Fatal Seduction
Director: Cheung Sek-lung
Year: 1993
Rating: 6.0
Aka
- Woman Killer's Rampage
And why not. For the first hour this Hong
Kong film is a weird loose take on Taming of the Shrew and then in the final
thirty-minutes it morphs into a worm-infested Black Magic. But that isn't
all. Throw in some sleazy sex, nudity, mahjong, a snake up the ass, hostesses
and a couple good beat downs. In other words, a typical Hong Kong film from
the 1990s with little merit but good chunks of fun. The kind of films that
we miss because they just can't really go there any longer.
Alex Fong is by his father's side in Thailand
when the priest informs him that his father has the old Snake in the Heart
spell. If the snake moves, your father will die. Oops. The lousy snake comes
crawling out but before he dies, his father tells him go work with your uncle
in Hong Kong and get married. Famous last words. The next thing you know,
he is working for his uncle and is married. To Carrie Ng, the lipstick Queen.
Lucky guy. Or is he? She is a ballbuster and always jealous. But damn, it
is Carrie Ng. Bust my balls anytime. Her soft spot is her toes which melt
her with a touch.
His friend Billy Lau is a tour guide pimp
and always tries to get Fong to wander, but Carrie terrifies him. Funny in
that Fong has a couple fights in which he beats the hell out of everyone.
But Carrie takes no shit. So what is a man to do. Obviously hire a Thai black
magic master (Yeh Fang) to tame her. A doll under the bed and her underwear
out the window. Easy does it. Not really. When Carrie finds out, she and
Lau's wife (Man Gui Hoh) who often manages to get topless and also has a
toe weakness decide to revenge themselves. And the film gets crazy. Enter
the fabulous Michiko Nishiwaki as a rival sorceress and kick-ass master and
when she needs a little help, her friend Sophia Crawford jumps in. And of
course, there is a maniac slasher just for the hell of it who shows up out
of the blue. What more could you want? A good sensible film? Not here.
