Chik loh go yeung (1992)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Clarence Fok Yiu-leung

Writer:

Jing Wong (writer)

Release Date:

4 August 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

There Are Two Things On Their Minds... One's Killing!

Plot:

A young woman is trained by a martial arts specialist to become a professional assassin.

Plot Keywords:

Assassin | Professional Assassin | Martial Arts | Lesbian | Psycho

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Chingmy Yau	...	Kitty / Vivian Shang
Simon Yam	...	Tinam
Carrie Ng	...	Princess
Madoka Sugawara	...	Baby
Wai Yiu	...	Sister Cindy (as Kelly Yao)
Ken Lo	...	Bee
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Shiu Hung Hui

Also Known As:

Chi luo gao yang (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
Naked Killer (Hong Kong: English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexuality, violence and language.

Runtime:

100 min | USA:89 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

New Zealand:R18 | Singapore:PG (heavily cut) | Australia:R | Canada:18A | Hong Kong:III | Netherlands:16 | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | UK:18 | USA:R | Canada:16+ (Quebec)

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Company:

Golden Harvest Company

Trivia:

'Peter Pau (I)' only photographed the title sequence of the movie.

Movie Connections:

Version of Chek law dak gung (2002)

Why Do They Insist on Doing These Nice Widescreen Transfers and Then Editing the Movie???

Yeah, I just finished this brand new DVD of the highly-acclaimed, sexy Hong Kong action thriller... and looking over the trailer after it was over I was thinking, "Man, I don't remember that scene... or that scene... or that camera angle..." Sure enough, I check out the running times online and it seems that the US version is 11 minutes shorter than the Hong Kong version. Which seems weird in that there is all kinds of explicit gore evident in the movie... I mean, if they can show a close-up of a fellow getting shot in the family jewels... what in the heck are they AFRAID to show? Probably just some female nudity (since there doesn't ever seem to be anyone really "naked" in this movie... just the suggestion of nudity). One scene seemed to be a direct take-off (homage? copy? ripoff?) of the famous interrogation scene in "Basic Instinct". Maybe it was a more faithful re-creation in the original cut? I guess I'll never know... since it's unlikely I'll ever want to sit thru this again. I just wish I'd had the chance to see the complete version the first time... or at least have a big WARNING on the packaging that the movie is NOT complete.