Les Tueuses en collants noirs

A little gem from Cinemaggedon Jazz, jazz, more jazz and 5 black-clad Japanese women lusting after hidden gold. This might make Tarantino happy, if he doesn't know it already. A dim-witted protagonist trying to rescue his kidnapped girlfriend, a mobster who competes with five sisters and cousins (dressed in black leather jackets and black elbow pads) to see who can track down first the location of some World War II gold, each with different motives. The girls call themselves "black tights" and are masters of samurai techniques. The contact fights are incredibly cute and clumsy, especially when the women are fighting, and you’ll also enjoy numerous glimpses of Japanese women in their underwear, but what I liked a lot was the unconventional visual stylisation in all the car driving scenes, with the background in garish orange and blue. There is also a nice reminiscence of Bond's Goldfinger, when the protagonist is tortured by having her body sprayed with white paint so that "....the pores get clogged and she suffocates". It’s cute crap. (23/07/2016)