Ling ye (1981)
8/10
Lost trash classic
12 February 2006
Warning: Spoilers
I was lucky enough to pick this one up on VHS at a used book store. What a find! It's a bizarre, over-the-top HK women in prison flick. The cast is a surprisingly multi-ethnic mix of east asianers. A martial arts expert of debatable talent helps them after they escape. It's a tremendous curiosity that has fallen into a surprising lack of notoriety.

Highlights: A giant cat fight in a courtyard between the two rival camps of prisoners-- perhaps the biggest cat fight in cinema history. a bizarre, non-sensical ending in a hospital that I still don't understand and can't really describe. The homophobic disco sequence (an oxymoron?) in which the villain hits on the "hero."

"Eva Bisset" did no other movies that are on IMDb, and as far as I know is of no relation to Jacqueline. But the filmmakers didn't miss the opportunity to put her on the cover/ poster in the exact same (legendary) outfit that she wore in The Deep. And yet, the shirt is wet.
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