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young woman named Kitty (Chingamy Yau) kills her father's murderer,
making a favourable impression on Sister Cindy, a professional hitwoman,
who adopts her as a pupil. Kitty finds herself the object of desire
for a traumatized cop who throws up at the sight of a gun, and Sister
Cindy's ex-pupil, a lesbian assassin with a contract on her former
mentor.
Clarence Fok is one Hong Kong director who has is own very distinctive
style and this film is no exception. There is no sign of producer
Wong Jing's usual tendency towards screwball comedy here. Instead
this film is actually quite nasty in places and also has a more
serious nature. The role of Kitty was clearly invented to showcase
Chingamy Yau and she does come off looking very good. However, the
slow motion scenes of her getting dressed actually serve to truncate
the film and it is obvious that certain scenes have been included
to up the titillation level rather than advance the plot. However,
Fok has got a story to tell and manages to build the tension effectively
to a satisfying conclusion. If he is to be criticised at all it
is for sacrificing his style for the temptation of blue filters
and day-for-night filming that Hong Kong directors favour so heavily.
Simon Yam serves his purpose in the plot and his character is developed
very well in the scenes that he has. Fok has chosen his cast well
and Carrie Ng is almost better than Chingamy in the acting stakes.
Unfortunately though her role is more thankless and she doesn't
get the soft focus lingering shots that Chingamy does.
A classy bit of big budget category III that Chingamy Yau has yet
to surpass. It is a rip off of 'Basic Instinct' but at the same
time it manages to stand out from the crowd. This will satisfy fans
who are after a fix of kung fu, gunplay or something else and as
it is a Category III film is also a bit more violent than usual.
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