The story focuses on the Holy Grail War and explores the relationship between Shirou Emiya and Sakura Matou, two teenagers participating in this conflict. The story continues immediately from Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel I. presage flower, following Shirou as he continues to participate in the Holy Grail War even after being eliminated as a master.
TV chef Jackie Chan is involuntarily involved in a gang war between stereotypical Italians and punks right out of A Clockwork Orange. Most of the cast is in a coma, and the plot is stupid, stupid, stupid. The reason to watch this is for Chan's gravity-defying stunts as he is chased through the streets of Melbourne by Aussie thugs trying to relocate missing cocaine. Chan is so innovative with his tricks that it is a shame he doesn't work with more intelligent material. Still, his fans should enjoy this slight adventure, as Chan's carefully choreographed martial art moves are as awesome as ever. Watch for a stunt involving a horse-drawn carriage, as it almost compensates for the lacklustre story line. --Rochelle O'Gorman, Amazon.com
An avenging angel... or a seductive siren? Conceive of her as you like - either way she walks alone this woman wronged by the world... this Scorpion with a taste for vengeance! Meiko Kaji (femme fatale extraordinaire of the Stray Cat Rock and Lady Snowblood series) returns as Female Prisoner #701 - now escaped from the very authority that would grind her down. With one severed arm dangling from one handcuffed wrist Kaji takes refuge in the home of a kindred soul... a latchkey slut in want of all the world's sympathy... forced into a back-alley living for the sake of supporting her retarded brother... whose baby grows ever quick in her womb - oh life! No it's not long until old enemies rearrive new adversaries are inaugurated... and this waking nightmare gives way to a new dawn... soiled by indiscriminate abortion! This third instalment of the Female Prisoner series is perhaps also the finest and in its concise layout it represents both a fitting conclusion to the Scorpion story as directed by Shunya It and a stand-alone work requiring no familiarity with the preceding episodes. Female Prisoner #701 Scorpion: Beast Stable exemplifies the grindhouse ethos in its haunting depiction of beauty...
Extreme, uncompromising and visceral, this action-packed reboot of the classic 70's Manga series, "Sasori" (Female Scorpion Convict), combines the hardboiled realism of UFC tournament fighting with the stylised brutality of Tarantino's "Kill Bill".
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