Golgo 13 - Queen Bee

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More than 15 years after the debut of The Professional: Gogol 13 (1983), Duke Togo, the assassin-hero of Takao Saito's popular manga, returns to the screen. Queen Bee plays like the animated daydreams of a frustrated high school sophomore: lots of nudity, sex, and violence, strung together by an over-the-top, clichéd story line. A ruthless Democratic vice presidential candidate hires Gogol to murder Sonia, a.k.a. the Queen Bee, because of her ties to his weak-willed running mate. She's a big-time cocaine dealer and the assistant leader of a Marxist revolution in a small Central American country. Although she's had at least eight children by different fathers, Sonia is built like a brick guerrilla camp. Her amoral indifference to murder and her sexual passion make her fire to Gogol's ice. Gogol and Sonia have no trouble outwitting the Secret Service, U.S. law enforcement, and a rogue army unit led by a deranged Vietnam veteran. But their mutual respect and passion don't stop Gogol from fulfilling his contract. U.S. viewers can only hope Japanese audiences don't see this bloody James Bond rip-off as a realistic portrait of American politics. Rated for mature audiences ages 18 and older for graphic sex, profanity, tobacco use, and extreme violence. --Charles Solomon

Description

Code name: Golgo 13 - Professional assassin.
Target: Queen Bee - leader of dissident South American liberation army.
Mission: Terminate the infamous Queen Bee before she kills a high profile presidential candidate.
Problem: Queen Bee is not your average guerrilla radical. As a child, she was ripped unmercifully from her home and left to fend for herself on the streets. As a woman, cunning and powerful, she lives only for passion and revenge; her brand of honey is deadly. Once Golgo 13 discovers Queen Bee's true identity, he decides that he must step aside as a very personal feud climaxes to a tragic end that will blow you away!

With its intricate plot and pulse-pounding action, Golgo 13: Queen Bee stays true to the thrilling scenarios that have made the "Golgo 13" character such a success spanning a theatrical movie, comic books, and video games!

Customer Reviews:

A movie about getting the job done.......2005-09-13

this movie has good animation with guns, explosions, violence, sex, hitmen, and some killing for the sport of it, for example with the good ol' knife in the head.

Mr. Duke Togo Strikes Again!.......2005-08-26

Golo 13 is back, this time hired to kill a female revoluntary whose as brutal and effective as himself! Full of action with a mad violent opening that has to be seen to be believed, this is a worthy sequel to "Golo 13: The Professional".

a slight improvment over the original.......2005-06-30

15 years later a sequel to Golgo 13 comes out. How does it fare overall? Well, one thing I can say is that I am surprised that people hated Queen Bee comparing it to the original. The only reason I decided to watch this was because I was told it was better than the first Golgo 13. Some anime reviewers will again hate me for this but I have to agree that Queen Bee is the better of the two. The pace of the movie was quick/to the point while at the same time including a decent plot which is what I like when it comes to anime. Sure, I would have liked the film to have been longer than 60 minutes but that doesn't take away from the overall movie. The character development of Queen Bee is interesting yet made me feel sorry for her as well. Golgo 13: Queen Bee is not oscar winning material even for anime though I did prefer the animated sequences over the original. As for the dvd, it has a few features to speak of... that's about it. Oh, be sure to watch through the end credits to see Duke Togo complete his final task.

Don't listen to anything else, This movie is great........2004-10-29

I've seen both Golgo 13s, and I enjoyed Queen Bee just as much as The Professional. I am a big Golgo 13 fan. I grew sideburns because of Golgo. Really I did and I still have them. Queen Bee is a little different from The Professional because it's more romantic and emotionally involved whereas the The Pro. is just Golgo plowing through whatever and whoever. And I don't know why the storyline is being reviewed as "cliche", I never saw a story like this. You have to watch the movie twice to get all of it.

Here's the bottom line. I was able to get my girlfriend to sit down and watch this with me. I'm writing this review on her account. She was convinced that she wouldn't like it b/c anime is for depraved Dungeons and Dragons rejects. There is no way she would watch and enjoy The Professional. But she liked this very much And I didn't look like a Star Wars geek. And I got laid. This movie is great.

Lives Up To The Original.......2004-10-26

I am shocked that this film is only getting mediocre reviews. It clearly lives up to the original.

