Whoa! Female Convict Scorpion is strictly crazy. I loved it's seventies style. The music and shot choices were just about perfect. It made me wonder at one point if Rob Marshall got some of his shot ideas on character soliloquy and character introductions from this movie. It was very very "Chicago" esque. Meiko Kaji was excellent. Specifically, I have always been of the opinion that mute main characters make for lousy cinema. This movie breaks that rule. Meiko (Scorpion) doesn't have a single line of dialogue until about 3 minutes from the finish. Yet, she was mesmerizing in her role. Unfortunately, this movie presents a extremely dire and horrific view of males as a group. They rape. They cheat. They lie. They dominate. And while that may be the intent of this so called "pink film", I thought that such a well crafted film could have presented a more nuanced idea then: MEN=BAD.
Ratings:
Smoldering with anger Vixens: See it
Jail Wardens: See it
Chauvinists: Skip it
Enka Fans: See it
Silent Film Stars: See it
On a scale from Cleopatra 2525 to Firefly, I give Female Convict Scorpion 3.6 out of 5 stars.
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