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Naked Weapon
A mysterious woman, known as Madame M, kidnaps forty pre-teen girls and transports them to a remote island to train them as the most deadly assassins. CIA operative Jack Chen follows the case for 6 years with no leads, but when a series of assassinations begin to occur, Jack suspects that Madame M is back in business.
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Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!
Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.
If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.
This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows
This movie begins with a female Chinese assassin named "Theona Birch" (Marit Thoresen) getting out of a car at a hotel in Rome. Once she gets to her assigned hotel room she then has sex with the occupant before killing him with her bare hands. After that she also kills the guards waiting outside of the hotel room but is subsequently killed while attempting to drive off. As it so happens, the assassin worked for an Asian woman named "Madame M" (Almen Pui-Ha Wong) who recruits young girls at around the age of twelve and trains them on how to fight and kill at her own special camp on a remote island. After six years of intense training the young women are then tasked to kill each other with only three women by the names of "Charlene Ching" (Maggie Q) "Jing" (Jewel Lee), and "Catherine" (Anya) managing to survive. Afterwards, they are given one last brutal lesson by being raped and then sent on their respective missions. However, the CIA is aware of them and one specific agent named "Jack Chen" (Daniel Wu) has made it his personal mission to track down Madame M and abolish her organization--and Charlene is his main target in that regard. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this film had its good points and bad points. It started off pretty well and the action definitely kept things moving along at a brisk pace. Likewise, Maggie Q, Jewel Lee and Anya certainly didn't hurt the scenery in any way. On the other hand, the script was in need of serious improvement, the acting was mediocre and some of the scenes were much too silly and far-fetched. All in all then, while I don't believe that this was a bad film necessarily, the faults were just too obvious to be ignored and because of that I have rated this movie accordingly. Average.
OK, if you can stomach exploitation flicks then this is probably going to be OK for you. I have to get that out of my system first and foremost. I didn't know at the time of purchase that this was by the director of Naked Killer, if I had, I would have avoided it.Naked Weapon is dire and sleazy for an hour then kicks into high action gear and the last half hour is alright. In fact, it's good enough that if it was half an hour of a decent film it could elevate that film to greatness. What's troubling is that everything that the last half hour implies violence and sex wise is shown graphically and tastelessly in the first hour.I've seen the murkier side of Asian cinema more than I'd like to have seen during various research assignments for my film-studies degree (if anyone mentions Overfiend again I'm leaving the damn country lol), so I wasn't shocked by the fact that Naked Weapon contains rape and violence directed solely towards women, with no consequences to be seen, but I was pretty disappointed. The film was hugely successful on release and yet despite high budget gloss is more reminiscent of 70s smut like Golden Ninja Warrior or the nastier end of the Blaxploitation era than the cutting-edge action movie it's hyped as. The violence and misogyny has no point, no tact or context and whereas movies like Ichi the Killer and Dead or Alive use disgusting footage to shock the viewer into thinking, Naked Weapon's nastiness is just there, hanging out and waiting to shock the unexpecting viewer. For a more detailed look at it all, you might want to check the forum thread 'RE: Rape Scene?' it covers most bases.If you want a good contemporary hong kong movie watch Purple Storm or Hard Boiled, cos this isn't it. What it is is an ugly exploitative throwback with a few good fights in it, and I'll be chucking the DVD next time I'm on a clean out.
Possible spoiler, anyhow.Sort of Charlie's Angels meets ArchAngel of Airwolf and Sharkey's Machine with shades of La Femme Nikita, Point of No Return (same and different scenes), The Killer, Shiri, Rollerball (1975), and Max Headroom.It's a fun movie and worth a look or two even though at times, things drag a little with lines without acting effort, lack of continuity between the trainers and the trainees, and questionable personalty development or lack of indoctrination of the trainees.Still, the way a lot of scenes were set up and filmed, it is apparent that this is not a cheap movie for great effort was made in getting the message across in the filmography. As far as whether or not it stole from the movies mentioned above (and maybe others for scenes I haven't connected yet), I would say no. Edison said that there were only so many original stories; everything else was a retelling.It's enjoyable provided one doesn't have an exact ruler to judge movies by and therefore, determine their enjoyment of it. If that is the case, then there are noticeable flaws that such a critic would rip the movie apart over.As things go for me, this movie rates 8.9/10. Not a 9 on the first viewing, but it's the kind of movie that wears on the thoughts, and eventually I'll probably go out and buy my own copy for it is like Killing Time (1998). Invulnerable Femme Fatales that are impossibilities, but it is a nice fantasy to get lost in for about 90 minutes.
Using a combination of Hong Kong style fighting and simple emotionally charged drama, Chek Law Dak Gung (Naked Weapon) is a riveting film. It characters are extremely likable and are presented to us in a three dimensional through the great directing and wonderful portrayals of the actors especially Maggie Q, Daniel Wu, and Anya. Its pacing and emotional power allow for a film that should be a blue print for many action films that would be better if they took a note from this cinematic work of art. If you want to find a film that will give your strong believable acting, awesome action scenes, romance, and a great human story this film is all of that and much more.LOOK FOR IT, IT IS Truly WORTH IT !