Naked Killer

Naked Killer

Starring:Chingmy Yau, Simon Yam, Carrie Ng, Madoka Sugawara, Wai Yiu, Ken Lo, Shiu Hung Hui
Director: Clarence Fok Yiu-leung
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
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There actually is no naked killer in Naked Killer, but that's about all this mad, adults-only comic book action roller coaster is missing. Flirty, feral Chingmy Yau gives an abusive jerk an impromptu vasectomy in front of cop Simon Yam, an impotent detective who vomits whenever he draws his gun. He's tracking a series of sex murders where all the male victims are missing their private organs when he falls in love with chief suspect Chingmy. She's subsequently recruited by the real killer, a hit woman who targets rapists at large and practices on drooling sex-mad psychos chained up in the attic. When they finally head out for the real thing, they take out victims in a display of midair somersaults, cracking whips, flying ropes, and flashing guns. This kind of foreplay attracts the lustful attentions of rival assassin Carrie Ng, a lesbian killer ready to abandon her purring sex kitten for the savage Chingmy. This is one of the most energetically gonzo Hong Kong logic bombs ever made, a crazy melodrama that revels in absurd extravagance, sick humor (you may never eat link sausage again), and pure adrenaline-driven displays of gymnastic action and orgiastic gunplay. Incoherence is a small price to pay for such guilty delights. --Sean Axmaker
Description
A supercharged erotic action-adventure set in glittering exotic Hong Kong, Naked Killer unfolds the twilight existence of a super sexy female assassin who falls victim to a lethal vendetta at the hands of a rival and her lesbian lover. After wreaking grisly revenge on the men responsible for her father's murder, Kitty (Chingmy Yau) is on the run from police when she is taken under the wing of a professional hit woman Sister Cindy (Wai Yiu), who trains Kitty in the exotic art of murder and gives her a new identity. However, her new boss has no idea Kitty is flirting with danger, having fallen in love with Tinam (Simon Yam) the policemen investigating the series of gruesome murders she committed. Not the least of their problems, when one of Sister Cindy's ex-students, the ruthless Princess (Carrie Ng) and her lesbian lover Baby (Madoka Sugawara), are hired to murder her it leads to an electrifying showdown between the four beautiful and deadly assassins.

Naked Killer
Average customer rating:

A Good Movie, Expected More Nudity

Guns, Kung-Fu, Lipstick Lesbians...Oh, My!!!!

Know what you're buying! FOX SUX, TaiSeng maybe...

Great movie. Highly enjoyable!

Good Picture Quality... but Incomplete

Naked Killer
Starring: Chingmy Yau , Simon Yam , Carrie Ng , Madoka Sugawara , and Wai Yiu
Director: Clarence Fok Yiu-leung
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
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ASIN: B00008WJE1
Release Date: 2003-07-22

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There actually is no naked killer in Naked Killer, but that's about all this mad, adults-only comic book action roller coaster is missing. Flirty, feral Chingmy Yau gives an abusive jerk an impromptu vasectomy in front of cop Simon Yam, an impotent detective who vomits whenever he draws his gun. He's tracking a series of sex murders where all the male victims are missing their private organs when he falls in love with chief suspect Chingmy. She's subsequently recruited by the real killer, a hit woman who targets rapists at large and practices on drooling sex-mad psychos chained up in the attic. When they finally head out for the real thing, they take out victims in a display of midair somersaults, cracking whips, flying ropes, and flashing guns. This kind of foreplay attracts the lustful attentions of rival assassin Carrie Ng, a lesbian killer ready to abandon her purring sex kitten for the savage Chingmy. This is one of the most energetically gonzo Hong Kong logic bombs ever made, a crazy melodrama that revels in absurd extravagance, sick humor (you may never eat link sausage again), and pure adrenaline-driven displays of gymnastic action and orgiastic gunplay. Incoherence is a small price to pay for such guilty delights. --Sean Axmaker

Description

A supercharged erotic action-adventure set in glittering exotic Hong Kong, Naked Killer unfolds the twilight existence of a super sexy female assassin who falls victim to a lethal vendetta at the hands of a rival and her lesbian lover. After wreaking grisly revenge on the men responsible for her father's murder, Kitty (Chingmy Yau) is on the run from police when she is taken under the wing of a professional hit woman Sister Cindy (Wai Yiu), who trains Kitty in the exotic art of murder and gives her a new identity. However, her new boss has no idea Kitty is flirting with danger, having fallen in love with Tinam (Simon Yam) the policemen investigating the series of gruesome murders she committed. Not the least of their problems, when one of Sister Cindy's ex-students, the ruthless Princess (Carrie Ng) and her lesbian lover Baby (Madoka Sugawara), are hired to murder her it leads to an electrifying showdown between the four beautiful and deadly assassins.

Customer Reviews:

A Good Movie, Expected More Nudity.......2005-06-07

1992 Hong Kong Erotic Thriller. Rated R for strong sexuality, violence and language. Caution: contains brief nudity (the opening credits), and the movie is very violent and bloody. Something of a romance. Also known as Chiklo gouyeung and Chi luo gao yang. The producer mentions a "Naked Weapon," saying that it had been intended as a sequel, but ended up a different movie with different actors and director.

DVD Features: Along with the movie, which can be heard in English or Cantonese, or read in English or Chinese, the DVD contains special features and trailers. There are seven trailers on the DVD (other than this film's trailers) and which include: Magnificent Warriors (rated R; war film, Japanese invade; stars Michelle Yeoh; trailer in English), City Hunter (PG-13; Jackie Chan film; other than humor and fighting, can't tell what the movie is about; trailer in English), Magnificent Butcher (PG-13; Sammo Hung; Action director: Yuen Woo Ping), Hong Kong 1941 (rated R; Chow Yung-Fat; Japan invades Hong Kong, resistance movie), Heart of Dragon (rated R; 30 yrs old, limited intelligence, "great detective" takes care of him; Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan), Kiss of the Dragon (rated R; Jet Li is a spy, also includes Bridget Fonda), and The Transporter (PG-13; in Euro-accented English). The Special Features include: this film's Trailers (two, an original (which has scenes in it I don't recognize being in the movie) and a new trailer (which is in English and doesn't have scenes in it I don't recognize)), Photo Galleries (two, one for the film (even the photo gallery has pictures of a scene not in the movie, maybe its my DVD, cutting out that type of thing for me), and one for the "beauties" of Hong Kong (very long slide show set to music)), Interviews (3 separate interviews with the producer (who speaks in English), director (in English; mentions nude scenes, seriously, what's wrong with my DVD, why do I only see nudity in the opening credits?), and one of the stars: Simon Yam (in English)), Promotional Materials (posters and still photos) and Production Notes (synopsis, cast and crew notes).

Credits: Starring: Chingmy Yau (Kitty; "Return to a Better Tomorrow"), Wai Yiu (Cindy; "The Flower Floating on the Sea"), Simon Yam (Tinam/Tom; "Once Upon A Time A Hero in China"; "Tomb Raider 2"), Carrie Ng (Princess; "Best of the Best"), and Madoka Sugawara (Baby). Written by: Wong Jing ("Naked Weapon") and Directed by: Clarence Fok Yiu Leung ("Century of the Dragon").

Plot: Hong Kong Detective Tinman (also known as Tom) is investigating a series of murders in Hong Kong that he believes are related and committed by a female assassin (he notes his suspicions but they are initially not believed to be likely, namely because his brother has been killed, and the nature of the deaths). Meanwhile, Tom has started a "relationship" with Kitty, a woman that is rather rough on the male population, and later revenges her father's death (which was pretty much an accident). Due to her actions, Kitty is now on the run from the police and organized crime, but is helped by a hit woman named Cindy (who teaches her how to become a better killer, using any weapon on hand or using her body). Cindy had another student before Kitty, and this student (Princess) and her female lover have targeted Cindy and Kitty for death.

