mmushrm
Reading the reviews here, I wonder if I watched a different movie. Honestly I think this movie is a waste of time. Yes the protagonist looks hot with a gun but thats about it. This is a B movie and IMO a bad one at that. The story is of course formulaic. Girl out to avenge the murder of her sister by some yakuza pimps and the man who unknowingly saves her then must choose between old friendship or his feelings for her. The starting was good then it went downhill. The subsequent action scenes pales in comparison to the simple opening sequence. The ending felt like they run out of budget, anti-climatic and for an "action" movie there was no action. Not recommended.....
gridoon2018
While it is marginally better than the other two entries in the "XX" series I watched recently ("Beautiful Prey" and "Beautiful Weapon"), "Beautiful Beast" is still barely worthy of a recommendation. The usual ingredients are here: lengthy sex scenes, kinkiness, torture (including some acupuncture!), a few gunshots, and of course a violent end for most of the characters involved. The action is limited, the pacing is patience-trying, and the ending is anti-climactic. Kaori Shimamura is beautiful indeed, but the most interesting character in the film is her newfound "boyfriend", who has to choose between his fascination with her and his loyalty to his former Yakuza associates. Girls-with-guns fans looking into the Japanese market will be better served by most "Zero Woman" films. (**)
EVOL666
BEAUTIFUL BEAST is a pretty typical 90s era pinku-style film, relying more on action and gun-play than the sleazy story lines of this genre's predecessors. This film follows much the same template as Masaru Konuma's BEAUTIFUL HUNTER, though the story lines are different...Ran is a hit-woman who goes after a yakuza boss for the death of her sister. Along the way she befriends a bar-owner who turns out to be an ex-yakuza member. Things get hairy when the bar-owner has to choose between his loyalty to his old crew, or the hottie hit-woman...A few good gunfights, a relatively steamy (but over-long) bar-top sex-scene, a little bit of torture - pretty much the same ol' thing for this type of film - but I dig these films a lot, so that's not a bad thing. Nothing extra-noteworthy about this entry, though it's relatively entertaining. Not quite as good in my opinion as the aforementioned BEAUTIFUL HUNTER - but worth a look anyway...7/10
pefo1921
This is a great movie!!! It deals with a serial killer; The suspense is quite good and does not follow the Hollywood convention so you don't know what to expect. Plenty of graphic well done sex scenes. Beware that there is also a graphic rape scene. Still a 9 out of 10.
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