A woman gives birth to a daughter in prison after being raped by a government official. Her husband had been killed by a gang of kung fu masters and she tells her story to a fellow inmate before dying. The daughter is brought to an abbey, learns kung fu and gets kicked out for being too violent. She then goes to live with the woman who brought her out of jail and revenge her mother's husband's death.
Bellicosity? To start with, the title was incorrect. No oaths were broken. A better title would be "Scorpion Girl Revenge". The hour and a half duration was pretty standard, as are most aspects of this film. I thought that the plot was very clearly presented, the only major element that separates it from the crowd of other kung fu films. The main character had a signature move, using a cloth to put scorpions on people. Everyone else was extras. The abbess used the word "bellicosity" to describe the main character, meaning that she was violent. Why such an obscure word? Sets and costumes looked like authentic ancient China (standard). The camera-work and editing on this were just enough above standard to make me notice that it looked decent. Special effects were used to make items fly, but not people. There was also a man who could breathe fire. The audio featured a very major sounding, almost jubilant theme song at the beginning and end that did not fit the serious tone of the film in between. I could hear the dialogue well enough, but the subtitles that I got were just slightly off-time. This has a 7/10 on IMDB. I would agree with the C- grade because it was mostly very standard. I rate it o.k.
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