Review: Interesting opening credits, and it certainly says something about the rest of the film that it includes nudity (though the fact that the first scene involves a naked hit woman taking out a man, but without anything "good" visible, also says something). A rather professional looking movie, but the dubbing is not the best (though, oddly enough, unlike some Asian movies I've seen, the spoken words and the written words actually match, for the most part). Though having the hit women twirl her loaded gun is strange and not professional looking.

A rather interesting and good movie, that is actually erotic, unlike many of the "erotic thrillers" out there. Oh, and it also appears to be an overall better film than most "erotic thrillers." On the other hand, there is a lot less nudity than I would expect (for the most part, none, the opening credits lie; maybe the US version of the film had the nudity edited out).

The movie has a connection with movies like "House of Flying Daggers," and "Romeo and Juliet," in that all three movies involve people who become romantically linked but work (or are otherwise members of) for different factions in a feud (here, criminal/police).

The plot is kind of rambling along, almost seeming to have little point. The acting is difficult to determine due to the nature of the dubbing and my not speaking the language the film was originally filmed in. Despite that handicap, I believe that the acting was good (every actor; I hadn't seen any of these actors before and I am interested in catching some more of their films). Overall, I would rate the film 4.22 stars.

Guns, Kung-Fu, Lipstick Lesbians...Oh, My!!!!.......2005-04-25

I rented "Naked Killer" after I read that it had been called the definitive Hong Kong action picture in some circles. While it certainly has the stuff to be in the top ten (car crashes, shootings, stunts galore), John Woo's "Hard Boiled" still tops the list for me. "Naked Killer" probably belongs in a genre all its own.

I didn't know what to expect from "Naked Killer"; the title, I have to say, is a much more apt description of the movie than I first suspected. There are certain aspects that are traditional fare, but then there are the beheadings, the icepicks shoved into crotches and the soft-core nookie scenes.

The plot (such as it is) concerns a feisty girl named Kitty (Chingmy Yau), who joins a group of lesbian assassins who come up with some rather creative ways of killing the men of Hong Kong. I'm still fuzzy on how they pick their victims (Are the men rapists? Criminals in general? Or - I shudder to think - are they targeted simply because they're men?), but such questions are kind of moot in cases like "Naked Killer". The point is the stuff, not the story, and there's plenty of stuff. The shoot-outs and chases are not quite on a par with John Woo, but they're immensely entertaining, more so than most of the lame flicks that pass for "thrillers" in the U.S. In addition, there are some absolutely grotesque sight gags, most of which would never have made it past American censors: kicking and stabbing of private parts, gory decapitations and one particular sequence involving a murdered victim's severed reproductive organ that simply has to be seen to be believed. Not to put too fine a point on it, but I've developed a real aversion to polish sausage since I saw this picture.

My personal favorite thing in the movie is Chingmy Yau, who is pretty much the sexiest thang I've ever seen in a movie. Forget Denise Richards, Jennifer Lopez, etc. All mere amateurs compared to Yau, a profoundly dazzling creature who sports beautiful, expressive eyes and lips that go on for days (Angelina Jolie would be green with envy). It also helps that Yau spends most of the movie wearing a variety of skimpy outfits. Call me a pig if you wish, but the heart wants what it wants. I'm usually given to awarding an extra star to a movie if I'm particularly impressed with a certain performer, and Yau has earned it.

So, should you see it? Yes, if you're not easily overcome by graphic violence and erotica of both the lesbian and straight varieties. It helps if you're already familiar with campy Hong Kong flicks and like your plots simple and your dialogue generously peppered with some real howlers (...). If you're offended by any of the elements I've mentioned, read this carefully: STAY AWAY FROM "NAKED KILLER" AT ALL COSTS. You may consider this a public service announcement.

And if Chingmy Yau ever decides to quit making movies, it'll be a sad day in the world of cinema.

Know what you're buying! FOX SUX, TaiSeng maybe..........2005-03-24

Okay, there have been a lot of different DVD editions released, so be sure what you're getting.

The theatrical version ran about 88 minutes, has a rather comically censored audio track in one scene, and can rightfully (technically) be called "uncut." The "director's cut" runs about 93 minutes and does not have bleeps on the audio track in the scene in which Tinam's partner eats the penis. In-between is a version that includes some of the extra footage, but not all of it. (Some sapphic nuzzling between Sister Cindy and Kitty in the training sequence.)

Avoid at all costs the dubbed and censored FOX release. This version was heavily cut to get an R rating, which, of course, bites. Any version of 'Naked Killer' that skimps on the nakedness or the killing is to be vigorously spat upon. Shame on you guys! I'd like to hire Carrie Ng to explode your you-know-what.

I haven't seen any of the Tai Seng editions. I know that they have released an English dubbed version (yuck!) - but, if there's a widescreen Chinese version available, that might be the best you're going to find on Amazon right now.

Media Asia/Megastar's disc is pretty darn good, and I believe this is the director's cut! It has an uncensored audio track and quite a bit of footage that wasn't in the theatrical cut. If you can find it, this is the one to get. I believe Amazon has it, but the releasing company is mistakenly given as Tai Seng. Look for the title in large, yellow, vertical Chinese characters on the right hand side of the cover with a smaller English title just above that. I have read that this is out of print - so grab it if you see it!

Mei Ah's theatrical version disc sucks in terms of quality - but I'm keeping mine because it preserves the hilarious subtitles that were such a big part of the theatrical experience (when you can see them, anyway).

As for the film itself - If you haven't seen it thirty times already, what are you waiting for? This is the greatest of the killer-babe classics alongside Russ Meyer's immortal 'Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!' (And, no, I'm not forgetting 'Kill Bill,' I just don't think it rates better than 'OK' when you've seen a lot of the kind of movies it was cribbing from - movies you have to get out and look hard for, because they aren't going to fall into your lap at your local multiplex.) This one consistently packed the house for a decade of return engagements in my area (sometimes at midnight, sometimes as the co-feature of such fare as 'Chinese Torture Chamber Story') before scoring a week-long engagement at the local art-house(?!) - so it is a tried and true crowd-pleaser. Highlights include a high-rise mini-holocaust that must be seen to be believed, all-girl action in a bloody swimming pool (okay, there was a guy in there, but he was dead and his unit had been removed), a cop who pukes every time he holds a gun, CARRIE NG(!!!), wall to wall sex and violence, amazing dialogue... I could go on and on. Suffice to say, if you like lots of action (both kinds) you won't feel cheated.

A treasure.

Great movie. Highly enjoyable!.......2004-11-13

I had a great time watching this movie on VHS. It's a movie I enjoy watching over & over again. If you like Asian action movies with girl-girl romance scenes, some violence with fancy moves, perverts getting their just reward & adult themes give this flick a look. I'd consider my collection of Asian action flicks incomplete without Naked Killer. If the characters were your neighbors life would never be dull. To me it's a "must have it" movie.

Good Picture Quality... but Incomplete.......2004-09-08

I have seen the movie a few times and in my opinion this DVD edition is the best in term of picture quality. Unfortunately it is incomplete. Murder scene in the swimming pool is heavily cut (is it too violent?)