The plot: A carefully crafted presidential candidate is sure to win the 2000 election with 90% of the vote. If he lives. His life is being threatened by a major South American drug dealer Queen Bee. Assassin Golgo 13 is hired by the campaign to kill Queen Bee. This will not be an easy job for Golgo 13. Queen Bee has her own private army. Along with the action the plot thickens. Why does Queen Bee want to kill the future president? His campaign is worse than Hitler's. But true to character, Golgo 13 doesn't make moral judgments; he does the job he was paid for.

I do not say this lightly but `The Professional: Golgo 13' is my favorite anime film of all time. And I've seen every anime there is. Yes even above `Totoro', `Akira', `Kite', and `Wings of Honneamise.' I loved `The Professional' because of the great plot and nonstop action. I also found the ruthlessness of Golgo 13 to interesting. A hero with NO morals what-so-ever. He just kills for money, not love or hate.

`Golgo 13: Queen Bee' lives up the original, thanks to writer/director Osamu Dezaki. Golgo 13 retains its style of extreme close ups, over saturated colors and slow motion scenes. The arty action style made famous by John Woo and Ringo Lahm. At only half the length of the original `Queen Been' doesn't rush through anything. The timing is perfect. I can think of very few anime films that can hold the eye for more than an hour. Anime is best done short.

As an added bonus, Queen Bee is played by voice actress Denise Poiter whom played Aeon Flux.

Osamu Dezaki is hands down the greatest anime director I've ever scene. If you love the Golgo 13 genre I also recommend Dezaki's `Black Jack' series.

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Old "Skool" Kung Fu!!
Another classic.
What happened to the movie?
What happened to the movie?
Astounding choreography

Killer Army
Starring: Philip Kwok , Meng Lo , Sheng Chiang , Li Wang , and Feng Lu
Director: Cheh Chang
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Old "Skool" Kung Fu!!.......2006-06-16

There is no question this is a 4 star performace,,,however, this is my synopsis on this flick: Definately another tough performance from the venom crew,,and I can't seemed to get enough of them. However, it's starting to feel like if you've seen one it's like you've seen them all. I have watched almost all the venom flicks, approximately 11 thus far,,and they now seemed like the same old thing to me,,which apparently is getting profoundly boaring aswell. For example in all the plots, usually the same guys are friends, and every-time the same one dude (Lo Meng, The Toad) ends up getting killed ,,,,with the exception, Return of The 5 Deadly Venom AKA Crippled Avengers. Respectively,,,I also though the DVD transfer on this one was is kinda poor,,even the audio I find to be poorly transitioned!!

Another classic........2004-04-15

Plain and simple, the venoms are great. In this movie the fight sequences are excellent, timing is insane. The movie is a bit choped down, but it's still great.

What happened to the movie?.......2002-09-11

Killer Army was the very first movie starring the Venoms that I have seen and taped as a child back in 1984. Sadly, my taped from television version, along with other Venoms movies, was stolen back in '87. But during those three years that I had the taped version, I cannot say exactly how many times I watched Killer Army. It was my favorite and still is. I was delighted when I was able to find another copy last year. It's not on DVD but I can understand what people are complaining about with the DVD version. The editing problems aren't limited to DVD, my VHS version is also cut up and edited, not to mention the audio bloopers. It saddens me to see that after such great fights, the end of the better ones are cut out copmletely. This was probably to... Well, to tell the truth I really don't know why. I mean, the television version from the old days showed it all, so why not the newer versions?

Now when I view the movie I have to rely on my memory to finish off the ending fight scenes that they fail to show. It's my only way of making sense of it. For example, the move that the older blood brother Wong Chu (played by Kuo Chui) executed to kill the four spearmen during the final showdown was removed completely. Normally I wouldn't include a spoiler by revealing scenes or outcomes. But what I'm about to write isn't even shown in the contemporary version anyway. This is just an insight to help with understanding what actually occured in the film. I still strongly recommend Killer Army for any kung fu movie enthusiast.

From what I recall, after being thrown in the air by the four spearmen, Wong Chu started flipping uncontrollably. In slow motion he was almost killed by The rebel leader Chan, or King Spear(played by Lu Feng). While Wong Chu was in trouble, King Spear jumped up in the air to strike at him with his spear. But the younger blood brother Yu Han San (played by Chiang Sheng) jumped in the air and put himself in the way only to be fatally wounded by King Spear instead. As the two blood brothers were falling back down Yu Han San caught the sharp spears of the four spearmen in his shield and held them in place. Wong Chu finally landed from the flip in front of the four men who happened to all be in a line. With one quick swing of his three-way nunchucks, Wong Chu killed all four men by breaking their faces (bap, bap, bap, bap). In the contemporary version you might hear the sounds of this incredible scene, but it's like those four just disappeared. Next, Wong Chu jumped back up to meet with King Spear who had already flipped and jumped back in the air. Wong Chu blocked the blow of his spear, and the now fatally wounded Yu Han San jumped up as well with is last burst of energy to successfully remove the spear from the rebel leader's hands, then landed flat on his back. What follows after all of that is shown.

