Eurocult director Jess Franco is not really known for his action thrillers and this BOYS FROM BRAZIL-inspired crapfest might be a good example of why. This film deals with some Nazi-hunters looking for the titular Mengele(who is not a commando at all but a doctor who likes to practice horrible experiments on his patients, played by Howard Vernon (who looks and acts nothing like the actual fellow he's supposed to be portraying)) Jack Taylor is one of the hunters and the rest of the team includes a karate guy, an acrobat, an assassin and a guy who just likes hunting Nazis I think. The main experiments here seem to be Mengele breeding people with monkeys to make some wacky monkey-men. There's very little in the way of sexiness, horror or even much quality action so be prepared for mostly just stupidity.
Apparently Franco claimed to have not actually been the director here, but merely the original writer, and assigned the blame to Andrea(BURIAL GROUND) Bianchi. Most pseudonymous credits list the name Frank Drew White as director. It is packed with his usual cast though including even Lina Romay in a very small part. The reality seems to be that Franco started directing and gave up when the producers wanted more of an action flick than he intended.
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