Naked Killer

Average customer rating:

A Good Movie, Expected More Nudity
Guns, Kung-Fu, Lipstick Lesbians...Oh, My!!!!
Know what you're buying! FOX SUX, TaiSeng maybe...
Great movie. Highly enjoyable!
Good Picture Quality... but Incomplete

Naked Killer
Starring: Chingmy Yau , Simon Yam , Carrie Ng , Madoka Sugawara , and Wai Yiu
Director: Clarence Fok Yiu-leung
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ASIN: 6305845336
Release Date: 2000-05-23

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There actually is no naked killer in Naked Killer, but that's about all this mad, adults-only comic book action roller coaster is missing. Flirty, feral Chingmy Yau gives an abusive jerk an impromptu vasectomy in front of cop Simon Yam, an impotent detective who vomits whenever he draws his gun. He's tracking a series of sex murders where all the male victims are missing their private organs when he falls in love with chief suspect Chingmy. She's subsequently recruited by the real killer, a hit woman who targets rapists at large and practices on drooling sex-mad psychos chained up in the attic. When they finally head out for the real thing, they take out victims in a display of midair somersaults, cracking whips, flying ropes, and flashing guns. This kind of foreplay attracts the lustful attentions of rival assassin Carrie Ng, a lesbian killer ready to abandon her purring sex kitten for the savage Chingmy. This is one of the most energetically gonzo Hong Kong logic bombs ever made, a crazy melodrama that revels in absurd extravagance, sick humor (you may never eat link sausage again), and pure adrenaline-driven displays of gymnastic action and orgiastic gunplay. Incoherence is a small price to pay for such guilty delights. --Sean Axmaker

Customer Reviews:

A Good Movie, Expected More Nudity.......2005-06-07

1992 Hong Kong Erotic Thriller. Rated R for strong sexuality, violence and language. Caution: contains brief nudity (the opening credits), and the movie is very violent and bloody. Something of a romance. Also known as Chiklo gouyeung and Chi luo gao yang. The producer mentions a "Naked Weapon," saying that it had been intended as a sequel, but ended up a different movie with different actors and director.

DVD Features: Along with the movie, which can be heard in English or Cantonese, or read in English or Chinese, the DVD contains special features and trailers. There are seven trailers on the DVD (other than this film's trailers) and which include: Magnificent Warriors (rated R; war film, Japanese invade; stars Michelle Yeoh; trailer in English), City Hunter (PG-13; Jackie Chan film; other than humor and fighting, can't tell what the movie is about; trailer in English), Magnificent Butcher (PG-13; Sammo Hung; Action director: Yuen Woo Ping), Hong Kong 1941 (rated R; Chow Yung-Fat; Japan invades Hong Kong, resistance movie), Heart of Dragon (rated R; 30 yrs old, limited intelligence, "great detective" takes care of him; Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan), Kiss of the Dragon (rated R; Jet Li is a spy, also includes Bridget Fonda), and The Transporter (PG-13; in Euro-accented English). The Special Features include: this film's Trailers (two, an original (which has scenes in it I don't recognize being in the movie) and a new trailer (which is in English and doesn't have scenes in it I don't recognize)), Photo Galleries (two, one for the film (even the photo gallery has pictures of a scene not in the movie, maybe its my DVD, cutting out that type of thing for me), and one for the "beauties" of Hong Kong (very long slide show set to music)), Interviews (3 separate interviews with the producer (who speaks in English), director (in English; mentions nude scenes, seriously, what's wrong with my DVD, why do I only see nudity in the opening credits?), and one of the stars: Simon Yam (in English)), Promotional Materials (posters and still photos) and Production Notes (synopsis, cast and crew notes).

Credits: Starring: Chingmy Yau (Kitty; "Return to a Better Tomorrow"), Wai Yiu (Cindy; "The Flower Floating on the Sea"), Simon Yam (Tinam/Tom; "Once Upon A Time A Hero in China"; "Tomb Raider 2"), Carrie Ng (Princess; "Best of the Best"), and Madoka Sugawara (Baby). Written by: Wong Jing ("Naked Weapon") and Directed by: Clarence Fok Yiu Leung ("Century of the Dragon").

Plot: Hong Kong Detective Tinman (also known as Tom) is investigating a series of murders in Hong Kong that he believes are related and committed by a female assassin (he notes his suspicions but they are initially not believed to be likely, namely because his brother has been killed, and the nature of the deaths). Meanwhile, Tom has started a "relationship" with Kitty, a woman that is rather rough on the male population, and later revenges her father's death (which was pretty much an accident). Due to her actions, Kitty is now on the run from the police and organized crime, but is helped by a hit woman named Cindy (who teaches her how to become a better killer, using any weapon on hand or using her body). Cindy had another student before Kitty, and this student (Princess) and her female lover have targeted Cindy and Kitty for death.

Review: Interesting opening credits, and it certainly says something about the rest of the film that it includes nudity (though the fact that the first scene involves a naked hit woman taking out a man, but without anything "good" visible, also says something). A rather professional looking movie, but the dubbing is not the best (though, oddly enough, unlike some Asian movies I've seen, the spoken words and the written words actually match, for the most part). Though having the hit women twirl her loaded gun is strange and not professional looking.

A rather interesting and good movie, that is actually erotic, unlike many of the "erotic thrillers" out there. Oh, and it also appears to be an overall better film than most "erotic thrillers." On the other hand, there is a lot less nudity than I would expect (for the most part, none, the opening credits lie; maybe the US version of the film had the nudity edited out).

The movie has a connection with movies like "House of Flying Daggers," and "Romeo and Juliet," in that all three movies involve people who become romantically linked but work (or are otherwise members of) for different factions in a feud (here, criminal/police).

The plot is kind of rambling along, almost seeming to have little point. The acting is difficult to determine due to the nature of the dubbing and my not speaking the language the film was originally filmed in. Despite that handicap, I believe that the acting was good (every actor; I hadn't seen any of these actors before and I am interested in catching some more of their films). Overall, I would rate the film 4.22 stars.

Guns, Kung-Fu, Lipstick Lesbians...Oh, My!!!!.......2005-04-25

I rented "Naked Killer" after I read that it had been called the definitive Hong Kong action picture in some circles. While it certainly has the stuff to be in the top ten (car crashes, shootings, stunts galore), John Woo's "Hard Boiled" still tops the list for me. "Naked Killer" probably belongs in a genre all its own.

I didn't know what to expect from "Naked Killer"; the title, I have to say, is a much more apt description of the movie than I first suspected. There are certain aspects that are traditional fare, but then there are the beheadings, the icepicks shoved into crotches and the soft-core nookie scenes.

The plot (such as it is) concerns a feisty girl named Kitty (Chingmy Yau), who joins a group of lesbian assassins who come up with some rather creative ways of killing the men of Hong Kong. I'm still fuzzy on how they pick their victims (Are the men rapists? Criminals in general? Or - I shudder to think - are they targeted simply because they're men?), but such questions are kind of moot in cases like "Naked Killer". The point is the stuff, not the story, and there's plenty of stuff. The shoot-outs and chases are not quite on a par with John Woo, but they're immensely entertaining, more so than most of the lame flicks that pass for "thrillers" in the U.S. In addition, there are some absolutely grotesque sight gags, most of which would never have made it past American censors: kicking and stabbing of private parts, gory decapitations and one particular sequence involving a murdered victim's severed reproductive organ that simply has to be seen to be believed. Not to put too fine a point on it, but I've developed a real aversion to polish sausage since I saw this picture.

My personal favorite thing in the movie is Chingmy Yau, who is pretty much the sexiest thang I've ever seen in a movie. Forget Denise Richards, Jennifer Lopez, etc. All mere amateurs compared to Yau, a profoundly dazzling creature who sports beautiful, expressive eyes and lips that go on for days (Angelina Jolie would be green with envy). It also helps that Yau spends most of the movie wearing a variety of skimpy outfits. Call me a pig if you wish, but the heart wants what it wants. I'm usually given to awarding an extra star to a movie if I'm particularly impressed with a certain performer, and Yau has earned it.

So, should you see it? Yes, if you're not easily overcome by graphic violence and erotica of both the lesbian and straight varieties. It helps if you're already familiar with campy Hong Kong flicks and like your plots simple and your dialogue generously peppered with some real howlers (...). If you're offended by any of the elements I've mentioned, read this carefully: STAY AWAY FROM "NAKED KILLER" AT ALL COSTS. You may consider this a public service announcement.

