The Girl from the Naked Eye is a 2012 American 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. It was released on June 15, 2012.
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 Jason Yee as Jake Samantha Streets as Sandy Ron Yuan as Simon Dominique Swain as Alissa Gary Stretch as Frank Jerry C. Ying as Johnny Sasha Grey as Lena Wilson Jermaine Heredia as Bobby
Production The movie was released under Lifted Productions.
Reception
, 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. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 40 out of 100, based on 7 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".
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." 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''. Roger Ebert gave the film 2 stars out of 4.
Awards
Award Category Subject ResultCanada International Film FestivalRoyal Reel Award — Feature Film CompetitionHenry MuJason YeeRon YuanHoboken International Film FestivalBest Feature FilmHenry MuJason YeeRon YuanBest DirectorDavid RenBest ActorJason YeeBest Supporting ActorRon YuanBest Supporting ActressSamantha StreetsBest CinematographyMax Da-Yung Wang
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