"Hong
Kong... a Paradise of Adventure and a Center of Scum"
(from the voice-over at the beginning
of the film)
Original
Taiwanese
title: YAN ZHI HU
also known as: FIVE LADY VENOMS
director: Cheung
Chi Chiu (as Richard Chen)
starring: Yan Hui-Sham (as Elsa Yeung) · Yan Zhi-Hu (as Eagle
Lee) · Tattooer Ma · Karin Sun · Merle Kee
Two
rival gangs of knife-wielding female-fighters (in bikinis) join forces
to kill a gang boss responsible for slaughtering their fathers. But
the Triad boss and his gangster operation is too strong; the women are
not successful. They decide to join forces with a casino boss for the
ultimate revenge.
Director
Cheung Chi Chiu was a workhorse Taiwanese filmmaker who directed 20+
films in a decade before retiring in 1991. Most of these motion pictures
were formula fare under a variety of pseudonyms (i.e.,MEAN
STREETS OF KUNG FU, as Doo Yang in 1983). This is probably
his best known film despite its obscurity. The star here is Elsa Yeung
who found International notoriety a few years later with Chu Yin Pin's
GOLDEN
QUEEN COMMANDOS.
A Taiwanese film
in English language with Danish subtitles; widescreen format, fully
uncut (83 min.), DVD encoded for ALL REGION NTSC, playable on any American
machine. Extras include selected theatrical trailers.
Violence/Nudity/Drugs/Sexual
Brutality
For Mature Audiences