The Lady Assassin is a Vietnamese martial arts movie about a bunch of assassin prostitutes, who rob travellers who wander too close to their ‘tavern’, their latest haul holds a strange new treasure though in the form of a girl hidden in a coffin. The band of assassins decide to train the girl and help her take revenge on a corrupt druglord.
Honestly the plot’s pretty thin and this is mainly an excuse to show attractive woman in alluring outfits fly around on wires doing martial arts. The movie is actually really well shot and it all looks very good, well that is until they get carried away with the 3D tech and things start hurling themselves at the camera in the hopes that it will make naive 3D newbies duck.
Aside from the over use of 3D and wires though this movie is very well put together and it’s easy to see why it was such a big hit with Vietnamese audiences. The characters are strong and the acting’s good, which helps save the movie from overly ambitious set pieces and choreography isn’t the best. If you’re a bit of a fan of sexy women floating around in colourful dresses kicking ass and a nice sprinkling of revenge, this is the movie for you.
3/5
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