North Korea’s English language attempt to subvert the embargo and penetrate the American action video market. Pyongyang subway as a kidnapping location, Pohyong temple as the villain’s lair and other locations look like a no man’s land where almost anything is possible. Ferdinando Baldi, a veteran of several Euro-pulp genres, directing a cast of B-players, infuses some rhythm into a not-so-low budget war/spy/scifi hybrid spattered by ’60s-style sexy touches. A true example of globetrotting Italian filmmakers’ daredevil vitality…
