Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- kinetic
- stylized
- violent
- action movie night
- hong kong cinema marathon
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The film is explicitly classified as girls with guns and follows a lethal female assassin.
Phoenix is brainwashed by the villain and must confront the consequences of that conditioning.
The premise and action-film classification foreground a gorgeous, highly capable killer performing deadly missions.
Phoenix makes a startling discovery during a mission to eliminate someone she cannot imagine targeting.
Films like Naked Soldier, and why
Naked Weapon
shares female assassin action, stylized gunplay, and exploitation-inflected crime thriller energy
So Close
shares girls with guns conventions, lethal female protagonists, and heightened action spectacle
The Villainess
shares brainwashing, assassin conditioning, and kinetic revenge-thriller mechanics
Movie Details
- Director
- Marco Mak Chi-Sin
- Release Date
- 2012-08-15
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Rating
- 4.7 / 10 (33)
Cast
- Jennifer Tse Ting-Ting
- Sammo Hung
- Ankie Beilke
- Andy On Chi-Kit
- Philip Ng Wan-Lung
- Jiang Luxia
- Lena Lin
- Anthony Wong Chau-Sang
- Ellen Chan Nga-Lun
- Timmy Hung Tin-Ming
Common questions
- What is Naked Soldier about?
- A brainwashed Hong Kong assassin’s impossible target forces her lethal mission into a violent crisis of identity.
- What is Naked Soldier like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Naked Soldier as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Naked Soldier violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Naked Soldier as graphic.
- Which films are like Naked Soldier?
- Films with a similar feel include Naked Weapon, So Close, and The Villainess.
- How long is Naked Soldier?
- Naked Soldier runs 94 minutes.
