Naked Killer

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Naked Killer
Clarence Fok Yiu-leung
Written byWong Jing
Produced by
  • Wong Jing
  • Dennis Chan
Starring
Cinematography
Music byLowell Lo
Distributed byMedia Asia Entertainment Group
Release date
  • 3 December 1992 (1992-12-03) (Hong Kong)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese Chinese

Naked Killer (

Clarence Fok Yiu-leung. The film stars Chingmy Yau, Simon Yam and Carrie Ng
.

The film is regarded as a

cult classic.[1][2][3][4][5]

Plot

Kitty is a vicious young woman who has no qualms about stabbing girlfriend-bullying men in the genitals. Tinam is a cop who is undergoing a traumatic period: he shot his own brother by accident, and as a result now vomits every time he handles his gun.

When Kitty severely injures a man by stabbing him in the groin, Tinam attempts to arrest her but fails. Kitty later turns up at the police station and manipulates the facts to the point that Tinam has no choice but to start a relationship with her. Tinam, who has become

impotent
, finds that he no longer feels the same way about Kitty, who is content with leading him on.

Kitty's father is married to a new wife but the marriage is tense. One evening he catches her cheating on him with another man called Bee. In the fight that follows, Kitty's father falls down the stairs and is killed.

Furiously determined to seek revenge, Kitty breaks into Bee's office and proceeds to kill him, his bodyguards and most of his staff. In the course of her escape she takes a woman hostage but, unexpectedly, the woman helps her out, disposing of many of the pursuers herself.

The woman turns out to be a professional

paedophiles
in Sister Cindy's cellar.

For her first mission, Kitty accompanies Sister Cindy and murders a member of the Japanese yakuza. This leads to a contract being placed on them and the assignment is entrusted to Princess, one of Sister Cindy's former protégés and a lesbian with an equally deadly young lover called Baby.

While investigating the murder himself, Tinam goes to check up on an

air hostess
whom the victim met prior to his death. The witness is Vivian Shang, whom Tinam recognises as Kitty. She denies this but renews their relationship.

Sister Cindy proceeds to murder other people who could connect Kitty to Vivian Shang, including Tinam's superior and a witness to the groin-stabbing incident. Kitty does however stop her from killing Tinam himself. Kitty and Tinam consummate their relationship. Sister Cindy tells Kitty to leave and make the most of her relationship.

Princess, who is supposed to kill Kitty, becomes obsessed for her, leading to some conflict with Baby. They set about killing Sister Cindy who, with death approaching, puts up a good fight. But she is ultimately defeated due to a ploy used by Princess earlier that day. Princess had kissed Sister Cindy with poisonous lipstick, which, combined with some wine she has drunk, kills her.

Kitty goes into hiding but later confronts Princess, seemingly willing to become her partner both in business and in bed. Princess subsequently falls into the same trap she set for Sister Cindy: when they kiss, Kitty passes on some poisoned lipstick of her own. Tinam then bursts in, shooting away at Princess' henchmen.

In the battle, Tinam kills Baby, and a furious Princess pursues him and Kitty back to Sister Cindy's home. The poison in Princess' system catches up with her however and she dies with Kitty taunting her by saying that she on the other hand will get to hospital in time to survive.

By this time, the poison inside Kitty has taken effect. Unwilling to lose her again, Tinam fires his gun into the

gas oven
causing the house to go up in flames with the two of them inside.

Cast

  • Chingmy Yau as Kitty/Vivian Shang
  • Simon Yam as Tinam
  • Carrie Ng as Princess
  • Madoka Sugawara as Baby
  • Wai Yiu
    as Sister Cindy (as Kelly Yao)
  • Hui Siu-Hung
  • Ken Lo as Bee
  • Esther Wan Yue-Hung

Reception

Nikita-like plot", but was "redeemed by virtuoso action sequences." The review concluded that "no amount of window dressing can conceal the holes in the script."[6]

References

  1. ^ Elley, Derek (15 May 2009). "Hong Kong cinema timeline". Variety.
  2. ^ Strauss, Neil (2 August 1998). "Hong Kong Film: Exit the Dragon?". The New York Times.
  3. Twitch Film. Archived from the original
    on 25 June 2012.
  4. ^ Tantimedh, Adi (16 July 2017). "Look! It Moves!: The NYAFF's Surprise Movie Is Appropriately Insane – 'Naked Killer'". Bleeding Cool.
  5. archive.org
    .
  6. ISSN 0037-4806
    .

External links
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