And if Chingmy Yau ever decides to quit making movies, it'll be a sad day in the world of cinema.

Know what you're buying! FOX SUX, TaiSeng maybe..........2005-03-24

Okay, there have been a lot of different DVD editions released, so be sure what you're getting.

The theatrical version ran about 88 minutes, has a rather comically censored audio track in one scene, and can rightfully (technically) be called "uncut." The "director's cut" runs about 93 minutes and does not have bleeps on the audio track in the scene in which Tinam's partner eats the penis. In-between is a version that includes some of the extra footage, but not all of it. (Some sapphic nuzzling between Sister Cindy and Kitty in the training sequence.)

Avoid at all costs the dubbed and censored FOX release. This version was heavily cut to get an R rating, which, of course, bites. Any version of 'Naked Killer' that skimps on the nakedness or the killing is to be vigorously spat upon. Shame on you guys! I'd like to hire Carrie Ng to explode your you-know-what.

I haven't seen any of the Tai Seng editions. I know that they have released an English dubbed version (yuck!) - but, if there's a widescreen Chinese version available, that might be the best you're going to find on Amazon right now.

Media Asia/Megastar's disc is pretty darn good, and I believe this is the director's cut! It has an uncensored audio track and quite a bit of footage that wasn't in the theatrical cut. If you can find it, this is the one to get. I believe Amazon has it, but the releasing company is mistakenly given as Tai Seng. Look for the title in large, yellow, vertical Chinese characters on the right hand side of the cover with a smaller English title just above that. I have read that this is out of print - so grab it if you see it!

Mei Ah's theatrical version disc sucks in terms of quality - but I'm keeping mine because it preserves the hilarious subtitles that were such a big part of the theatrical experience (when you can see them, anyway).

As for the film itself - If you haven't seen it thirty times already, what are you waiting for? This is the greatest of the killer-babe classics alongside Russ Meyer's immortal 'Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!' (And, no, I'm not forgetting 'Kill Bill,' I just don't think it rates better than 'OK' when you've seen a lot of the kind of movies it was cribbing from - movies you have to get out and look hard for, because they aren't going to fall into your lap at your local multiplex.) This one consistently packed the house for a decade of return engagements in my area (sometimes at midnight, sometimes as the co-feature of such fare as 'Chinese Torture Chamber Story') before scoring a week-long engagement at the local art-house(?!) - so it is a tried and true crowd-pleaser. Highlights include a high-rise mini-holocaust that must be seen to be believed, all-girl action in a bloody swimming pool (okay, there was a guy in there, but he was dead and his unit had been removed), a cop who pukes every time he holds a gun, CARRIE NG(!!!), wall to wall sex and violence, amazing dialogue... I could go on and on. Suffice to say, if you like lots of action (both kinds) you won't feel cheated.

A treasure.

Great movie. Highly enjoyable!.......2004-11-13

I had a great time watching this movie on VHS. It's a movie I enjoy watching over & over again. If you like Asian action movies with girl-girl romance scenes, some violence with fancy moves, perverts getting their just reward & adult themes give this flick a look. I'd consider my collection of Asian action flicks incomplete without Naked Killer. If the characters were your neighbors life would never be dull. To me it's a "must have it" movie.

Good Picture Quality... but Incomplete.......2004-09-08

I have seen the movie a few times and in my opinion this DVD edition is the best in term of picture quality. Unfortunately it is incomplete. Murder scene in the swimming pool is heavily cut (is it too violent?)

The Boys Club

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A great thriller, a hot guy, what more could you ask for?
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THE BEST MOVIE EVER!
Devon looks so amazingly hot!!!!

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Fady Ghaly's reviews.......2001-11-14

My remarks toward this picture
Coming-of-age sagas are frequently burdened with threat, especially because the genre has been so overworked and even pulverized into cliché. Yet young filmmaker, John Fawcett, pulls off a coup with this hip and arresting drama that's full of spit and attitude, and is relentlessly in your face, whether you like it or not. The Genie-nominated, first-time Toronto director, working from Genie-nominated writer, Peter Wellington's edgy, intellectual script, re-invigorates the genre with panache.

He does so by balancing climactic suspenseful elements with authentic human insights. He does it with a first-rate cast, led by Chris Penn as a psychotic cop killer badly affected by a grim childhood who, when he had reached his breaking point, I guess you could say in a sense, had me on the edge of my seat till I was fully assured that he was conquered-such riveting performance was that compelling. A performance so compelling, it earned him a nomination as Best Actor at the 1996 Genie Awards. Here, Penn really delivers his finest since co-starring in Abel Ferrara's elegiac gangster film, The Funeral. (Even the title itself screams of great mourning for that which is irrecoverably past.)

The three youths played by our rising young stars are at loose ends during a teachers' strike that has closed down their small Ontario town's high school. The three friends, who dispute because their social and intellectual instincts tug in three dramatically different directions, find themselves in a quandary one afternoon as they head toward their secluded shack deep into the wilderness where the pressures of growing up do not have to be faced; however, that severely wounded and yet armed stranger in whom they discover hiding out inside may just be their ticket to real adventure. Overriding common sense, they decide to help the stranger, who we find out is named Luke, rather than report the incident to the police.

"If you want something, you just take it, and then it's yours," Luke says, and they do, and they love it. They get themselves into trouble and the thought of getting themselves in insubordinate acts excites them. (spoiler) What is so clever with regards to this piece is that, even when, through the audiences' eyes, we want to wail out the words: Wake up, stupid! when one of our teen heroes is about to make a mistake in judgment, the Fawcett-Wellington team make those mistakes understandable. We sympathize. We comprehend. We're involved.

The ambivalence and complexity of the struggle are why The Boys Club has accurately been called a cross between Stand By Me and River's Edge, two landmark films that explored teen anguish with a piercing intelligence, never pandering to the youths or condescending them.

Fawcett walks the same wobbly tightrope, even if The Boys Club remains as a modest film, at least, in scale, that will not gain the notoriety of either Stand By Me or River's Edge.

On the other hand, Penn is a towering force, a raging bull-of-a-catalyst in our teen protagonists' lives. Dominic Zomprogna-being the one to play the part of Kyle-perfectly essays the confused youth torn between intellect and impulse; Stuart Stone, who plays the part of Brad, is a terrific counterbalance as the practical one, while the charismatic Devon Sawa-a dead ringer for Leonardo DiCaprio-is pure feral instinct. (According to Sawa, his character in the film, whose name is Eric, is so unlike himself that it really puts his acting skills to the test. The Boys Club has generally been his most challenging film yet, and yet he passes with flying colors.) Nicholas Campbell provides a compellingly sad-sophisticated portrayal of Kyle's father.

Their personalities mix, the deeming of both their feud and friendship bond and the palpable danger of the narrative ups the emotional stakes. (spoiler)
The Boys Club is not at all just kids' play. It is an inexorable and deeply powerful film that tests friendships and human insight, and yet it doesn't ever overdraw upon a single factor that would diminish it from being the masterpiece that is, because that's precisely what it is despite of the fact that it was shot as a Canadian film on a skin-and-bones budget, will not be released in most countries-which is a shame-and was shown at only a few theaters in Canada. (Mind you, it, however, is available on VHS and DVD in, aside from Canada, Australia and the U.S. as well.)

