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| Wow. Wow! I just watched "Martial Angels" and I am speechless. This is a bad movie. The script (if there was one), direction, stunts, cinematography, special effects, and editing were all bad. The video quality (referring to Tai Seng’s US Version 2) looked like an unrestored 1991 film instead of the 2001 film that it is. This shouldn't be surprising, but I was really blown away at how bad it was. Not all girls-with-guns flix are winners, but this makes "Naked Killer" look like "Hard Boiled".
I am so glad I bought this though (and that it was so cheap)! I can't wait to inflict this on my friends! Just think of the drinking games:
- Drink when you see insanely bad CG,
- Drink when you see thieves crack a safe in a 4-foot-deep pool without coming up for air for five minutes,
- Drink when the actresses look hot (strike that, you'll die of alcohol poisoning),
- Drink when people and vehicles are drastically under-cranked (in funny key-stone cops’ fast-motion),
- Drink when you feel bad about ogling the hot actresses when the masturbating rapist is on screen,
- Drink when actresses turn into skinny stunt men,
- Drink when dead henchmen come back to life to die in later scenes,
- Drink when English is used intermittently by anyone (Drink twice when the subs don’t match the spoken English),
- And finally, for the Designated Driver, drink when you see any female nudity.
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It does have a flew flaws (which HK movie hasn't) (I don't mean any offense) but it remains a very entertaining B-movie. The women all have something special and Shu Qi has never been more breathlessly seducing. | | LOG IN TO COMMENT ON THIS REVIEW! |
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The first time I watched this movie I was like "yes! Finally, girls who can fend for themselves." With this concept in mind, it was refreshing to see a group of girls in control. The acting was alright, nothing awe inspiring but the plot was not bad at all. The love interest between shu qi and chi lam was very sweet it made you go "awe" and it was sad when he died. This was a good movie, not the greatest but you get caught up in the moment at times throughout this movie. ^.^b | | LOG IN TO COMMENT ON THIS REVIEW! |
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It's great to see a group of girls kick ass. But there are some things that got me confused in the movie, such as why Cat left Spider alone with the horny bomb expert when they were trying to download that file. And it also seemed like Spider developed feelings for him soon after he "molested" her. When the movie ended, I wanted there to be much more, too, it because it seemed unfinished. | | LOG IN TO COMMENT ON THIS REVIEW! |
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| Oh geez... where do I start?
I got the DeltaMac disc of this film. DeltaMac recently released Bichunmoo and China Strike Force as well - both outstanding DVDs. This is one from their econo-line. The transfer is terrific and the sound is decent as well. The subtitles are crappy - they are in synch, but they are incomplete and incorrect at times (calling someone Spider instead of Black Widow isn't the same thing especially when the person is called Black Widow for a reason). They are quite readable though (removable). It comes in an opaque/clear case the same size as an Amaray and the artwork is one sided (waste of an opportunity). No insert either. Nothing spectacular, but still a totally acceptable disc for a film.
The film itself is another story. I got this basically for the only reason to see the film - seven hot chicks in tight clothes with guns. I know I know... think what you want. Shu Qi is irresistible to me. This is Charlie's Angles meets Mission Impossible 2 with no budget. The script is pretty much doo doo and the action is sub-par. Still... I didn't hate it... why? Because those girls are fun to watch. Ok - it's a worthless movie. And the hotness of these girls doesn't carry the film at all... there are a few redeeming qualities about the film though. If you can tolerate the retarded story and can manage to care what's going on, there are a few interesting twists... nothing you can't see coming from half a mile away though.
Should you see this? Well... I don't know. It's a bad movie in general, but I didn't think it was any worse than Heroic Trio (except this film had nothing on Heroic Trio as far as fight scenes go) and most everyone else seemed to like Heroic Trio. Will you like this if you liked Heroic Trio? I don't know... Perhaps that all depends on how you feel about the actresses in this. Shu Qi, Kelly Lam Hei-Lui, Teresa Mak, Sophie Ngan Wing Sze, Sandra Ng, Rosemary, and Amanda Strang. Some of the acting is good (considering what they had to work with) and some of it is really bad...
Just don't expect a whole lot from this film is all I'm trying to say.
2/10 stars (being generous) |
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