Black Cat - 1991 - 6/10
AKA - Hak Mau //
黑猫
Hong Kong remake of
La Femme Nikita. Expect action overload and carnage.
Jade Leung plays the highly neurotic girl who is trained (Simon Yam) into the assassin, Black Cat.
Killer action, especially when well oiled plans go haywire.
Romantic elements merely muddy the proceedings. Leung at this point, was not skillful enough.
Those scenes range from cloying to maudlin.
Fans of classic Hong Kong films will enjoy (probably fast-forward the dull stuff).
Worth a look for its excessive violence, but this pales next to the Bresson original.