The Rapist Beckons

Original title: Qing zhai

1992
1h 41m

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5.4/10

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Action Drama Thriller

Lily is the victim of a sexual assault. With the help of kindly martial instructor, Po Wah, she begins to get her life back together. Unfortunately, she is assaulted by Po Wah's best friend,... Read allLily is the victim of a sexual assault. With the help of kindly martial instructor, Po Wah, she begins to get her life back together. Unfortunately, she is assaulted by Po Wah's best friend, Ben. She then hatches a plan for revenge on her attackers.Lily is the victim of a sexual assault. With the help of kindly martial instructor, Po Wah, she begins to get her life back together. Unfortunately, she is assaulted by Po Wah's best friend, Ben. She then hatches a plan for revenge on her attackers.

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Yue-Ju Chen

Lily Chung

Lily
(as Lily Chung Suk-Wai)

Po Wah
(as Ridley Tsui Bo-Wah)

Kwong-Leung Wong

Ben
(as Karel Wong Chi-Yeung)

Wan King Yeung

Wing-Kin Yip

Tony Yuen

Director
- Ging-Nin Cheung
Writer
- Ting Chau
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6/10

The Rapist Beckons

This is a weird one indeed. Japanese film-makers are not noted for either subtlety or shyness when it comes to depicting sexual violence, as evinced by the quite appalling "Okasu!". Fortunately, the Hong Kong director Cheung Ging-Nin does not share this mentality, at least not here.

"The Rapist Beckons" is primarily a psychological...well, thriller is not quite the word. There is the usual cartoon violence we have come to expect of martial arts action films, and plenty of such action, but the big question is how much of the sexual violence – both overt and implied – is in the damsel's head?

This is not a bad effort for a low budget film, but wouldn't you rather see Lily Chung taking off her clothes gracefully instead of having them ripped off and a gag shoved in her mouth? And were mobile phones really that big in 1992?