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Megalomaniac and would-be world dominator Roxor has kidnaped Robert Regent, along with his death ray invention, in hopes of using it to degenerate humanity into mindless brutes, leaving himself as Earth&#39;s supreme intelligence. Faced with revealing the machine&#39;s secrets or allowing his family to die a horrible death at the hands of Roxor, Regent&#39;s only hope lies with the intervention of his brother-in-law, the be-turbaned yogi and magician Chandu, who has the power to make men see what is not there &#39;even unto a gathering of twelve times twelve&#39;.
When delusional madman Roxor kidnaps a scientist in hopes of using his death ray to achieve world dominance, he is opposed by Chandu, a powerful hypnotist and yogi.
Willian Cameron Menzies does a more than adequate job creating suspense in this early serial-style thriller about a yogi mystic named Chandu protecting the world, his sister and her family, and his Egyptian princess love from the evil megalomaniacal ways of Roxor.  Roxor has built a death ray to make himself master of the world.  Only trouble is that the inventor will not give him the secret of the ray and Chandu is on to his dastardly scheme. Edmund Lowe makes a dashing, affable hero with his ready wit and his theatrical gestures conjuring magic.  Roxor is played with aplomb by heavy Bela Lugosi.  Lugosi steals all of his scenes and gives a first-rate performance. Irene Ware as the Princess Nadja makes an attractive, bright leading lady, and the rest of the cast fares well too.  A thoroughly nice comedic turn is performed by Herbert Mundin as Mr. Miggles.  He is a drunken friend/servant of Chandu and sees himself in miniature every time he takes a drink.  The film boasts what must have been relatively high production values for the day.  It plays well considering it was made in 1932.  There are some great scenes in the film.  Menzies, best known for directing Invaders From Mars, uses a very fluid camera.  A scene where Chandu looks into a crystal is most impressive as the camera zigs and zags through a Egyptian tomb.  Another memorable scene depicts the scientist&#39;s daughter, clad only in a tight slip, offered on the slave trading block.  The scene was risque for its time to be sure.  While Chandu is certainly not a great film, it is definitely a cut above many films made in its time.
Okay, I&#39;ll admit that technically speaking, this film isn&#39;t what you&#39;d expect for a score of 8. After all, this was a very low-budget production and occasionally it really shows it--though most of the time, they do make the most of their limited resources. The film does earn super-high marks, though, for its ability to entertain, as there is one thrill after another after another--just like a Saturday morning movie serial condensed into one great package. In fact, it isn&#39;t all that surprising that just two years later they DID make a serial version of the Chandu character and a couple more movies--though oddly, he was played by Bela Lugosi in them, while in CHANDU THE MAGICIAN, he actually played the evil villain!! <br/><br/>Edmund Lowe stars here as Chandu--a Westerner who has &quot;learned the psychic powers of the East&quot;. In other words, he spent years with gifted Hindu holy men and learned to use their great powers to control mens&#39; minds. Using hypnosis, Chandu can make just about anyone do or see anything!! This makes him one heck of an amazing super-hero. Some of his tricks involved making men think their guns had turned to snakes, the ability to make doubles of himself to lure away the bad guys and his funny ability to mess with his man servant whenever he tries to take a drink!! Aside from comic heroes such as Mandrake, this is a truly unique character--and a very, very unique one for film. The closest I can think of are films such as THE COBRA WOMAN and ALI BABA, but they really aren&#39;t the same. Considering how exciting and fun this film was, I really wished they had made more of them--especially since the writing was so &quot;seat of your pants&quot; good.<br/><br/>In addition to these cool psychic powers, the film features a death ray, kidnappings and an evil cult of followers for Lugosi--what more could you possibly want in an old-time action-suspense film?! This is really great and exciting stuff--much better than the usual film for Lugosi or Lowe--who both do an exceptional job in this film. Too bad they just don&#39;t make &#39;em like they used to.

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