Disappointment for a huge fan!

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

I decided to watch this film, because the concept struck me as interesting. As a scriptwriter and film buff, I'm always open to unconventional ideas.I forgive low budget results, but I don't forgive sloppy film making.The basic premise of this movie revolves around the promise of nudity, blood, and action. The nudity is fine. The blood is fine. The action is eh with some interesting nude fight scenes. The music, lighting, and photo direction is low quality.The story is where things really unravel. We're told early on the 'master mind' is a cripple. He can barely walk, but during the training sessions he can fight like bruce lee.The training sessions are far from interesting and take up a good chunk of the movie running time. Yawn, yawn, and more yawn.We're told she must bury the weapons in her own body to smuggle it. The guards use guns linked to their own finger prints to ensure that they can't be used against them. Fair enough. Ever heard of a knife? She manages to take out one bulky guard in hand to hand combat with no weapons. Why not cut off his finger to use it on the gun? There is also a lack of emotional connection with the main characters. The mastermind is seeking revenge over the death of his wife, but he coldly kills a naked woman to showcase how long it takes for someone to bleed to death from a breast wound. Yikes! I'm not sure what is more creepy, his psychotic Japanese lectures, or the mad laughter of the necrophiliac that peppers the film in disturbing frequency.The suspension of belief hit another brick wall with the whole bleeding thing. How can the woman tear up her flesh to extract the gun parts without shutting down from pain? The amount of so much blood pouring out of her in seconds makes it hard to believe that she can still stand let alone fight. At the rate of blood flow, which magically disappears later, 22 minutes seem impossible.Overall, this is a 1 star movie. It's worth watching for the nude fighting scenes. I'm of the opinion that this idea should be transplanted into a different story, which is better executed, and hopefully with a coherent script.

Get this for a crazy plot: a gifted doctor (Kairi Narita) rehabilitates meth addict Mayumi (Asami) and trains her to become a deadly killer in order to exact revenge on Hamazaki's Son, the necrophiliac sicko who raped and murdered his wife. The doctor's highly improbable plan for revenge involves surgically implanting gun parts into Mayumi's body, injecting her with a drug that makes her appear to be dead, and smuggling her 'corpse' into The Room, a secret place where Hamazaki's Son pays to satisfy his twisted urges. Rather surprisingly, Mayumi goes along with the doctor's plan, which, once she has reawakened from her death state, requires her to tear open her body, remove and assemble her gun, and take out several tough guards, before assassinating her target.When I met AV star turned actress Asami last year at a convention in Germany, she was busy promoting the production of this movie with director Kurando Mitsutake; little did I know then that the film would become an instant favourite of mine, a modern classic of the Japanese revenge genre that mixes extreme stylishness and extreme content in equal measures to deliver a thoroughly exhilarating exploitation experience. Superbly directed, brutally violent, very gory, and packed with full frontal female nudity from its star Asami, Gun Woman is an insanely enjoyable movie that doesn't let logic (or clothes) to get in the way of the fun. Mitsutake knows that his story is far fetched, but just runs with it, delivering jaw dropping scene after dropping scene of violence and sex, all in the name of entertainment.During the course of the film, we witness Hamazaki's Son enjoying a spot of sexy time with a stiff before taking a bite from her body (cannibalism costs extra), a drugged up bimbo bleeding to death, Mayumi bonking the doctor before undergoing surgery to conceal her gun, a guard being killed betwixt a naked Mayumi's thighs, the gruesome removal and assembly of the firearm, a shotgun-toting bitch in a rubber mini-skirt, stockings and suspenders having her brains blown out, a bloody (and still completely unclothed) Mayumi leaping through the air in slow motion while firing her gun, and, in the film's coolest moment, a half-dead (and still starkers) Mayumi cutting off her hair to use as a tourniquet. If that isn't enough to whet your appetite, the film also features a terrific score and theme song, the unforgettable sight of a gore-soaked Mayumi (still in the buff) carrying Hamazaki's Son's severed head, and a nifty surprise ending that wraps things up very nicely indeed.

