Naked Killer

1992 [CANTONESE]

Action / Crime / Horror / Romance / Thriller

13
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 48% · 10 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 48% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.0/10 10 2905 2.9K

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Plot summary

A young woman is trained by a professional assassin to become her partner in crime.

Director

Clarence Yiu-leung Fok Photo
Clarence Yiu-leung Fok

Top cast

Chingmy Yau Photo
Chingmy Yau as Kitty / Vivian Shang
Simon Yam Photo
Simon Yam as Tinam
Ken Lo Photo
Ken Lo as Bee
Shiu Hung Hui Photo
Shiu Hung Hui as Dickhead
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854.21 MB
1280*720
Cantonese 2.0
NR
Subtitles cn   us  
25 fps
1 hr 33 min
Seeds 1
1.55 GB
1918*1080
Cantonese 2.0
NR
Subtitles cn   us  
25 fps
1 hr 33 min
Seeds 13

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Leofwine_draca 5 / 10

Offbeat thriller let down by choppy direction

NAKED KILLER is a landmark film in Hong Kong cinema, one that was successful enough to help kick-start a whole wave of 'erotic' thrillers that would fill cinema screens for the next decade. Despite the sexiness in this one, it's more of an assassin thriller, albeit with lots of erotic interludes, near-nudity, and saucy shenanigans between the cast members.I wanted to enjoy the film, and indeed on a superficial level it is enjoyable. However, the thing that lets it down is Clarence Fok's choppy direction. This guy's films always seem incredibly dated to me because of his over-stylised editing and the like, and NAKED KILLER is no exception. I actually enjoyed NAKED KILLER 2 (directed by Andrew Lau) more because of this, not to mention 2004's SO CLOSE.Still, NAKED KILLER provides some things of merit for Hong Kong movie fans, not least an amusing role for Simon Yam as a disturbed cop who vomits every time he draws his gun. Chingmy Yau garners all of the attention as the impossibly beautiful young woman who becomes an assassin, and she's well supported with a knowing performance from Kelly Yao as the older professional. I also spotted Jackie Chan's bodyguard, Ken Lo, playing a sleazy businessman.As is usual for these films, the movie is surprisingly light on nudity, with the main actresses teasing throughout but delivering little; only the unknown supporting actresses are willing to strip off. Carrie Ng has a minor role as a ruthless hitwoman. The action scenes come out of nowhere and are way over the top, with the shoot-out in the car park being a particular favourite of mine, although the ending is also fun. NAKED KILLER is certainly no classic but it passes the time for fans of this sort of stuff.
Reviewed by EVOL666 6 / 10

Decent Action...Not Much Else In This CATIII Entry...

NAKED KILLER admittedly has some very cool and stylish action going on, but that's about it. The storyline is convoluted and goofy at times, and it just didn't really hold my interest.A girl is taught to become a female assassin and the cops are out to get them. The main cop has a thing for the newly-trained hottie/assassin because of a previous run-in with her. The cops are trying to nab the assassins, the assassins are trying to not get nabbed by the cops, etc...etc...Not much in the way of anything too sleazy or "rough" to really warrant much of the CATIII rating on this one. An OK action-film but nothing really extraordinary. If you're a fan of the "harder" CATIII material, then this one may not do too much for you. There are some hot ass chicks who show their tits a few times, and again - some well staged action sequences, but nothing for me to really write home about. May be worth a look to the CATIII enthusiasts or action-junkies, but there's better material from both genres out there. 6.5/10
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