This is the latest instalment in a feature series reflecting on instances of East meets West in world cinema, including China-US co-productions.In the 1970s, the UK film industry was in deep trouble. Hoping to diversify its output, British horror specialist Hammer joined forces with Hong Kong’s legendary Shaw Brothers Studio for a three-picture deal.The first was 1974’s martial arts mash-up The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires, which failed to set the box office alight. The second, made the same year, was Shatter, a tough-talking Hong Kong-set action movie pepped up with bursts of kung fu.It was a troubled production, with original director Monte Hellman replaced by producer Michael Carreras during shooting. “We ran into all sorts of problems, and like all pictures that are bad, I think it was badly conceived from the start,” Carreras said. “One did all sorts of things to try and save it, but it didn’t work.”Shatter / Original Theatrical Trailer (1974)Viewed today, however, the results are much more interesting than film history or Carreras would have us believe.