9 reviews
A disappointingly wimpy Hong Kong women-in-prison wash-out
- Woodyanders
- Aug 26, 2008
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Laughably bad. Watch it with friends who have quick wits
- dbborroughs
- Mar 29, 2008
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"Swann-Yee River"??!
Ah, the time-honored, ancient art of Chinese Blackface!
I came across this "film" in/on a DVD 8-pack, $5.00 for the lot of 'em, and STILL feel ripped off!!!
I am an ardent fan of WIPs (Women-In-Prison; -Peril) and an occasional fan of Hong Kong Schlock (Best In Show: "ROBO VAMPIRE" or maybe "SAMURAI REINCARNATION") but i'm sorry: This thing is simply insufferable! A useful review and/or commentary? Well, no, absolutely not... I just needed to get this little something off my chest! As for the remaining product, well, I only bought the first disc (used) with the following titles: "Raw Force" "Savage Man: Savage Beast"(Not half-bad Mondo Movie) "Women's Camp 119" (AKA: "SS Extermination Camp" & KZ9-Lager di Sterminio") etc. OH wait: I DID get the 2nd disc with it, but all of its contents were execrable!
I came across this "film" in/on a DVD 8-pack, $5.00 for the lot of 'em, and STILL feel ripped off!!!
I am an ardent fan of WIPs (Women-In-Prison; -Peril) and an occasional fan of Hong Kong Schlock (Best In Show: "ROBO VAMPIRE" or maybe "SAMURAI REINCARNATION") but i'm sorry: This thing is simply insufferable! A useful review and/or commentary? Well, no, absolutely not... I just needed to get this little something off my chest! As for the remaining product, well, I only bought the first disc (used) with the following titles: "Raw Force" "Savage Man: Savage Beast"(Not half-bad Mondo Movie) "Women's Camp 119" (AKA: "SS Extermination Camp" & KZ9-Lager di Sterminio") etc. OH wait: I DID get the 2nd disc with it, but all of its contents were execrable!
- leshaholland
- May 3, 2008
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Worst writing I have ever seen
This is probably the only review of this film that will ever be written. I struggled mightily to get through it and I seriously doubt that anyone else would have such stamina.
An obscure yet tame women-in-prison/revenge flick from Asso Asia films starring Susan Lee, Stella Jone and Laura Sode-Matteson. One "Black" woman is actually an Asian actress in black makeup with an afro wig! The technical quality of this film is really remarkable. The lighting and camera work were impressive. However, the writing was absolutely atrocious. I can only be thankful that the writer and director and main stars, except for Laura Sode-Matteson never got another film to ruin.
This is a perfect drive-in flick as there would be nothing on the screen to distract you from what you are doing in your car.
Laura Sode-Matteson actually played Jack Lord's secretary on Hawaii 5-0 for seven episodes and then went on to a long career as a location manager, most recently for Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.
An obscure yet tame women-in-prison/revenge flick from Asso Asia films starring Susan Lee, Stella Jone and Laura Sode-Matteson. One "Black" woman is actually an Asian actress in black makeup with an afro wig! The technical quality of this film is really remarkable. The lighting and camera work were impressive. However, the writing was absolutely atrocious. I can only be thankful that the writer and director and main stars, except for Laura Sode-Matteson never got another film to ruin.
This is a perfect drive-in flick as there would be nothing on the screen to distract you from what you are doing in your car.
Laura Sode-Matteson actually played Jack Lord's secretary on Hawaii 5-0 for seven episodes and then went on to a long career as a location manager, most recently for Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.
- lastliberal
- Jul 31, 2007
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Beyond Awful
Strike of the Tortured Angels (1982)
BOMB (out of 4)
Women in Prison flick from Hong Kong by those who must have never seen a WIP flick before making this. It tells the story of various women who are suffering in prison but they team up to strike back. Okay, I'll let a horror movie slide without any nudity but not a WIP flick for Heaven's sake. How in the hell can someone make an exploitation film and then leave out all the nudity? There is a small amount but for the most part the director and screenwriters like to tease. You know, girls will get naked but the camera never hits them. Besides that this film contains some of the worst dialogue I've ever listened to and the performances are downright bad. Really, really worth film. Oh yeah, I almost forgot the Asian woman pretending to be black with blackface on and a bad Afro wig.
BOMB (out of 4)
Women in Prison flick from Hong Kong by those who must have never seen a WIP flick before making this. It tells the story of various women who are suffering in prison but they team up to strike back. Okay, I'll let a horror movie slide without any nudity but not a WIP flick for Heaven's sake. How in the hell can someone make an exploitation film and then leave out all the nudity? There is a small amount but for the most part the director and screenwriters like to tease. You know, girls will get naked but the camera never hits them. Besides that this film contains some of the worst dialogue I've ever listened to and the performances are downright bad. Really, really worth film. Oh yeah, I almost forgot the Asian woman pretending to be black with blackface on and a bad Afro wig.
