Black Cat (1991)
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| German title | Black Cat |
| Original title | Hei mao |
| Country of production | Hong Kong |
| original language | Cantonese |
| Publishing year | 1991 |
| length | 91 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
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| Director | Stephen Shin |
| script | Lun Ah, Lam Tan Ping, Chan Bo Shun |
| production | Stephen Shin |
| music | Danny Chung |
| camera | Kin Keung Lee |
| cut | Ting Hung Kuo, Wong Chau On, Wing-ming Wong |
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Black Cat ( Chinese 黑貓 , Pinyin Hei mao , Cantonese Hak mau ) is a Hong Kong - Action thriller from director Stephen Shin from 1991. The production is a remake of the 1990 incurred Luc Besson -Thrillers Nikita and is about a woman, who unwillingly becomes a contract killer. In contrast to the Franco-Italian original and its US-American version, code name: Nina , the staging is more action-heavy, even though it also contains psychological approaches and romantic moments.
Black Cat was a commercial success in its country of production, with revenues of approximately $ 11 million Hong Kong . The film is also the first full-length feature film by Jade Leung, who also played the leading role in the sequel Codename: Cobra ( Hei mao II ) a year later .
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New York City, March 1990. At a shabby truck stop, a petite woman of Asian descent and a pushy trucker riot, in the course of which the young beauty named Catherine kills the driver and the gnarled shopkeeper. When a summoned policeman arrives at the scene, he too is accidentally struck down.
In police custody, the murderer is first humiliated and mistreated before she is brought to the competent court. On the way to the courtroom, however, she manages to escape, but after a short time she is kidnapped by the US secret service. The latter makes the murderess an offer to work as a special agent and assassin on behalf of the government instead of a life sentence . Catherine, code-named "Black Cat", grudgingly agrees. The government fakes her death and drills her into a cold-blooded killer during a long training course. In addition, a microchip is implanted in her brain to increase her fighting skills.
Catherine is rehabilitated under the supervision of her future middleman, Brian. She leads an inconspicuous life, carries out special orders on demand and changes her identity as required, without even harboring doubts about the correctness of her actions. Disguised as reporter Erica, she finally falls in love with the photographer and environmental activist Allen in Hong Kong, whom she married shortly afterwards. She later goes on a mission to Japan , where she has to partially give up her cover after a successful assassination attempt because she is threatened by vengeful killers. Anyone who does not know anything about his wife's past is still loyal to her. Together, the two fight off a few attacks until the stoic Brian enters the scene at the end of the film. He forces Catherine to get rid of the annoying confidante, her husband Allen. The hit man realizes the hopelessness of this situation and seriously injures her beloved, without wanting to kill him. Then she sadly leaves Allen, knowing that she has left him alive and travels with the secret agents.
Awards
- 1992: Award in the Best Young Actor category for Jade Leung
Reviews
The lexicon of international films wrote that the film was "a tough, largely suspenseful thriller melodrama with some spectacular scenes."
Web links
- Black Cat in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Black Cat at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- Black Cat in the online film database
- Comparison of the cut versions FSK 18 DVD - HK DVD by The Black Cat at Schnittberichte.com