Weng Weng Wednesday- The Impossible Kid: Installment III of V

By: T.R. Slyder, TRSlyder@yahoo.com


This is Part Three of my Five-piece Series of the 1982 thriller, The Impossible Kid. As you no doubt recall from week one and week two, our hero is working for the Malaysian branch of INTERPOL and has been assigned to prevent terrorists from liquidating a prominent industrialist that was kidnapped during week one's episodes. Last week saw Weng Weng infiltrate their training facility and beat up two men and a woman. I don't think he was ever on Hee-Haw, but he knows how to throw a ho down. After handing out that fresh ass-kicking, he went back to headquarters where he saved the life of the aforementioned industrialist, only to find out he was unappreciative of Agent OO's efforts. Gaining the trust and cooperation of the industrialist is vital, however it will be no small task. Hi-oooo.

Episode 5 shows Our Hero grappling with a Cobra, sneaking into a person's residence (after parking his motorcycle in front of the main entrance) under the cover night (while he wears a white shirt). It also features him taking target practice while wearing a red jumpsuit that would make a thrift store owner blush. Lastly, this 10 minute segment has more fake-laughter from a villain than any other 10 minute interval in the history of cinematography.

This is another film of Weng Weng's where he plays a little person, a role in which he is very convincing indeed. There are 10 episodes in all and we tackle two episodes a week, so here are episodes 5 and 6 of 10.






Things to watch for in episode 6: A Dr. Evil-esque fake laughter sequence, and how the sound-effect for Agent 00's mini-motorbike sounds eerily similar to a weed wacker, killer special effects ( "special" as in "retarded", not special as in "uniquely great"), and the most uninspired go-go dancing ever captured on film.