason changes his mind and kills himself in order to not let his secret in the hands of the Pig. The scientist's assistant runs away with the plans, but is chased by the gangster's henchmen.
The local police chief, Capt. Gallagher (Lazenby), assigns to the case an investigator; martial art expert Detective Ash (Kelly).
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B-list
B-movie
A B movie is a low-budget commercial motion picture that is not definitively an arthouse or pornographic film. In its original usage, during the Golden Age of Hollywood, the term more precisely identified a film intended for distribution as the less-publicized, bottom half of a double feature....
action and martial arts film
Martial arts film
Martial arts film is a film genre. A sub-genre of the action film, martial arts films contain numerous fights between characters, usually as the films' primary appeal and entertainment value, and often as a method of storytelling and character expression and development. Martial arts are frequently...
by Al Adamson
Al Adamson
Al Adamson was a prolific director of B-grade horror films throughout the 1960s and 1970s.After assisting his father, Victor Adamson, in making the 1963 movie Halfway to Hell, Adamson decided to work in the motion picture industry himself...
starring Jim Kelly
Jim Kelly (martial artist)
James M. "Jim" "the Dragon" Kelly is an American athlete, actor, and martial artist who came to prominence in the early 1970s. He is best known from his performance as Williams in the 1973 Bruce Lee film Enter the Dragon.-Early life:...
, Harold Sakata
Harold Sakata
Toshiyuki "Harold" Sakata was a Japanese American professional wrestler and film actor most famous for his role as the villain "Oddjob" in the James Bond film Goldfinger.-Career:...
, George Lazenby
George Lazenby
George Robert Lazenby is an Australian actor and former model, best known for portraying James Bond in the 1969 film On Her Majesty's Secret Service.-Early life:...
, Terry Moore
Terry Moore (actress)
Helen Luella Koford , better known as Terry Moore, is an American actress. Terry Moore made her film debut at age 11 and grew up with all the icons of the Hollywood era that made Hollywood what it is today, also known as "The Golden Age of Hollywood". Moore is an Academy Award nominated actress...
, and Aldo Ray
Aldo Ray
Aldo Ray was an American actor.-Life and career:Ray was born in Pen Argyl, PA, to an Italian family of five brothers and one sister. His brother Mario lettered in football at USC in the years 1952-54...
.
The plot is about a scientist, Professor Mason, who invented a powerful freezing
Freezing
Freezing or solidification is a phase change in which a liquid turns into a solid when its temperature is lowered below its freezing point. The reverse process is melting....
bomb
Bomb
A bomb is any of a range of explosive weapons that only rely on the exothermic reaction of an explosive material to provide an extremely sudden and violent release of energy...
for a gangster leader nicknamed "the Pig
Pig
A pig is any of the animals in the genus Sus, within the Suidae family of even-toed ungulates. Pigs include the domestic pig, its ancestor the wild boar, and several other wild relatives...
" (Sakata). Mason changes his mind and kills himself in order to not let his secret in the hands of the Pig. The scientist's assistant runs away with the plans, but is chased by the gangster's henchmen.
The local police chief, Capt. Gallagher (Lazenby), assigns to the case an investigator; martial art expert Detective Ash (Kelly).