By now for many lovers of the Asian horror Asami is the new Asian scream queen. I agree, I have seen a lot of flicks with Asami and my bond with her goes even further. A few years ago I had the opportunity to speak with her, well, not really because she doesn't understand and talk English, so her translator Kurando Mitsutake (the director of this flick) helped me out talking with her and agreed to take a picture with her. On her flight back it's were she agreed to Kurando to appear in his flick, Gun Woman. Last year I saw Asami back again with Kurando to promote this flick and can be seen as extra on the DVD/Blu Ray release. I wondered how it came that this flick did had a lot of bad reviews. I did like it but I can understand the problem.First of all, this isn't an usual Asami horror, this is more an action flick and Asami doesn't say a word here. Further there's a lot of talking and training going on which makes it rather slow for a lot of people. But if you can sit through that part you will be rewarded with gore and a lot of nudity of Asami.Asami told us that she never had any problem with nudity which is normal if you see her past coming out of the Japanese porn industry, so here she goes the last 25 minutes naked. And by that I mean, full frontal, shaved and unshaved. So for those who wants to see her in full glory this is your flick.The story itself is rather simple as it is a pure revenge flick but some will be turned away by the amount of nudity and the gory parts. There's necrophilia and rape going on by a man with a face you will never forget. And the way it was shot did gave it an extra perverted look.Be advised that if you will pick this up that you will take the full uncut version as i did because Kurando has said it himself, it will be cut down in so many countries due the nudity and some gory shots. Asian lovers doesn't be warned what this is all about but for the "normal" horror geeks please be advised that you are watching a Japanese flick.Gore 2/5 Nudity 4/5 Effects 3/5 Story 3/5 Comedy 0/5

Capitalising on a spirited central performance from Japanese actress Asami as the eponymous heroine, Mitsutake Kurando's blood-soaked US-based crime thriller rises above its budgetary limitations in suitably sleazy style.Killing time on a long drive through the desert, a pair of hired guns recount an infamous story of revenge involving the lunatic son of a notorious Japanese mobster. When the elderly Hamazaki dies, his son (Noriaki R. Kamata) lashes out by raping and murdering the wife of his father's doctor. Driven made with revenge, the surgeon (Narita Kairi), now dubbed "Mastermind", acquires a mute Japanese meth addict (Asami) and grooms her to become his instrument of vengeance.Gun Woman, directed and co-written by Mitsutake Kurando (Samurai Avenger: The Blind Wolf) had its world premiere last week at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival, where it was awarded the Special Jury Prize, along with a special accolade for its lead actress, Asami. An ever- present supporting player in the filmography of Iguchi Noboru (The Machine Girl, Robogeisha, Dead Sushi), the Japanese actress seizes upon a rare starring role, excelling in a wordless, yet incredibly physical and engaging performance.The film starts on shaky ground, as the weakest sections are its wraparound story involving a pair of hired guns on their way from a job to their extraction point. The performances are awkward and the dialog somewhat expository, as the film works to lay down a considerable amount of back-story and find its feet. Fortunately, once we settle into the flashbacks, which detail how a once-happy family man becomes a handicapped, embittered "mastermind" and embarks on training his angel of vengeance, Gun Woman reveals and embraces its exploitation ambitions.Working with limited means, Mitsutake and Co. never let their ambition be tethered by their resources, and proudly wear their influences on their sleeves. Unsurprisingly, there's an element of Nishimura-esque Japanese schlock in the scenes of blood splatter and sexual debauchery, but Gun Woman's sights are set on the American exploitation cinema of the 1970s and VHS-era action flicks of the 80s. This is helped immeasurably by Dean Harada's evocative score, that shifts seamlessly from neon synth to hair metal as the action dictates.While the modest production values and extreme subject matter will not be to everyone's taste, audiences with a penchants for the rougher edges of the action genre should find plenty to sate their appetites. In fact, it's the film's no holds barred commitment that proves its greatest asset, cramming everything from shower cubicle assassinations to underground necrophilia clubs into its lean sub-90 minute runtime. There are ridiculous implausibilities in the plot, but the film is self-aware enough to imbue proceedings with a sense of fun, while still playing things dead straight. One minute our heroine is tearing her own flesh open, the next she's racing against the clock to avoid bleeding to death, or cutting off her own ponytail to use as a tourniquet. Gun Woman even has the audacity to leave its lead actress blood-drenched and butt-naked throughout the film's entire climactic shootout. This is a film that knows its audience and has them right in its cross-hairs.