Naked Killer (1992)

Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

Waste of time

the audience applauded

Pretty Good

This movie is awesome. It is very similar in plot to Out of Sight, but in my opinion it is a billion times better. I guess it is the erotic scenes that add much more to it as this fully delves into the love that exists between the killer and the cop.Naked Killer is about a woman, Kitten, who witnesses her father murdered by her stepmother's lover. She vowels revenge and storms his office and kills him. After that she finds herself trapped and inevitably turns to an assassin for help. She helps her and takes her in and trains her. Her advice always acts around being seductive but avoiding a relationship as that unhinges you and makes you a less effective killer. Sex is bad because it attaches you to somebody. Unfortunately Kitten is attached to a cop who she cannot get away from.They really emphasis this relationship in the fact that this is the only woman that he has met that arouses him. He is determined not to leave her, and in the end she folds and runs to his arms, but can now never return to the world of the killers.It is the plot that gives this movie a lot of strength. The plot is a standard Romeo and Juliet plot, but the character developments far surpass that of Out of Sight. The action scenes in this movie are at the excellent standard of Hong Kong cinema, and the movie climaxes in a tragic ending.As is typical for this movie, a path is created that leads to only one ending. The path is followed by the choices that the characters make and once one makes the choice, the end is inevitable. A tragedy of a high standard is when one sees these choices and knows the implications. If we treat this as realistic then the choices that are made have a much greater impact. The two tragic choices occur when Kitten decides to take revenge on her stepmother's lover, and when she reveals herself to the cop. These decisions send her down a path from which she can never return. Though choices exist, they are not ones that she is willing to make.I must say that this is a brilliant movie, though the one that I watched was the unedited version. I do not know what the Chinatown Video version is like, but the movie is still one that is phenomenally brilliant.

I was in Hong Kong when this movie was released, and I saw it as a feature movie there. There was a big poster (about 40' x 20') on building walls hanging everywhere around town with sexy rear end of Chingmy Yau in leather shorts with a gun in her hand. I heard that she was Wong Jing's girlfriend at the time (Wong Jing was also married), and I could see why he liked her so much. At the time I'd say Chingmy had the cutest rear end in all of Hong Kong. Okay, that sets the tone for this movie. It's sex and violence and all sorts of kink thrown in. Cinematography is beautiful, and camera angles superb, showcasing all of the beauty of Chingmy and Carrie (Ng). Plot is pretty good as it's written by the talented Wong Jing himself. This is one of the best (if not the best) erotic fantasy / action movie Hong Kong has ever produced, and features again three of the best Hong Kong talents (Yau, Yam, Ng) in one of their most intriguing roles.Chingmy Yau despite her sex symbol status was a fairly conservative working woman. She worked steadily in her careers and now has a nice family. In one of the interviews when she was asked what would she like to be if she was reborn, her answer was "A spiritual aspirant" showing that her value is not all glitz and glamor.

If you want to check out this movie prepare for 100 minutes of wild Martials Arts, high class erotic and deadly femme fatales! In fact, "Naked Killer" doesn´t bore a second, because it satisfies in all sectors: fitted with elegant pictures that could be taken from John Woo´s 1980s-gems, heavy gunfights, violent killings and some naked female flesh this film will surely delight the fans of Asian action movies - and probably not only them! The sometimes campy acting doesn´t bother, however I liked the performances of "Bullet in the Head"-star Simon Yam, main actress Chingmy Yau as Kitty, Kelly Yao as her mistress Sister Cindy and last but not least Carrie Ng as lesbian killer chick Princess. I´d give 9 out of 10 for this great sex´n violence-comic strip from Hong Kong! Highly Recommended!!

This one is a delight, although not always deep, it has a great cast of characters played very well by veterans of the Hong Kong film industry. "Kitty" for example is a former Miss Hong Kong, a fact that in the US means little but in Hong Kong means a ton, because to earn that coveted title the young woman must be much, much more than attractive, she must be versatile, smart and snappy. This film is an excellent example of the finest in second generation HONG KONG action. It has comedy, erotic tension, martial arts combat, dazzling gun play, and loads of lethal ladies. More importantly, the story is simple but captivating, with characters you can love or hate respectively, and the cinematography is razor sharp, using strong hues to paint each scene in mood and mystery when needed, or flooding scenes with light in time to punctuate the occasional comic relief. In short, a fun romp with lots of killer scenes. Enjoy!