| The Girl from the Naked Eye | |
| Director: | David Ren |
| Producer: | Henry Mu Jason Yee Ron Yuan |
| Starring: | Jason Yee Dominique Swain Sasha Grey Ron Yuan |
| Music: | Danny Manor |
| Cinematography: | Max Da-Yung Wang |
| Editing: | Greg Babor Richard Halsey |
| Runtime: | 84 mins |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| 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]
The movie was released under Lifted Productions[2]
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.
, 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 Eyes 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]
| Award | Category | Subject | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada International Film Festival | Royal Reel Award — Feature Film Competition | Henry Mu | |
| Jason Yee | |||
| Ron Yuan | |||
| Hoboken International Film Festival | Best Feature Film | Henry Mu | |
| Jason Yee | |||
| Ron Yuan | |||
| Best Director | David Ren | ||
| Best Actor | Jason Yee | ||
| Best Supporting Actor | Ron Yuan | ||
| Best Supporting Actress | Samantha Streets | ||
| Best Cinematography | Max Da-Yung Wang | ||