Pretty Nami lives a cosy life with her cop boyfriend until one evening a gang of assassins break into their home whilst he’s out collecting his father and sister. They want to kill the father but that’s not enough for them. They want Nami to make a choice – kill his sister or watch them kill her boyfriend. It’s not hard to know which option she decides to take.
She’s sent to the slammer where she becomes a target for the top dog there. Nami is given advice that in order to survive she has to learn to fight and that she does. At the end of one brutal session Nami has destroyed the top dog and her cronies. For doing this she’s sent to hang by her wrists outside to freeze to death. The following morning her corpse is bandaged like a mummy and dumped in some woods by the prison guards. There a man collects her body and revives her before teaching Nami the art of fighting by sword and kung fu.
Once her training is complete, Nami seeks revenge against those that destroyed her life and to find her old boyfriend who’s had his memory wiped.
Sasori is a poor remake and re-invention of the Japanese 70’s exploitation movie Female Prisoner 701 Scorpion and it doesn’t even come close to matching the greatness of it. Miko Mizuno who plays Nami is no Meiko Kaji that’s for sure. The acting I have to say is weak. I don’t even think the sword fights and martial arts are that good considering the over-use of wires which makes some of the fights look so far-fetched. If you’ve seen the original movie I wouldn’t bother with this one. It’ll only disappoint you.
Sadako’s Rating: 2 out of 5