The Kiss of Death (1973)
The Kiss of Death (1973)
DVDRip | MKV | 710x358 | x264 @ 2000 Kbps | 98 min | 1,53 Gb
Audio: Mandarin (官话) AC3 2.0 @ 224 Kbps | Subs: English (embedded in MKV)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
DVDRip | MKV | 710x358 | x264 @ 2000 Kbps | 98 min | 1,53 Gb
Audio: Mandarin (官话) AC3 2.0 @ 224 Kbps | Subs: English (embedded in MKV)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Director: Meng Hua Ho
Writer: Kang Chien Chiu (screenplay)
Stars: Lieh Lo, Ping Chen, Mei Sheng Fan
ne night a textile worker is sexually assaulted by five deviants. The young lady tries to cope with the aftermath of this dramatic event but her life is ruined. Like a shattered vase, the pieces can be put back together but it'll never be the same. Cheng get's a job as a bar girl. She meets the club's owner who was a former kung-fu fighter until he was crippled. Cheng uses her position as a B-girl to go after the losers who raped her, She soon learns from a sleazy doctor that she has contracted a dark V.D. called Viet-Nam Rose. Crushed, she begs Lo Lieh to teach her kung-fu. At first he refuses until he learns her secret. Furious, Lo Lieh teaches her his deadly fight techniques (such as a groin crunching blow).
This is a quintessential Shaw Bros. revenge flick with Chen Ping giving a ball-busting performance as the broken and beaten factory girl who learns 'killer kung fu' in order seek retribution. Though not for the easily offended, I felt this movie's grit and gravitas was thoroughly satisfying. Lo Lieh is awesome as the crippled club owner with a soft side, and Chen Ping continues to amaze me with her body of work in everything from period chopsocky ('Vengeful Beauty') to monster movie damsel in distress ('Oily Maniac') to ( my favorite ) hellacious killing machine (as in this film and 'Sexy Killer'). Recommended to those who enjoy seeing Chen Ping stick it to the man, and not so much to those who don't see the beauty in revenge-through-castration.
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The Kiss of Death (1973)
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