Enjoy these fine images from Zen Pictures’ new release, Space Special Agent Angie, starring Miki Mochiduki and Yuna Hashimoto. It’s directed by Sosuke Higashimura, whose Zen films haven’t exactly dazzled me in the past, but I’ll always give Zen Pictures a chance. [Read more…]
I wish I knew how to quit you, Zen Pictures! You make the best movies about heroines in peril, and you deliver the goods consistently while also experimenting every once in a while to try new things, as you do in The Masked Seductive Heroine, which stars one of the most beautiful women ever to grace the computer monitor. [Read more…]
Zen Pictures returns to the martial-arts-infused-spy-girls-in-office-attire genre with Burning Action – Superheroine Chronicles Burnout Neo 2, starring Ayana Tanigaki and Asami reprising their characters from the first installment. It’s a fun romp with lots of action and a brief torture scene, and some genuine suspense towards the end. [Read more…]
Burning Action – Superheroine Chronicles Burnout Neo Vol.1 from Zen Pictures contains the best fight choreography and editing I’ve ever seen in the heroine peril genre. While the costumes and performances are a little disappointing, the amazing action sequences make this a worthwhile purchase, in my opinion. [Read more…]
When I see a movie like Zen Pictures’ Killing Angels, I have to wonder why I waste so much time watching generic Hollywood movies and TV shows, which never feature two hot Asian heroines in skin-tight leather costumes who fight bad guys and then get captured, beaten, whipped and electrocuted before winning in the end. [Read more…]
Supergirl versus Zombies. That’s the short pitch for the latest Zen Pictures release, Mighty Honey, starring the beautiful and talented newcomer Risa Saiki as the Supergirl-esque title character in a movie that represent something of a return to form for Zen Pictures. [Read more…]
You know how even if you don’t speak Japanese, you’re still able to figure out the plot and back-story of most Zen films? Well, Hyper Sexy Heroine NEXT New Trino is not one of those films. That’s right, I’m going to attempt to review a story that went completely over my head even after multiple viewings. [Read more…]
Well, Zen Pictures has done it again. They’ve made me laugh. Only problem—the movie isn’t a comedy. It is with great pleasure I present my review of Hyper Sexy Heroine NEXT – Areisia The Justice Girl, starring Zen newcomer Nanako Minami. [Read more…]
With Exciting Heroine The Brave Girl – The Crisis Version, Zen Pictures didn’t even make an attempt to tell an original or engaging story; instead, they simply decided to pack in every peril and fetish element that they could imagine. Does that make it purchase worthy? Let’s find out. [Read more…]
Exciting Heroine Mighty Girl – Big Crisis Version, starring the lovely Mimi Asuka (in her only Zen Pictures appearance), is a true superheroine movie from Zen Pictures. It’s a very good video despite its somewhat unexpected ending. [Read more…]
American Heroine-Star Lady is a PG-13-level superheroine-themed release from Zen Pictures. This is another attempt at the “Supergirl” mythos by Zen, and it’s notable for, among other things, featuring one of the worst wigs in peril movie history, worn by the film’s beautiful lead actress, who is identified simply as “Rachel.” [Read more…]
How would you like to see a Zen Pictures film featuring the Japanese approximations of Supergirl, Power Girl and Wonder Woman, all working together as a team? On top of that, how would you like it if all three found themselves in a tremendous amount of peril through much of the film? Sounds good, doesn’t it? With Zen’s resources a film like that has to be a sure fire winner, right? No, not so much. [Read more…]