One night a textile worker is sexually assaulted by five deviants. The young lady tries to cope with the aftermath of this dramatic event but her life is ruined.One night a textile worker is sexually assaulted by five deviants. The young lady tries to cope with the aftermath of this dramatic event but her life is ruined.One night a textile worker is sexually assaulted by five deviants. The young lady tries to cope with the aftermath of this dramatic event but her life is ruined.
Mei Sheng Fan
- Wang Tai the Heavy Attacker
- (as Fan Mui Sheng)
Ching Chen
- Yang Fei Hung
- (as Lily Chen Ching)
Tao Chiang
- Chung
- (as Kong Do)
- …
Shiu-Hung Hui
- Pimp the Laughing Attacker
- (as Hui Siu Hung)
Han Lo
- Man at Restroom
- (as Law Hon)
Wan-Ping Tsai
- Nightclub Girl
- (as Choi Yuen Ping)
Ging-Man Fung
- Casino Assistant #2
- (as Fung King Man)
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- Trivia'Vietnam Rose' was the name of the deadly venereal disease contracted by the main character after a gang rape and it was also the intended original English title for the feature , but social activists complained about the negative connotation of that title against the ethnic Vietnamese community during a time of growing influx of war refugees to Hong Kong after the fall of Saigon. The lurid subject matter would become a metaphor for the politically charged issue of illegal immigration to the colony. The Production company released the movie with the English title 'The Kiss of Death'.
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Great set-up for a sleaze pic, lacklustre execution
Chen Ping is fiercely convincing and Lieh Lo steals every scene he's in, but Ho Meng-hua's "Kiss of Death" is not great film-making.
The "kiss of death" is the venereal disease Chen Ping catches when she is viciously gang-raped by a group of low level criminals. After learning that her VD ("Vietnam Rose") is incurable, she decides to kill her rapists and begs Lieh Lo to teach her how to do it in style.
For a sleaze pic, the set-up is perfect and the structure was borrowed for "Kill Bill". Unfortunately, the execution is not so perfect. The action scenes are jagged and unconvincing at times and director Ho Meng-hua has trouble maintaining the momentum. The film stops dead at regular intervals and takes irrelevant detours that do not add anything to the pace or wafer-thin characterization.
There is an oily subplot involving the spiking of drinks and women forced into pornography. Leads excepted, the performances are wildly uneven and over-the-top, although the sleaziest characters come across with conviction.
The film's score and "sting" sound effects perfectly compliment the style. 'Tis a pity a little more professionalism was not applied to the script and staging; several shots are also out of focus.
Recommended for sleaze fans, but best to lower your expectations. Chen Ping shined much brighter in the far superior "The Sexy Killer" ("Du Hou Mi Shi").
The "kiss of death" is the venereal disease Chen Ping catches when she is viciously gang-raped by a group of low level criminals. After learning that her VD ("Vietnam Rose") is incurable, she decides to kill her rapists and begs Lieh Lo to teach her how to do it in style.
For a sleaze pic, the set-up is perfect and the structure was borrowed for "Kill Bill". Unfortunately, the execution is not so perfect. The action scenes are jagged and unconvincing at times and director Ho Meng-hua has trouble maintaining the momentum. The film stops dead at regular intervals and takes irrelevant detours that do not add anything to the pace or wafer-thin characterization.
There is an oily subplot involving the spiking of drinks and women forced into pornography. Leads excepted, the performances are wildly uneven and over-the-top, although the sleaziest characters come across with conviction.
The film's score and "sting" sound effects perfectly compliment the style. 'Tis a pity a little more professionalism was not applied to the script and staging; several shots are also out of focus.
Recommended for sleaze fans, but best to lower your expectations. Chen Ping shined much brighter in the far superior "The Sexy Killer" ("Du Hou Mi Shi").
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- fertilecelluloid
- Nov 11, 2005
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