Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

SunnyHello Nice effects though.

Siflutter It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Calum Hutton It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

Paularoc For me, the Mr. Wong series was a poor man's Charlie Chan. The series was still somewhat enjoyable thanks to Boris Karloff's performance as the soft spoken, intellectual, and Oxford and Heidleberg educated James Lee Wong. Brendan Edwards, a wealthy and odious antiques collector invites Wong to a party in order to show him a recent acquisition - a sapphire called the Eye of the Daughter of the Moon. The gem was stolen from a Chinese museum but that doesn't bother Edwards. What does bother him is that he has received a death threat because he now has the gem. When Edwards is murdered during a charades game, there are suspects a plenty including Edwards' mistreated wife, the secretary who loves the wife, Edwards' lawyer and two shady characters who want to get the gem back from Edwards. The resolution to the mystery relies on Wong having information that wasn't previously shared with the viewer. This is somewhat unusual for having a very sympathetic character as the murderer. For a Monogram, the production values were pretty good and with a couple of exceptions, so was the cast. But it's Karloff that makes this worth a watch.

tedg What's interesting about 30's mysteries is their variety. The business in partnership with viewers were working out the few modes that would survive. Today we are stuck with only a few of the possibilities; everything else feels wrong because of the expectations we bring to them.Its not important that this detective is yet another well known white actor in Chinese makeup. What's important is how complex is the mystery, how much we learn as viewers before the detective does (nothing), and how the solution is unrolled at the end.The notable thing here is how complex the plot is. It is every bit as complex as the Perry Mason things that would come only a little later. But it is ever so much more difficult for us because they've experimented with hiding critical details. If you watch this with modern sensibilities, you'll be baffled.The setup is a great one, folded of course: the murder happens during a game of charades where the actors are acting out a mystery, and the audience is guessing but has no clue.Sweet, that. But otherwise, watch this only if you are a student.Ted's Evaluation -- 1 of 3: You can find something better to do with this part of your life.

classicsoncall Boris Karloff follows up his 1938 film "Mr. Wong, Detective", with this clever whodunit about the murder of a rare gem collector, who just the day before he comes into it's possession, receives a sinister written message - "The possessor of the Eye of the Daughter of the Moon rides swiftly to his death." Brandon Edwards (Morgan Wallace) suspects who is out to murder him, and seals his secret in an envelope to be opened in the event of his death, entrusting this knowledge to the Oriental Detective.In the film, we learn that Mr. James Lee Wong is an authority on ancient Oriental art and literature, and a graduate of Heidelberg and Oxford Universities. As such, he recognizes the danger Edwards finds himself in, since the Chinese gem purportedly carries a death curse on anyone who possesses it.In the tradition of the best Charlie Chan films of the same era, "The Mystery of Mr. Wong" cleverly plants various suspects who may have it in for Edwards. Edwards' death itself is uniquely staged, as he takes a gunshot to the chest while participating in a parlor game with a roomful of party guests as witnesses, with no one the wiser until it's time to credit the players.Wong is assisted in the investigation once again by Police Captain Sam Street (Grant Withers); this time around Withers plays it much straighter than the over the top, brash portrayal he gave in "Mr. Wong, Detective". Nevertheless, it's Mr. Wong all the way in solving the caper. In a clever ruse, Wong suggests that he will soon be in possession of Edwards' letter naming the killer, hoping to flush out the culprit. As the parties gather, Wong names the murderer and reveals the mistakes the killer made that led him to his conclusion. The killer is impressed, and even shakes hands with Wong before the police take him away! In a fitting finale, the real letter finally arrives, but the confident Mr. Wong no longer has need of it, and tears it up without even opening the envelope.

jcholguin Yes, Mr. Wong is on hand when a murder of a friend takes place. He could not prevent it but works with Capt. Sam Street of the police to solve it. The means of death is not complicated or ingenious - shooting with a silencer. But there are a number of suspects. Ballistics prove that the bullet came from a high angle. Quickly, half of the suspects are off the hook and the film becomes a relatively easy whodunit. Elementary for Mr. Wong, but of course the police are on the wrong track. Good film to see late at night when the "little gray cells" need a rest or if complicated sleuthing is not your "expertise."