The Boys Club, although the affect it has upon me isn't quite as great as it once was-for I have now watched it so many times, that it has reached an extent where the amount can no longer be counted anymore-it, nonetheless, is a film that will forever be special to me. Not only because the tension that was generated by these kids in danger influenced me to become a writer, an interest that has drastically altered me as a person, for I now I'm capable of expressing my feelings in a way I never thought possible; but, in addition, because, after having stepped inside a video store one glorious day, it instantaneously drew me to purchase a copy of it on DVD despite of the fact that I merely had a VCR-a machine that was left setting alone no longer, for I the following day ended up purchasing the player itself, a highly sophisticated machine in technology that has forever altered both my experience and outlook upon movie-viewing.

A great thriller, a hot guy, what more could you ask for?.......2001-08-02

This movie was excellent and skillfully done. I don't only love it because one of the main stars, Dominic Zamprogna, is SOO hot, but just because it's a great movie. It is an edge-of-your-seat thriller that you will have to watch from beginning to end.

Cool Movie ,Hot Chick.......2000-04-05

This Movie is cool it sounds like me and my friends and something that would happen to usand Amy Stwerwart who plays megan ohh-ahh man she so so incredibly hot man shes got me dreamin but the movie is cool watch it.

THE BEST MOVIE EVER!.......1999-12-06

This movie is my favoerite movie ever (and not just because I'm a Devon Sawa fanatic). As you watch the movie you can imagine what the boys went through. Also, it teaches you a lesson.

Devon looks so amazingly hot!!!!.......1999-10-03

I can tell you that this is a well-crafted film and I can tell you that the actors did a great job. But I won't. Because the only reason I watched this movie was to see Devon show that beautiful smile that takes my breath away. I would love to get him in an abandoned shack for a few days. The actors did do a great job, but Devon was the only body...err person that caught and kept my eye :)

Naked Killer

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A Good Movie, Expected More Nudity
Guns, Kung-Fu, Lipstick Lesbians...Oh, My!!!!
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Great movie. Highly enjoyable!
Good Picture Quality... but Incomplete

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There actually is no naked killer in Naked Killer, but that's about all this mad, adults-only comic book action roller coaster is missing. Flirty, feral Chingmy Yau gives an abusive jerk an impromptu vasectomy in front of cop Simon Yam, an impotent detective who vomits whenever he draws his gun. He's tracking a series of sex murders where all the male victims are missing their private organs when he falls in love with chief suspect Chingmy. She's subsequently recruited by the real killer, a hit woman who targets rapists at large and practices on drooling sex-mad psychos chained up in the attic. When they finally head out for the real thing, they take out victims in a display of midair somersaults, cracking whips, flying ropes, and flashing guns. This kind of foreplay attracts the lustful attentions of rival assassin Carrie Ng, a lesbian killer ready to abandon her purring sex kitten for the savage Chingmy. This is one of the most energetically gonzo Hong Kong logic bombs ever made, a crazy melodrama that revels in absurd extravagance, sick humor (you may never eat link sausage again), and pure adrenaline-driven displays of gymnastic action and orgiastic gunplay. Incoherence is a small price to pay for such guilty delights. --Sean Axmaker

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A Good Movie, Expected More Nudity.......2005-06-07

1992 Hong Kong Erotic Thriller. Rated R for strong sexuality, violence and language. Caution: contains brief nudity (the opening credits), and the movie is very violent and bloody. Something of a romance. Also known as Chiklo gouyeung and Chi luo gao yang. The producer mentions a "Naked Weapon," saying that it had been intended as a sequel, but ended up a different movie with different actors and director.

DVD Features: Along with the movie, which can be heard in English or Cantonese, or read in English or Chinese, the DVD contains special features and trailers. There are seven trailers on the DVD (other than this film's trailers) and which include: Magnificent Warriors (rated R; war film, Japanese invade; stars Michelle Yeoh; trailer in English), City Hunter (PG-13; Jackie Chan film; other than humor and fighting, can't tell what the movie is about; trailer in English), Magnificent Butcher (PG-13; Sammo Hung; Action director: Yuen Woo Ping), Hong Kong 1941 (rated R; Chow Yung-Fat; Japan invades Hong Kong, resistance movie), Heart of Dragon (rated R; 30 yrs old, limited intelligence, "great detective" takes care of him; Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan), Kiss of the Dragon (rated R; Jet Li is a spy, also includes Bridget Fonda), and The Transporter (PG-13; in Euro-accented English). The Special Features include: this film's Trailers (two, an original (which has scenes in it I don't recognize being in the movie) and a new trailer (which is in English and doesn't have scenes in it I don't recognize)), Photo Galleries (two, one for the film (even the photo gallery has pictures of a scene not in the movie, maybe its my DVD, cutting out that type of thing for me), and one for the "beauties" of Hong Kong (very long slide show set to music)), Interviews (3 separate interviews with the producer (who speaks in English), director (in English; mentions nude scenes, seriously, what's wrong with my DVD, why do I only see nudity in the opening credits?), and one of the stars: Simon Yam (in English)), Promotional Materials (posters and still photos) and Production Notes (synopsis, cast and crew notes).

Credits: Starring: Chingmy Yau (Kitty; "Return to a Better Tomorrow"), Wai Yiu (Cindy; "The Flower Floating on the Sea"), Simon Yam (Tinam/Tom; "Once Upon A Time A Hero in China"; "Tomb Raider 2"), Carrie Ng (Princess; "Best of the Best"), and Madoka Sugawara (Baby). Written by: Wong Jing ("Naked Weapon") and Directed by: Clarence Fok Yiu Leung ("Century of the Dragon").

Plot: Hong Kong Detective Tinman (also known as Tom) is investigating a series of murders in Hong Kong that he believes are related and committed by a female assassin (he notes his suspicions but they are initially not believed to be likely, namely because his brother has been killed, and the nature of the deaths). Meanwhile, Tom has started a "relationship" with Kitty, a woman that is rather rough on the male population, and later revenges her father's death (which was pretty much an accident). Due to her actions, Kitty is now on the run from the police and organized crime, but is helped by a hit woman named Cindy (who teaches her how to become a better killer, using any weapon on hand or using her body). Cindy had another student before Kitty, and this student (Princess) and her female lover have targeted Cindy and Kitty for death.

Review: Interesting opening credits, and it certainly says something about the rest of the film that it includes nudity (though the fact that the first scene involves a naked hit woman taking out a man, but without anything "good" visible, also says something). A rather professional looking movie, but the dubbing is not the best (though, oddly enough, unlike some Asian movies I've seen, the spoken words and the written words actually match, for the most part). Though having the hit women twirl her loaded gun is strange and not professional looking.

A rather interesting and good movie, that is actually erotic, unlike many of the "erotic thrillers" out there. Oh, and it also appears to be an overall better film than most "erotic thrillers." On the other hand, there is a lot less nudity than I would expect (for the most part, none, the opening credits lie; maybe the US version of the film had the nudity edited out).

The movie has a connection with movies like "House of Flying Daggers," and "Romeo and Juliet," in that all three movies involve people who become romantically linked but work (or are otherwise members of) for different factions in a feud (here, criminal/police).

The plot is kind of rambling along, almost seeming to have little point. The acting is difficult to determine due to the nature of the dubbing and my not speaking the language the film was originally filmed in. Despite that handicap, I believe that the acting was good (every actor; I hadn't seen any of these actors before and I am interested in catching some more of their films). Overall, I would rate the film 4.22 stars.

Guns, Kung-Fu, Lipstick Lesbians...Oh, My!!!!.......2005-04-25

I rented "Naked Killer" after I read that it had been called the definitive Hong Kong action picture in some circles. While it certainly has the stuff to be in the top ten (car crashes, shootings, stunts galore), John Woo's "Hard Boiled" still tops the list for me. "Naked Killer" probably belongs in a genre all its own.

I didn't know what to expect from "Naked Killer"; the title, I have to say, is a much more apt description of the movie than I first suspected. There are certain aspects that are traditional fare, but then there are the beheadings, the icepicks shoved into crotches and the soft-core nookie scenes.