People who didn't get a chance to see the original wouldn't have a clue about what really happened to the second blood brother Chin Chan Ping in the movie (played by Lo Meng). It would be too easy for someone who is not familiar with the original version to quickly determine this movie as making no sense. That's disappointing because this movie is actually very good. I wonder if there are versions being sold out there today with the scenes not removed? If anyone knows of any I would appreciate your time in writing about it in a review. My only problem other than the editing of Killer Army is that Lu Feng's mastery in wielding weapons was displayed briefly and limited to one fight during the movie. His potential wasn't fully showcased like it was in Shaolin Rescuers, or in The Destroyers (aka, Magnificent Ruffians), two more must haves.

I would have gladly given the movie a five star rating. Only because it's Killer Army did I give it a four star rating due to the editing foul-ups. Yet, I do still recommend Killer Army for anyone interested in a good well plotted kung fu movie.

What happened to the movie?.......2002-09-11

From what I recall, after being thrown in the air by the four spearmen, Wong Chu started flipping uncontrollably. In slow motion he was almost killed by the rebel leader Chan, or King Spear(played by Lu Feng). While Wong Chu was in trouble, King Spear jumped up in the air to strike at him with his spear. But the younger blood brother Yu Han San (played by Chiang Sheng) jumped in the air and put himself in the way only to be fatally wounded by King Spear instead. As the two blood brothers were falling back down Yu Han San caught the sharp spears of the four spearmen in his shield and held them in place. Wong Chu finally landed from the flip in front of the four men who happened to all be in a line. With one quick swing of his three-way nunchucks, Wong Chu killed all four men by breaking their faces (bap, bap, bap, bap). In the contemporary version you might hear the sounds of this incredible scene, but it's like those four just disappeared. Next, Wong Chu jumped back up to meet with King Spear who had already flipped and jumped back in the air. Wong Chu blocked the blow of his spear, and the now fatally wounded Yu Han San jumped up as well with is last burst of energy to successfully remove the spear from the rebel leader's hands, then landed flat on his back. What follows after all of that is shown.

People who didn't get a chance to see the original wouldn't have a clue about what really happened to the second blood brother Chin Chan Ping in the movie (played by Lo Meng). It would be too easy for someone who is not familiar with the original version to quickly determine this movie as making no sense. That's disappointing because this movie is actually very good. I wonder if there are versions being sold out there today with the scenes not removed? If anyone knows of any I would appreciate your time in writing about it in a review. My only problem other than the editing of Killer Army is that Lu Feng's mastery in wielding weapons was displayed briefly and limited to one fight during the movie. His potential wasn't fully showcased like it was in Shaolin Rescuers (aka, Avenging Warriors of Shaolin), or in The Destroyers (aka, Magnificent Ruffians), two more must haves.

Astounding choreography.......2002-05-28

The Venoms... the mere mention of the name will send any kung fu fan into a tirade about their awesome skill and unbeleivable fight choreography. They were indeed super human beings and I beleive that no one has been able to match their god like abilities to this day. Chang Cheh, who directs all the venoms flicks, does a wonderful job once again and I guarantee you will be consecutively amazed to the point where you will utter profanities whenever a fight scene occurs. And man are there ever tons of fight scenes! I recommend every Chang Cheh film I've seen and this one especially delivers, packed to the brim with kung fu goodness that has yet to be surpassed.

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Old "Skool" Kung Fu!!
Another classic.
What happened to the movie?
What happened to the movie?
Astounding choreography

Killer Army
Starring: Philip Kwok , Meng Lo , Sheng Chiang , Li Wang , and Feng Lu
Director: Cheh Chang
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Release Date: 2001-05-01

Customer Reviews:

Old "Skool" Kung Fu!!.......2006-06-16

Another classic........2004-04-15

Plain and simple, the venoms are great. In this movie the fight sequences are excellent, timing is insane. The movie is a bit choped down, but it's still great.

What happened to the movie?.......2002-09-11

Astounding choreography.......2002-05-28

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