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Lucky (Nathan Hill) couldn't be happier with his fiancée Esmay (Mary
Annegeline), so happy in fact that he quits his job with the police force
to remain out of harm's way, even if he wa a damn good cop ... and then
she's murdered by two masked woman, who leave a mark though that somehow
leads to the tong led by Melbourne's Chinatown's meanest villainess Ishtar
(Tritia DeViSha). But to track her down, Lucky has to forget law and order
and resort to murder to find further clues, starting with a prostitute
sent to his place by the "caring" Ishtar, who he then saws to
pieces to get rid of with the help of Esmay's sister (Tien Herschel) - and
the onslaught only starts there, and the main reason that Ishtar doesn't
try to intercept Lucky is because she's an absolute psycho and known for
killing the bringers of bad news. But that said, it's less than easy for
Lucky to get even close to Ishtar nevertheless. Revenge of
the Gweilo basically is a vendetta thriller that takes us back to
times when these films were allowed to be fun, thus despite all the
gruesomeness, the gritty details are downplayed, and director Nathan Hill
chooses a more comicbook like approach, mixed with unlikely yet cool
action scenes known from vintage Hong Kong cinema and a few scenes more at
home in horror movies for their over-the-topness - and all of this works
thanks to a light-footed directorial approach, even bits of comedy, plenty
of action and cool pacing. And while one can't totally overlook it was
made on a moderate budget, it's got thrills enough to make up for that
easily!
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