Roots of Evil

Original title: Die Brut des Bösen

1979
R
1h 25m

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German Karate teacher Frank Mertens battles the drug lord Van Bullock in the streets of Madrid.German Karate teacher Frank Mertens battles the drug lord Van Bullock in the streets of Madrid.German Karate teacher Frank Mertens battles the drug lord Van Bullock in the streets of Madrid.

Directors
- Christian Anders
- Antonio Tarruella
Writer
- Christian Anders
Stars

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4.0/10

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Directors
- Christian Anders
- Antonio Tarruella
Writer
- Christian Anders
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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Christian Anders

Frank Mertens

Maribel Martín

Ingrid
(as Maribel Martin)

Dunja Rajter

Cora Ramada

Deep Roy

Van Bullock

Fernando Bilbao

Komo
(as Fred Harris)

Ria Kemp

Guest Star

Wolfgang Schütte

Thomas
(as Wolfgang Schutte)

José María Guía

O'Blonski
(as Jose Ma. Guia)

Ichimi

Takimura
(as Ishimi)

Fernando Hilbeck

1st Inspector

Carl Rapp

2nd Inspector

Robert Case

3rd Inspector
(as Roberto Case)

Cris Huerta

Sumo
(as Chris Huertas)

Yasuhito Ishikawa

Ting

Hideaki Gennai

Cheng

José Luis Chinchilla

Karate Fighter
(as José L. Martínez Chinchilla)

Vicente del Águila

Karate Fighter

José Panizo

Karate Fighter

Directors
- Christian Anders
- Antonio Tarruella
Writer
- Christian Anders
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Trivia
Van Bullock's car in the movie, a Rolls Royce, was in fact Christian Anders' own car and "M-HM 1634" his original license/number plate. The "M" stands for Munich, the town he was living at the time in Germany.

Goofs
WHen entering Bullock's room Frank accidentally breaks a vase with his arm. However in the next shot a much bigger and more colorful vase is standing on the same spot.

Quotes
Frank Mertens: [Grabs Van Bullock by the throat] Van Bullock! You disgraced my name!
Van Bullock: Arrrgh! Komo!
Komo: [Grabs Mertens] What you want?
[Mertens slaps Komo, and they fight a little while, until Komo finally grabs Mertens firmly]
Van Bullock: Hahaha, throw him out, Komo! Throw him out! Just throw that bastard out!
[Komo throws Mertens out of the window]

Alternate versions
In the English version Komo is castrated, whereas in the German one he is not.

Connections
Featured in The Worst Movies of All Time: Die Brut des Bösen (2017)

Soundtracks
Dead End
Written by Christian Anders, Arranged by José Luis Navarro
Sung by Christian Anders, with Madrid-Sound-Orchester

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10/10

Excellent Kung Fu Mystery Action Movie from Top Singer.

Christian Anders one of Germany's greatest singer/songwriters of melodious smooth pop ballads , here makes his directorial debut to superb effect.

Unlike previous ignorant tasteless comments from s.kahrs this movie delivers both action, mystery, romance and suspense to keep the viewer spellbound.

Anders always uses a professional quality approach to his singing , acting and directing he finds loud garbage rock/metal/punk/hip hop drugged up noisy "music" utterly repulsive and delivers high class pop music and film thrills for millions to enjoy.

A high quality intense thrilling film.