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... View MoreGUN WOMAN is a low budget, gritty slice of Japanese exploitation, shot in America, that contains some explicit themes and a lot of style to make up for the lack of budget. The director certainly works hard to build up a sense of rhythm and dynamism and he succeeds in that respect, making a film which is watchable despite the darkness of some of the subject matter.The tale is about a crazed assassin with a penchant for necrophilia who's protected by a sinister organisation for whatever reason. A man whose wife was murdered decides to get revenge, but the bad guy's level of defence is such that doing so will prove near impossible. So he concocts a plan that involves endless nudity on the part of the lead actress and some very outre moments.GUN WOMAN is a strong film in terms of subject matter. The female nudity is constant while the gore is very strong indeed and painful too in places. The film is dialogue heavy at times but it's never silly unlike some other Japanese exploitation movies like TOKYO GORE POLICE. It builds to an effective bit of action cinema at the climax with the last 20 minutes chock-full of well-choreographed mayhem. Is it a perfect film? No, not really, but then few films are. GUN WOMAN delivers what it sets out to deliver, which is to give the viewer an hour and a half of heavily stylised violence with an original streak.
... View MoreA brilliant doctor (Kairi Narita) on a quest for revenge buys a young woman (asami) and trains her to be the ultimate assassin, implanting gun parts in her body that she must later assemble and use to kill her target before she bleeds to death.Asami has really become an international star. She broke out in "Machine Girl" and has since appeared in "Zombie Ass" and "Gothic & Lolita Psycho". This may be her first title role, or at least her biggest title role.As others have pointed out, the wraparound story is the weakest part and seems to be a plot device to have the film be in English (a wise decision). Does it help move the story? Maybe a little, but it could have been completely removed without much hassle.Dread Central says, "A big part of this is the amazing score by Dean Harada. All synths and metal guitars." He may be best known for "Samurai Avenger: The Blind Wolf", which also happens to be directed by this film's Kurando Mitsutake. They are spot on. Love it or hate it, Harada just dominates this film.James Marsh says the movie "rises above its budgetary limitations in suitably sleazy style". This sums up the picture. While it does have those budget issues, and tends to be overly reliant on nude women to tantalize the audience, it will appeal to the fans of "Machine Girl" and "Tokyo Gore Police", and before long the quality is no longer an issue.
... View MoreI decided to watch this film, because the concept struck me as interesting. As a scriptwriter and film buff, I'm always open to unconventional ideas.I forgive low budget results, but I don't forgive sloppy film making.The basic premise of this movie revolves around the promise of nudity, blood, and action. The nudity is fine. The blood is fine. The action is eh with some interesting nude fight scenes. The music, lighting, and photo direction is low quality.The story is where things really unravel. We're told early on the 'master mind' is a cripple. He can barely walk, but during the training sessions he can fight like bruce lee.The training sessions are far from interesting and take up a good chunk of the movie running time. Yawn, yawn, and more yawn.We're told she must bury the weapons in her own body to smuggle it. The guards use guns linked to their own finger prints to ensure that they can't be used against them. Fair enough. Ever heard of a knife? She manages to take out one bulky guard in hand to hand combat with no weapons. Why not cut off his finger to use it on the gun? There is also a lack of emotional connection with the main characters. The mastermind is seeking revenge over the death of his wife, but he coldly kills a naked woman to showcase how long it takes for someone to bleed to death from a breast wound. Yikes! I'm not sure what is more creepy, his psychotic Japanese lectures, or the mad laughter of the necrophiliac that peppers the film in disturbing frequency.The suspension of belief hit another brick wall with the whole bleeding thing. How can the woman tear up her flesh to extract the gun parts without shutting down from pain? The amount of so much blood pouring out of her in seconds makes it hard to believe that she can still stand let alone fight. At the rate of blood flow, which magically disappears later, 22 minutes seem impossible.Overall, this is a 1 star movie. It's worth watching for the nude fighting scenes. I'm of the opinion that this idea should be transplanted into a different story, which is better executed, and hopefully with a coherent script.
... View MoreGet this for a crazy plot: a gifted doctor (Kairi Narita) rehabilitates meth addict Mayumi (Asami) and trains her to become a deadly killer in order to exact revenge on Hamazaki's Son, the necrophiliac sicko who raped and murdered his wife. The doctor's highly improbable plan for revenge involves surgically implanting gun parts into Mayumi's body, injecting her with a drug that makes her appear to be dead, and smuggling her 'corpse' into The Room, a secret place where Hamazaki's Son pays to satisfy his twisted urges. Rather surprisingly, Mayumi goes along with the doctor's plan, which, once she has reawakened from her death state, requires her to tear open her body, remove and assemble her gun, and take out several tough guards, before assassinating her target.When I met AV star turned actress Asami last year at a convention in Germany, she was busy promoting the production of this movie with director Kurando Mitsutake; little did I know then that the film would become an instant favourite of mine, a modern classic of the Japanese revenge genre that mixes extreme stylishness and extreme content in equal measures to deliver a thoroughly exhilarating exploitation experience. Superbly directed, brutally violent, very gory, and packed with full frontal female nudity from its star Asami, Gun Woman is an insanely enjoyable movie that doesn't let logic (or clothes) to get in the way of the fun. Mitsutake knows that his story is far fetched, but just runs with it, delivering jaw dropping scene after dropping scene of violence and sex, all in the name of entertainment.During the course of the film, we witness Hamazaki's Son enjoying a spot of sexy time with a stiff before taking a bite from her body (cannibalism costs extra), a drugged up bimbo bleeding to death, Mayumi bonking the doctor before undergoing surgery to conceal her gun, a guard being killed betwixt a naked Mayumi's thighs, the gruesome removal and assembly of the firearm, a shotgun-toting bitch in a rubber mini-skirt, stockings and suspenders having her brains blown out, a bloody (and still completely unclothed) Mayumi leaping through the air in slow motion while firing her gun, and, in the film's coolest moment, a half-dead (and still starkers) Mayumi cutting off her hair to use as a tourniquet. If that isn't enough to whet your appetite, the film also features a terrific score and theme song, the unforgettable sight of a gore-soaked Mayumi (still in the buff) carrying Hamazaki's Son's severed head, and a nifty surprise ending that wraps things up very nicely indeed.
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