The plot (such as it is) concerns a feisty girl named Kitty (Chingmy Yau), who joins a group of lesbian assassins who come up with some rather creative ways of killing the men of Hong Kong. I'm still fuzzy on how they pick their victims (Are the men rapists? Criminals in general? Or - I shudder to think - are they targeted simply because they're men?), but such questions are kind of moot in cases like "Naked Killer". The point is the stuff, not the story, and there's plenty of stuff. The shoot-outs and chases are not quite on a par with John Woo, but they're immensely entertaining, more so than most of the lame flicks that pass for "thrillers" in the U.S. In addition, there are some absolutely grotesque sight gags, most of which would never have made it past American censors: kicking and stabbing of private parts, gory decapitations and one particular sequence involving a murdered victim's severed reproductive organ that simply has to be seen to be believed. Not to put too fine a point on it, but I've developed a real aversion to polish sausage since I saw this picture.

My personal favorite thing in the movie is Chingmy Yau, who is pretty much the sexiest thang I've ever seen in a movie. Forget Denise Richards, Jennifer Lopez, etc. All mere amateurs compared to Yau, a profoundly dazzling creature who sports beautiful, expressive eyes and lips that go on for days (Angelina Jolie would be green with envy). It also helps that Yau spends most of the movie wearing a variety of skimpy outfits. Call me a pig if you wish, but the heart wants what it wants. I'm usually given to awarding an extra star to a movie if I'm particularly impressed with a certain performer, and Yau has earned it.

So, should you see it? Yes, if you're not easily overcome by graphic violence and erotica of both the lesbian and straight varieties. It helps if you're already familiar with campy Hong Kong flicks and like your plots simple and your dialogue generously peppered with some real howlers (...). If you're offended by any of the elements I've mentioned, read this carefully: STAY AWAY FROM "NAKED KILLER" AT ALL COSTS. You may consider this a public service announcement.

And if Chingmy Yau ever decides to quit making movies, it'll be a sad day in the world of cinema.

Know what you're buying! FOX SUX, TaiSeng maybe..........2005-03-24

Okay, there have been a lot of different DVD editions released, so be sure what you're getting.

The theatrical version ran about 88 minutes, has a rather comically censored audio track in one scene, and can rightfully (technically) be called "uncut." The "director's cut" runs about 93 minutes and does not have bleeps on the audio track in the scene in which Tinam's partner eats the penis. In-between is a version that includes some of the extra footage, but not all of it. (Some sapphic nuzzling between Sister Cindy and Kitty in the training sequence.)

Avoid at all costs the dubbed and censored FOX release. This version was heavily cut to get an R rating, which, of course, bites. Any version of 'Naked Killer' that skimps on the nakedness or the killing is to be vigorously spat upon. Shame on you guys! I'd like to hire Carrie Ng to explode your you-know-what.

I haven't seen any of the Tai Seng editions. I know that they have released an English dubbed version (yuck!) - but, if there's a widescreen Chinese version available, that might be the best you're going to find on Amazon right now.

Media Asia/Megastar's disc is pretty darn good, and I believe this is the director's cut! It has an uncensored audio track and quite a bit of footage that wasn't in the theatrical cut. If you can find it, this is the one to get. I believe Amazon has it, but the releasing company is mistakenly given as Tai Seng. Look for the title in large, yellow, vertical Chinese characters on the right hand side of the cover with a smaller English title just above that. I have read that this is out of print - so grab it if you see it!

Mei Ah's theatrical version disc sucks in terms of quality - but I'm keeping mine because it preserves the hilarious subtitles that were such a big part of the theatrical experience (when you can see them, anyway).

As for the film itself - If you haven't seen it thirty times already, what are you waiting for? This is the greatest of the killer-babe classics alongside Russ Meyer's immortal 'Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!' (And, no, I'm not forgetting 'Kill Bill,' I just don't think it rates better than 'OK' when you've seen a lot of the kind of movies it was cribbing from - movies you have to get out and look hard for, because they aren't going to fall into your lap at your local multiplex.) This one consistently packed the house for a decade of return engagements in my area (sometimes at midnight, sometimes as the co-feature of such fare as 'Chinese Torture Chamber Story') before scoring a week-long engagement at the local art-house(?!) - so it is a tried and true crowd-pleaser. Highlights include a high-rise mini-holocaust that must be seen to be believed, all-girl action in a bloody swimming pool (okay, there was a guy in there, but he was dead and his unit had been removed), a cop who pukes every time he holds a gun, CARRIE NG(!!!), wall to wall sex and violence, amazing dialogue... I could go on and on. Suffice to say, if you like lots of action (both kinds) you won't feel cheated.

A treasure.

Great movie. Highly enjoyable!.......2004-11-13

I had a great time watching this movie on VHS. It's a movie I enjoy watching over & over again. If you like Asian action movies with girl-girl romance scenes, some violence with fancy moves, perverts getting their just reward & adult themes give this flick a look. I'd consider my collection of Asian action flicks incomplete without Naked Killer. If the characters were your neighbors life would never be dull. To me it's a "must have it" movie.

Good Picture Quality... but Incomplete.......2004-09-08

I have seen the movie a few times and in my opinion this DVD edition is the best in term of picture quality. Unfortunately it is incomplete. Murder scene in the swimming pool is heavily cut (is it too violent?)

The Boys Club

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A great thriller, a hot guy, what more could you ask for?
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THE BEST MOVIE EVER!
Devon looks so amazingly hot!!!!

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Fady Ghaly's reviews.......2001-11-14

My remarks toward this picture
Coming-of-age sagas are frequently burdened with threat, especially because the genre has been so overworked and even pulverized into cliché. Yet young filmmaker, John Fawcett, pulls off a coup with this hip and arresting drama that's full of spit and attitude, and is relentlessly in your face, whether you like it or not. The Genie-nominated, first-time Toronto director, working from Genie-nominated writer, Peter Wellington's edgy, intellectual script, re-invigorates the genre with panache.

He does so by balancing climactic suspenseful elements with authentic human insights. He does it with a first-rate cast, led by Chris Penn as a psychotic cop killer badly affected by a grim childhood who, when he had reached his breaking point, I guess you could say in a sense, had me on the edge of my seat till I was fully assured that he was conquered-such riveting performance was that compelling. A performance so compelling, it earned him a nomination as Best Actor at the 1996 Genie Awards. Here, Penn really delivers his finest since co-starring in Abel Ferrara's elegiac gangster film, The Funeral. (Even the title itself screams of great mourning for that which is irrecoverably past.)

The three youths played by our rising young stars are at loose ends during a teachers' strike that has closed down their small Ontario town's high school. The three friends, who dispute because their social and intellectual instincts tug in three dramatically different directions, find themselves in a quandary one afternoon as they head toward their secluded shack deep into the wilderness where the pressures of growing up do not have to be faced; however, that severely wounded and yet armed stranger in whom they discover hiding out inside may just be their ticket to real adventure. Overriding common sense, they decide to help the stranger, who we find out is named Luke, rather than report the incident to the police.

"If you want something, you just take it, and then it's yours," Luke says, and they do, and they love it. They get themselves into trouble and the thought of getting themselves in insubordinate acts excites them. (spoiler) What is so clever with regards to this piece is that, even when, through the audiences' eyes, we want to wail out the words: Wake up, stupid! when one of our teen heroes is about to make a mistake in judgment, the Fawcett-Wellington team make those mistakes understandable. We sympathize. We comprehend. We're involved.

The ambivalence and complexity of the struggle are why The Boys Club has accurately been called a cross between Stand By Me and River's Edge, two landmark films that explored teen anguish with a piercing intelligence, never pandering to the youths or condescending them.

