The Girl from the Naked Eye

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The Girl from the Naked Eye
Girlfromthenakedeyeposter.jpg
Theatrical film poster
Directed by David Ren
Written byLarry Madill
David Ren
Jason Yee
Produced byHenry Mu
Jason Yee
Ron Yuan
StarringJason Yee
Dominique Swain
Sasha Grey
Ron Yuan
CinematographyMax Da-Yung Wang
Edited byGreg Babor
Richard Halsey
Music byDanny Manor
Release date
  • June 15, 2012 (2012-06-15)
Running time
84 mins
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,100,000 (estimated)

The Girl from the Naked Eye was released in 15 June 2012 in USA neo-noir martial arts film directed and written by David Ren. It stars Jason Yee, Samantha Streets, Ron Yuan, Dominique Swain, Sasha Grey and others. Directed by Chinese-American David Ren (who made well-thought of film Shanghai Kiss) [1]

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Production

The movie was released under Lifted Productions [2]

Plot

Jake (Jason Yee) is a hired driver for a seedy escort service operating out of "The Naked Eye" Strip Club, and falls for a witty high-class escort named Sandy (Samantha Streets). However, one night Sandy is found dead, with the only clues remaining being records of cell phone calls made the night she was murdered. Jake sets out to avenge Sandy's death by risking everything and walking a bloody path to find her killer.

Cast

Reception

As of June 2020, The Girl from the Naked Eye holds a 40% approval rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, based on 15 reviews with an average rating of 5.45/10. [3] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 40 out of 100, based on 7 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". [4]

Mark Holcomb of The Village Voice gave the film a negative review, writing, "Ren is at least savvy enough to make Naked Eye's pulp inspirations plain... But there are dozens of better, riskier, more interesting films that go unreleased every year—why this militantly dull effort is taking their place is its only worthwhile mystery." [5] Alison Willmore of The A.V. Club stated that the film's cultural twist was interesting, but ultimately called the film a derivative of Miller's Sin City . [6]

Awards

AwardCategorySubjectResult
Canada International Film Festival Royal Reel Award — Feature Film CompetitionHenry MuWon
Jason YeeWon
Ron Yuan Won
Hoboken International Film Festival Best Feature FilmHenry MuNominated
Jason YeeNominated
Ron YuanNominated
Best Director David Ren Nominated
Best ActorJason YeeNominated
Best Supporting ActorRon YuanNominated
Best Supporting ActressSamantha StreetsNominated
Best CinematographyMax Da-Yung WangWon

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