Robotrix

1991, 1080hd

One more Hong Kong movie for the 90s update.

There was a recent Bluray of the 1991 fighting robots exploitation classic Robotrix and I've finally gotten around to having a look at it. I'm not sure I've seen the uncut version as the Australian version was butchered (a lot of Hong Kong movies were), I would say probably not, so it's great to finally see the uncut version. It's still as silly and ridiculous as it ever was with plenty of naked women and as always, the world's greatest tease, Amy Yip, doing what she did best.

Basically, the plot is after being shot dead by a rogue robot with the mind of psychopath, a female cop Selena (Chikako Aoyama) is given new life in the form of a newly designed robot by Dr Sara (Hiu-dan Hui) against her will but once she accepts it, she initially doesn't tell her cop boyfriend that she's a robot and goes on living as if she magically survived. Meanwhile, the rogue robot is killing and raping his way around the place and after an impressive display, Selena along with Dr. Sara's first prototype Ann (Amy Yip) are tasked to join the hapless police force to catch the rogue robot. Also, Selena sleeps with her boyfriend and seems to enjoy it despite being a robot so Ann decides to try sex but feels nothing. Then the rogue robot sets his attention on eliminating Dr. Sara and the female robots but they are not going to go down without a fight. Pretty simple plot which is stopped every once in a while to show a bit of sex and nudity and then it's back to some good old gratuitous violence. Yeah, it's silly but it's exactly what it should be and a lot of fun along the way.

God damn Amy Yip was a frustrating actress to watch, always getting naked and never showing anything much, maybe Sex And Zen if you're quick on the pause button (plus I'm a Sex And Zen 2 fan, Qi Shu forever) but never anything more than a tease. Hell, I've seen Erotic Ghost Story way too many times and she was so hot in that movie particularly the lesbian scene yet still all tease. Now, that's a series that needs a Bluray upgrade, not Raped By An Angel. Only ever seen Erotic Ghost Story 2 once when I finally got the nerve to get the VHS of that movie back in the day but barely remember it now and never seen the third. Seen a couple of other Amy Yip movies but can't remember which and her filmography is tough to distinguish what movies that they were (maybe Haunted Jail House was one of them, that seems familiar), all I remember she was teasing in them.

Chikako Aoyama film clip (collages below)

Amy Yip film clip (collages below)

Hiu-dan Hui film clip (sample below)

unidentified film clip (sample below)