- Michael_Elliott
- Feb 26, 2008
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Bad Even By Exploitation Standards
The story of some girls in Reform School in Hong Kong. One of them, Susan, is in love with a doctor, but her sister is pregnant with his child. Things get a little hairy, but after a while the girls break out of the school and then the real fun starts.
This movie is directed by Roy Rosenberg, who has never done anything in film before or since.
The film is spoken in English, though a (what appears to be) Swedish subtitle is embedded in the Fortune 5 DVD version. I believe this film is from Hong Kong, which would explain the combination of English and Asian people.
The women are forced to strip naked and throw their clothes in the sewer. You would think that this would get a lot worse, being an exploitation film, but it actually stays pretty tame -- and quite boring -- through most of the picture.
"We promise to eat whatever is given to us." This is a huge problem, especially when a girl is given a block of wood. Of course, again, this could have been a lot worse.
There is a dancing scene with people dancing wildly, and one man spasming uncontrollably, with the song playing being some knock-off version of the Bee Gees' "Tragedy". And what is up with the Asian girl in blackface and the afro wig?
This movie is directed by Roy Rosenberg, who has never done anything in film before or since.
The film is spoken in English, though a (what appears to be) Swedish subtitle is embedded in the Fortune 5 DVD version. I believe this film is from Hong Kong, which would explain the combination of English and Asian people.
The women are forced to strip naked and throw their clothes in the sewer. You would think that this would get a lot worse, being an exploitation film, but it actually stays pretty tame -- and quite boring -- through most of the picture.
"We promise to eat whatever is given to us." This is a huge problem, especially when a girl is given a block of wood. Of course, again, this could have been a lot worse.
There is a dancing scene with people dancing wildly, and one man spasming uncontrollably, with the song playing being some knock-off version of the Bee Gees' "Tragedy". And what is up with the Asian girl in blackface and the afro wig?
Surprisingly tame, given that title
- Leofwine_draca
- Nov 8, 2017
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WE COULD BE FRIENDS
- nogodnomasters
- Jun 5, 2019
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No torture, more's the pity.
Teenager Susan discovers that her mother, a hospital supervisor, is having an affair with a doctor; the same man has also been sleeping with Susan's sister, who is now pregnant (and who later takes her own life). Upset at the situation, Susan takes her anger out on a bloke at a discotheque, bottling him over the head. As a result, she is sent to a girls' reform school, but vows to escape to take revenge on the philandering doctor.
The sassy, tough black woman is a familiar figure in the 'women in prison' genre. The makers of Hong Kong exploitation flick Strike of the Tortured Angels can't be bothered to hire a black performer for the role, instead putting an Asian actress in blackface with an afro wig. It's both cringeworthy and very funny. The film's unintentional hilarity is about all there is to recommend to fans of exploitation cinema, the rest being a very poor show indeed, with little of the sleaziness one expects from the genre.
While there are the obligatory shower scenes and catfights, none of it is very graphic, with only one bare ass in terms of nudity, virtually nothing in the way of gore, and absolutely no torture at the hands of sadistic guards (despite the promise of the title). And with at least half the film spent following the girls avoid capture after fleeing their prison, it's also rather boring for much of the time.
Recommended only to those who must see absolutely every WIP movie in existence, or anyone actively seeking a bad movie for s**ts and giggles. 3.5 out of 10, rounded up to 4 for IMDb.
The sassy, tough black woman is a familiar figure in the 'women in prison' genre. The makers of Hong Kong exploitation flick Strike of the Tortured Angels can't be bothered to hire a black performer for the role, instead putting an Asian actress in blackface with an afro wig. It's both cringeworthy and very funny. The film's unintentional hilarity is about all there is to recommend to fans of exploitation cinema, the rest being a very poor show indeed, with little of the sleaziness one expects from the genre.
While there are the obligatory shower scenes and catfights, none of it is very graphic, with only one bare ass in terms of nudity, virtually nothing in the way of gore, and absolutely no torture at the hands of sadistic guards (despite the promise of the title). And with at least half the film spent following the girls avoid capture after fleeing their prison, it's also rather boring for much of the time.
Recommended only to those who must see absolutely every WIP movie in existence, or anyone actively seeking a bad movie for s**ts and giggles. 3.5 out of 10, rounded up to 4 for IMDb.
- BA_Harrison
- Dec 21, 2017
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