Fawcett walks the same wobbly tightrope, even if The Boys Club remains as a modest film, at least, in scale, that will not gain the notoriety of either Stand By Me or River's Edge.

On the other hand, Penn is a towering force, a raging bull-of-a-catalyst in our teen protagonists' lives. Dominic Zomprogna-being the one to play the part of Kyle-perfectly essays the confused youth torn between intellect and impulse; Stuart Stone, who plays the part of Brad, is a terrific counterbalance as the practical one, while the charismatic Devon Sawa-a dead ringer for Leonardo DiCaprio-is pure feral instinct. (According to Sawa, his character in the film, whose name is Eric, is so unlike himself that it really puts his acting skills to the test. The Boys Club has generally been his most challenging film yet, and yet he passes with flying colors.) Nicholas Campbell provides a compellingly sad-sophisticated portrayal of Kyle's father.

Their personalities mix, the deeming of both their feud and friendship bond and the palpable danger of the narrative ups the emotional stakes. (spoiler)
The Boys Club is not at all just kids' play. It is an inexorable and deeply powerful film that tests friendships and human insight, and yet it doesn't ever overdraw upon a single factor that would diminish it from being the masterpiece that is, because that's precisely what it is despite of the fact that it was shot as a Canadian film on a skin-and-bones budget, will not be released in most countries-which is a shame-and was shown at only a few theaters in Canada. (Mind you, it, however, is available on VHS and DVD in, aside from Canada, Australia and the U.S. as well.)

The Boys Club, although the affect it has upon me isn't quite as great as it once was-for I have now watched it so many times, that it has reached an extent where the amount can no longer be counted anymore-it, nonetheless, is a film that will forever be special to me. Not only because the tension that was generated by these kids in danger influenced me to become a writer, an interest that has drastically altered me as a person, for I now I'm capable of expressing my feelings in a way I never thought possible; but, in addition, because, after having stepped inside a video store one glorious day, it instantaneously drew me to purchase a copy of it on DVD despite of the fact that I merely had a VCR-a machine that was left setting alone no longer, for I the following day ended up purchasing the player itself, a highly sophisticated machine in technology that has forever altered both my experience and outlook upon movie-viewing.

A great thriller, a hot guy, what more could you ask for?.......2001-08-02

This movie was excellent and skillfully done. I don't only love it because one of the main stars, Dominic Zamprogna, is SOO hot, but just because it's a great movie. It is an edge-of-your-seat thriller that you will have to watch from beginning to end.

Cool Movie ,Hot Chick.......2000-04-05

This Movie is cool it sounds like me and my friends and something that would happen to usand Amy Stwerwart who plays megan ohh-ahh man she so so incredibly hot man shes got me dreamin but the movie is cool watch it.

THE BEST MOVIE EVER!.......1999-12-06

This movie is my favoerite movie ever (and not just because I'm a Devon Sawa fanatic). As you watch the movie you can imagine what the boys went through. Also, it teaches you a lesson.

Devon looks so amazingly hot!!!!.......1999-10-03

I can tell you that this is a well-crafted film and I can tell you that the actors did a great job. But I won't. Because the only reason I watched this movie was to see Devon show that beautiful smile that takes my breath away. I would love to get him in an abandoned shack for a few days. The actors did do a great job, but Devon was the only body...err person that caught and kept my eye :)

Fantom Killer

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Fantom Killer
Director: Roman Nowick
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD
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All Regions NTSC
English Subtitles
NO English soundtrack
Dolby Digital Stero (Polish)

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When a local woman is found stripped naked and brutally slaughtered on the outskirts of a small town the police fear a serial killer may have returned to his favorite hunting ground, especially as the killer bares all the hallmarks of the previous unsolved murders.

Naked Killer

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A Good Movie, Expected More Nudity
Guns, Kung-Fu, Lipstick Lesbians...Oh, My!!!!
Know what you're buying! FOX SUX, TaiSeng maybe...
Great movie. Highly enjoyable!
Good Picture Quality... but Incomplete

Naked Killer
Starring: Chingmy Yau , Simon Yam , Carrie Ng , Madoka Sugawara , and Wai Yiu
Director: Clarence Fok Yiu-leung
Manufacturer: Tai Seng Video Marketing
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ASIN: B00000J30I
Release Date: 2000-03-21

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There actually is no naked killer in Naked Killer, but that's about all this mad, adults-only comic book action roller coaster is missing. Flirty, feral Chingmy Yau gives an abusive jerk an impromptu vasectomy in front of cop Simon Yam, an impotent detective who vomits whenever he draws his gun. He's tracking a series of sex murders where all the male victims are missing their private organs when he falls in love with chief suspect Chingmy. She's subsequently recruited by the real killer, a hit woman who targets rapists at large and practices on drooling sex-mad psychos chained up in the attic. When they finally head out for the real thing, they take out victims in a display of midair somersaults, cracking whips, flying ropes, and flashing guns. This kind of foreplay attracts the lustful attentions of rival assassin Carrie Ng, a lesbian killer ready to abandon her purring sex kitten for the savage Chingmy. This is one of the most energetically gonzo Hong Kong logic bombs ever made, a crazy melodrama that revels in absurd extravagance, sick humor (you may never eat link sausage again), and pure adrenaline-driven displays of gymnastic action and orgiastic gunplay. Incoherence is a small price to pay for such guilty delights. --Sean Axmaker

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A Good Movie, Expected More Nudity.......2005-06-07

1992 Hong Kong Erotic Thriller. Rated R for strong sexuality, violence and language. Caution: contains brief nudity (the opening credits), and the movie is very violent and bloody. Something of a romance. Also known as Chiklo gouyeung and Chi luo gao yang. The producer mentions a "Naked Weapon," saying that it had been intended as a sequel, but ended up a different movie with different actors and director.

DVD Features: Along with the movie, which can be heard in English or Cantonese, or read in English or Chinese, the DVD contains special features and trailers. There are seven trailers on the DVD (other than this film's trailers) and which include: Magnificent Warriors (rated R; war film, Japanese invade; stars Michelle Yeoh; trailer in English), City Hunter (PG-13; Jackie Chan film; other than humor and fighting, can't tell what the movie is about; trailer in English), Magnificent Butcher (PG-13; Sammo Hung; Action director: Yuen Woo Ping), Hong Kong 1941 (rated R; Chow Yung-Fat; Japan invades Hong Kong, resistance movie), Heart of Dragon (rated R; 30 yrs old, limited intelligence, "great detective" takes care of him; Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan), Kiss of the Dragon (rated R; Jet Li is a spy, also includes Bridget Fonda), and The Transporter (PG-13; in Euro-accented English). The Special Features include: this film's Trailers (two, an original (which has scenes in it I don't recognize being in the movie) and a new trailer (which is in English and doesn't have scenes in it I don't recognize)), Photo Galleries (two, one for the film (even the photo gallery has pictures of a scene not in the movie, maybe its my DVD, cutting out that type of thing for me), and one for the "beauties" of Hong Kong (very long slide show set to music)), Interviews (3 separate interviews with the producer (who speaks in English), director (in English; mentions nude scenes, seriously, what's wrong with my DVD, why do I only see nudity in the opening credits?), and one of the stars: Simon Yam (in English)), Promotional Materials (posters and still photos) and Production Notes (synopsis, cast and crew notes).

Credits: Starring: Chingmy Yau (Kitty; "Return to a Better Tomorrow"), Wai Yiu (Cindy; "The Flower Floating on the Sea"), Simon Yam (Tinam/Tom; "Once Upon A Time A Hero in China"; "Tomb Raider 2"), Carrie Ng (Princess; "Best of the Best"), and Madoka Sugawara (Baby). Written by: Wong Jing ("Naked Weapon") and Directed by: Clarence Fok Yiu Leung ("Century of the Dragon").

