Review of Mr. Moto's Last Warning (1939) by Aj V — 23 May 2010

Always pleasant to see a string of actors we love, they're all perfect, even the compulsory blond is quite pleasant to watch. But the film I believe really suffers from a serious lack of budget, as a result 90% of the action takes place within the same two buildings bringing a very stale feeling to the film.

Now the film also stands out due to a few good ideas that make it a pleasant watch. The bad guys are really bad, have clear motivation, they're quite smart too and they're also very imaginative. We're far from the somewhat artificial and über complicated intrigues dear to Hitchcock's heart at the same moment. This also leads to the few genuinely good moments of the film: the diving bell episode and the underwater fights.

Finally, it is pleasant to see yet another American film set abroad shot between 1930 and 1939.