Posts Tagged ‘Milly’
It seemed to take forever….. but “The Masked Girl”, part two of the Japanese Grindhouse style “double feature” action extravaganza with “Hard Revenge Milly” finally surfaced in, of all places, Hong Kong, all subtitled and english friendly. Yay!
Our synopsis for it reads: “In “The Masked Girl” an ordinary high school student named Ai Hoshino (Yuki Shimizu) is kidnapped on her way home from school. She later wakes up and finds herself held captive in the hideout of “Joker” and the evil Black Maria (Aiko Sato). Luckily she’s able to escape with the help of Aoyama (Tsuyoshi Kida), but not before being genetically altered by Joker—giving her super-human powers. While being pursued by agents of Joker, Ai confides in her friend Yumi (Shizuka Nakamura), but discovers Yumi has also been altered by Black Maria and brainwashed into swearing allegiance to Joker. Ai is forced to fight Yumi, but more powerful enemies will soon arrive. Eventually Ai gets a superhero outfit from Aoyoma and becomes “The Masked Girl” to confront Black Maria’s minions.”
Soooooo then….. can super powered Japanese schoolgirl vs monsters action stand up to the violent butt kicking standards we saw in “Milly”? Let’s all “Read On” and find out!!
Remember how Neko had been wishing not too long ago, that “Hard Revenge Milly” had only been a wee bit longer… that we could have seen just a bit more about her and the possibilities of her story?
Apparently this lil’ Catgirl wasn’t the only one thinking it needed more… for news is out now that indeed such a sequel will come out this summer and it’s going to be titled “Hard Revenge Milly – Bloody Battle”.
The preliminary synopsis reads: “After Milly eliminates the Jack Brothers to avenge her family, a beautiful girl named Haru (played by Nao Nagasawa) approaches her for help avenging her own boyfriend. Milly initially brushes her off, but eventually recognizes her passion for vengeance and agrees to train her.
Soon, Ikki (Kazuki Tsujimoto) and his brother Huma (Rei Fujita), two of Jack’s former associates, arrive to take them on. Milly makes short work of their minions and knocks Huma out cold, but the steel-armed Ikki manages to injure her severely. Will she be able to survive and help Haru exact vengeance?”
There’s a nice Trailer available… but to see it and to learn more you’re gonna have to “Read On”, gentle visitors!
Yep… it’s finally out on DVD… at least in Malaysia, anyway. “Hard Revenge Milly” was half of a “Grindhouse” style exploitation flick released in Japan just last year. Lots of tough girl action, guns, swords, and martial art mayhem to sate the most jaded of such fans.
Yes…. Milly’s here, but somehow she left “The Masked Girl” behind. Lambaian Filem out of Malaysia has released only the 45 minute first portion of that double bill. Neko’s the kind of girl who likes a good action film, especially when we girls get to smack around the bad guys instead of getting kidnapped all the time…. so of course I had to take a chance and snag a copy.
Was it worth my 8$US to buy? Let’s find out shall we?
So what is better than one Japanese Exploitation Flick featuring tough chicks, martial arts, gunplay, and aliens? How about TWO Japanese Exploitation Flicks done as a crazy “Grindhouse” style double bill? Thanks to the people over at 24framespersecond, this one has just snuck into Neko’s sights, and is supposed to open this August in Japan. Naturally your Favorite Catgirl Princess knows you want to know more….maybe see a Trailer, so you are gonna definitely want to “Read On”……. (more…)