Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- raunchy
- campy
- kinetic
- cult movie night
- hong kong action marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly found the script muddled and poorly dubbed, but credited the film's virtuoso action sequences with providing effective pulp spectacle.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Kitty and rival female assassins drive the film through firearms, martial arts, and stylized combat.
The hit woman targets rapists and rehearses violence on sex-mad criminals chained in an attic.
The assassinations combine seduction with somersaults, whips, ropes, and flashing guns.
Princess's attraction to Kitty intersects with her rivalry against the other assassins and her shifting loyalties.
Films like Naked Killer, and why
Nikita
stylized female assassin action, eroticized violence, and girls-with-guns pulp energy
Yes, Madam!
female-led Hong Kong action, heightened martial arts choreography, and crime-thriller momentum
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
campy erotic thriller tone, queer-coded desire, and confrontational female killers
The Heroic Trio
Hong Kong girls-with-guns spectacle, criminal underworld plotting, and kinetic set pieces
Movie Details
- Director
- Clarence Ford
- Release Date
- 1992-12-03
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Rating
- 6.0 / 10 (97)
Cast
- Chingmy Yau Suk-Ching
- Simon Yam
- Carrie Ng Ka-Lai
- Yiu Wai
- Benz Hui Siu-Hung
- Madoka Sugawara
- Dick Lau Tik-Chi
- Ken Lo Wai-Kwong
- Yu Kwok-Lok
- Louis Roth
Common questions
- What is Naked Killer about?
- A feral young woman is transformed into a lethal assassin and drawn into a volatile war of seduction, revenge, and spectacular female-on-female combat.
- What is Naked Killer like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Naked Killer as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Naked Killer violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Naked Killer as graphic.
- What did critics think of Naked Killer?
- Critics broadly found the script muddled and poorly dubbed, but credited the film's virtuoso action sequences with providing effective pulp spectacle.
- Which films are like Naked Killer?
- Films with a similar feel include Nikita, Yes, Madam!, Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, and The Heroic Trio.
- How long is Naked Killer?
- Naked Killer runs 93 minutes.
