Beyond Hypothermia (1997)
- Starring:
- Lau Ching-Wan, Wu Chien-lien, (more)
- Director(s):
- Patrick Leung
- Category:
- Foreign
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Patrick Leung directed this bloody Hong Kong thriller about a nameless hitwoman (Jacqueline Wu) who, for reasons not entirely clear and never fully developed, has a lower than average body temperature. She is cold-blooded in other ways as well, assassinating her targets with steely detachment and having only two real acquaintances: the Cambodian woman who gives her killing assignments and money, and the street vendor Long Shek (Lau Ching-wan), at whose stand she habitually relaxes after successful hits with a bowl of noodles. Long Shek dubs her Pretty Ghost, and the two gradually become something like friends. Pretty Ghost ends up traveling to South Korea to assassinate a local gangland kingpin, a job she decides will be her last. Unfortunately, the dead man's bodyguard, Yichin (Han Sang-woo), is out for revenge and comes after Pretty Ghost, and she is quickly betrayed by her Cambodian boss. Violent as it may be, the film also spends a good deal of time exploring Pretty Ghost's character, and her slow change from icy killing machine to humanized woman is well handled by Wu and screenwriter Szeto Wai-cheuk. Shirley Wong and Cheung Sung-kei co-star. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 81 mins
Complete Cast:
- Lau Ching-Wan - Shek Tak-long
- Han Sang-woo - Choe Il=jeong
- Cheung Chung-chi - Pau
- Wu Chien-lien - Hui Lai-fan
- Shirley Wong - Mei
- Cheung Kam-pong - Little Mo
- Director(s):
- Patrick Leung
- Writer(s):
- Roy Szeto
- Producer(s):
- Johnny To
- Categories:
- Foreign
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