The first movie in a long-running Japanese series (ignore the American "Final Mission" add-on to the title). Rei, the heroine, is a secret agent working for Section Zero of the police department - a section specializing in the execution of bad people that are beyond or above the reach of the law. After successfully completing a couple of missions, Rei decides to take some time off to relax along with a couple of friends. But when they all witness a murder committed by the daughter of a powerful politician, they become his targets in his attempts to hush up the whole story. The plot is quite sketchy at points and the pacing is almost torturously slow, but Naoko Iijima (Rei) just about makes the film worth seeing: great face, great (rare but cute) smile, great body, great (red) hair, and experienced, comfortable handling of her guns (sure, she gets captured a bit too easily in the second half, but that's obviously a flaw of the script, not hers). She is gorgeous in every way, but be warned: this is a VERY slow movie that feels a lot longer than its 80-minute running time. (**)
Review of Zero Woman: Final Mission
