Thunder Cat Woman (1985) Uncut CAT III uncut rough version 18+
4893DVD
original Hong Kong/Chinese title LEI MAO DE NUREN [Thunder
Cat Woman]
also known as GOLDEN NINJA WARRIOR (Edited Version) [included
on this disc as a bonus]
director: Lin Wan Hsing [original version] and Godfrey Ho [exported
edited version]
starring (original names): Jenny Yang Hui-Chih · Li My-Chen ·
Tian Ming · Ren Bai Ruo-Lon
starring (names for export version):
Queenie Yang · Donald Owen · Morna Lee · Mike Tien
· Richard Harrisin [guest star]
Here
is the original version of the film which was edited and released to the
International market by Joseph Lai under the title Golden Ninja
Warrior (both versions are included on this extended DVD). Despite
a rather confusing introduction about Golden Ninjas and Red Ninjas fighting
for some kind of magical ninja statue [which incidentally never appears
in the movie], the story opens in Hong Kong where a Triad organization
is running a prostitution racket out of a hotel. The girls are mostly
kidnapped victims forced into whoring through brutal whipping and torture
sessions [surprisingly graphic in the uncensored version]. Eventually
the gang is broken by Detective Sherrie, a part-time model and martial
arts expert known as the Death Fairy, and her partner Agent Michael.
Sometimes - rather inexplicably - they transform into ninjas to stalk
the bad guys, Mr Lau and his female ninja bodyguard Sakura. It seems Sherrie
has an ulterior motive to her activities: she is an undercover Japanese
Kung Fu Ninja attempting to avenge her father's death while trying to
find the aforementioned statue.
Bottomline,
this is wacky cinema. It's rather typical of other Godfrey Ho projects
(CROCODILE
FURY comes immediately to mind). And as gleaned from the description,
this is not made for kids. It is rated Category III for a reason. There's
a huge amount of sexual brutality [especially whipping and torture] mixed
with a rather disturbing portion of rape and misogyny. Even good ninja
Sherrie is captured and delivered to her father's killer for a closing
round of torture and sexual assault. Seldom does a HK action film reach
this level of S&M shock, reminiscent of Moon
Lee's ULTRA
FORCE: DEVIL HUNTERS.
Two
Versions of a
Hong Kong/Chinese film in English language, uncut CAT III 90 min | Edited
Version 78 min,
fullscreen, encoded for ALL REGION, playable on any American DVD machine
Extras include selected Godfrey Ho trailers.
Graphic Violence/Nudity/Rape/Prostitution/S&M/Whipping/Sexual Brutality
intended for Adult Audiences