Plot: Hong Kong Detective Tinman (also known as Tom) is investigating a series of murders in Hong Kong that he believes are related and committed by a female assassin (he notes his suspicions but they are initially not believed to be likely, namely because his brother has been killed, and the nature of the deaths). Meanwhile, Tom has started a "relationship" with Kitty, a woman that is rather rough on the male population, and later revenges her father's death (which was pretty much an accident). Due to her actions, Kitty is now on the run from the police and organized crime, but is helped by a hit woman named Cindy (who teaches her how to become a better killer, using any weapon on hand or using her body). Cindy had another student before Kitty, and this student (Princess) and her female lover have targeted Cindy and Kitty for death.

Review: Interesting opening credits, and it certainly says something about the rest of the film that it includes nudity (though the fact that the first scene involves a naked hit woman taking out a man, but without anything "good" visible, also says something). A rather professional looking movie, but the dubbing is not the best (though, oddly enough, unlike some Asian movies I've seen, the spoken words and the written words actually match, for the most part). Though having the hit women twirl her loaded gun is strange and not professional looking.

A rather interesting and good movie, that is actually erotic, unlike many of the "erotic thrillers" out there. Oh, and it also appears to be an overall better film than most "erotic thrillers." On the other hand, there is a lot less nudity than I would expect (for the most part, none, the opening credits lie; maybe the US version of the film had the nudity edited out).

The movie has a connection with movies like "House of Flying Daggers," and "Romeo and Juliet," in that all three movies involve people who become romantically linked but work (or are otherwise members of) for different factions in a feud (here, criminal/police).

The plot is kind of rambling along, almost seeming to have little point. The acting is difficult to determine due to the nature of the dubbing and my not speaking the language the film was originally filmed in. Despite that handicap, I believe that the acting was good (every actor; I hadn't seen any of these actors before and I am interested in catching some more of their films). Overall, I would rate the film 4.22 stars.

Guns, Kung-Fu, Lipstick Lesbians...Oh, My!!!!.......2005-04-25

I rented "Naked Killer" after I read that it had been called the definitive Hong Kong action picture in some circles. While it certainly has the stuff to be in the top ten (car crashes, shootings, stunts galore), John Woo's "Hard Boiled" still tops the list for me. "Naked Killer" probably belongs in a genre all its own.

I didn't know what to expect from "Naked Killer"; the title, I have to say, is a much more apt description of the movie than I first suspected. There are certain aspects that are traditional fare, but then there are the beheadings, the icepicks shoved into crotches and the soft-core nookie scenes.

The plot (such as it is) concerns a feisty girl named Kitty (Chingmy Yau), who joins a group of lesbian assassins who come up with some rather creative ways of killing the men of Hong Kong. I'm still fuzzy on how they pick their victims (Are the men rapists? Criminals in general? Or - I shudder to think - are they targeted simply because they're men?), but such questions are kind of moot in cases like "Naked Killer". The point is the stuff, not the story, and there's plenty of stuff. The shoot-outs and chases are not quite on a par with John Woo, but they're immensely entertaining, more so than most of the lame flicks that pass for "thrillers" in the U.S. In addition, there are some absolutely grotesque sight gags, most of which would never have made it past American censors: kicking and stabbing of private parts, gory decapitations and one particular sequence involving a murdered victim's severed reproductive organ that simply has to be seen to be believed. Not to put too fine a point on it, but I've developed a real aversion to polish sausage since I saw this picture.

My personal favorite thing in the movie is Chingmy Yau, who is pretty much the sexiest thang I've ever seen in a movie. Forget Denise Richards, Jennifer Lopez, etc. All mere amateurs compared to Yau, a profoundly dazzling creature who sports beautiful, expressive eyes and lips that go on for days (Angelina Jolie would be green with envy). It also helps that Yau spends most of the movie wearing a variety of skimpy outfits. Call me a pig if you wish, but the heart wants what it wants. I'm usually given to awarding an extra star to a movie if I'm particularly impressed with a certain performer, and Yau has earned it.

So, should you see it? Yes, if you're not easily overcome by graphic violence and erotica of both the lesbian and straight varieties. It helps if you're already familiar with campy Hong Kong flicks and like your plots simple and your dialogue generously peppered with some real howlers (...). If you're offended by any of the elements I've mentioned, read this carefully: STAY AWAY FROM "NAKED KILLER" AT ALL COSTS. You may consider this a public service announcement.

And if Chingmy Yau ever decides to quit making movies, it'll be a sad day in the world of cinema.

Know what you're buying! FOX SUX, TaiSeng maybe..........2005-03-24

Okay, there have been a lot of different DVD editions released, so be sure what you're getting.

The theatrical version ran about 88 minutes, has a rather comically censored audio track in one scene, and can rightfully (technically) be called "uncut." The "director's cut" runs about 93 minutes and does not have bleeps on the audio track in the scene in which Tinam's partner eats the penis. In-between is a version that includes some of the extra footage, but not all of it. (Some sapphic nuzzling between Sister Cindy and Kitty in the training sequence.)

Avoid at all costs the dubbed and censored FOX release. This version was heavily cut to get an R rating, which, of course, bites. Any version of 'Naked Killer' that skimps on the nakedness or the killing is to be vigorously spat upon. Shame on you guys! I'd like to hire Carrie Ng to explode your you-know-what.

I haven't seen any of the Tai Seng editions. I know that they have released an English dubbed version (yuck!) - but, if there's a widescreen Chinese version available, that might be the best you're going to find on Amazon right now.

Media Asia/Megastar's disc is pretty darn good, and I believe this is the director's cut! It has an uncensored audio track and quite a bit of footage that wasn't in the theatrical cut. If you can find it, this is the one to get. I believe Amazon has it, but the releasing company is mistakenly given as Tai Seng. Look for the title in large, yellow, vertical Chinese characters on the right hand side of the cover with a smaller English title just above that. I have read that this is out of print - so grab it if you see it!

Mei Ah's theatrical version disc sucks in terms of quality - but I'm keeping mine because it preserves the hilarious subtitles that were such a big part of the theatrical experience (when you can see them, anyway).

As for the film itself - If you haven't seen it thirty times already, what are you waiting for? This is the greatest of the killer-babe classics alongside Russ Meyer's immortal 'Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!' (And, no, I'm not forgetting 'Kill Bill,' I just don't think it rates better than 'OK' when you've seen a lot of the kind of movies it was cribbing from - movies you have to get out and look hard for, because they aren't going to fall into your lap at your local multiplex.) This one consistently packed the house for a decade of return engagements in my area (sometimes at midnight, sometimes as the co-feature of such fare as 'Chinese Torture Chamber Story') before scoring a week-long engagement at the local art-house(?!) - so it is a tried and true crowd-pleaser. Highlights include a high-rise mini-holocaust that must be seen to be believed, all-girl action in a bloody swimming pool (okay, there was a guy in there, but he was dead and his unit had been removed), a cop who pukes every time he holds a gun, CARRIE NG(!!!), wall to wall sex and violence, amazing dialogue... I could go on and on. Suffice to say, if you like lots of action (both kinds) you won't feel cheated.

A treasure.

Great movie. Highly enjoyable!.......2004-11-13

I had a great time watching this movie on VHS. It's a movie I enjoy watching over & over again. If you like Asian action movies with girl-girl romance scenes, some violence with fancy moves, perverts getting their just reward & adult themes give this flick a look. I'd consider my collection of Asian action flicks incomplete without Naked Killer. If the characters were your neighbors life would never be dull. To me it's a "must have it" movie.

Good Picture Quality... but Incomplete.......2004-09-08

I have seen the movie a few times and in my opinion this DVD edition is the best in term of picture quality. Unfortunately it is incomplete. Murder scene in the swimming pool is heavily cut (is it too violent?)

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