Connianatu How wonderful it is to see this fine actress carry a film and carry it so beautifully.

Matylda Swan It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

Kamila Bell This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Freeman This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

Uriah43 When a man by the name of "Kayama" (Shigemitsu Ogi) is suspected of being in charge of a smuggling operation, "Rei" (Saori Ono) is ordered to get close to him while her superiors gather enough evidence to form a course of action. In the process of doing that Rei encounters a jealous secretary and an unscrupulous associate of Kayama who wants Rei in the worst possible way. Along with that she still has other assignments she has to execute as well. Now as far as this film is concerned I will just say that--although it wasn't the best addition to the "Zero Woman" series—it wasn't exactly the worst either. Saori Ono performed creditably as the lead actress and the plot consisted of enough intrigue to keep things interesting. Likewise, not including any deviant sex scenes certainly didn't hurt either. One thing I didn't care for was the ending which left much to the imagination due to its ambiguous nature. Since there are a couple of films in the series after this one then I suppose everything will be cleared up in the next one. In any case, I thought that this was an okay film for the most part and I have rated it accordingly. Average.

gridoon2018 That was my reaction when the closing credits of "Zero Woman Returns" started rolling. Given that this was the last "Zero Woman" film made until 2004, there is the strong possibility that the filmmakers wanted to finish off the series but leave a window open for future installments as well, so they made a series of false endings and then a baffling real one.This time, Rei's mission is to go undercover and find out more about the president of a company who may be involved in illegal smuggling and selling of confiscated goods, using his legitimate business as a front. The man is quite impressed by Rei, and hires her as his assistant. But his ambitious plans will soon get out of hand....Rei is played this time by Saori Ono, and like all the actresses before her, she brings something of her own to the role: a sense of playfulness and humor (before things get dark, that is). She also gets into a couple of tight spots, and has to use her quick thinking & reflexes to get out of them. The film is better-paced than most (if not all) of its predecessors, and has some memorable bloody bits; even the story is engaging for a while, before it turns into a mess at the end. Which brings me back to where I started, and to the reason I can't give this anything more than ** out of 4 stars.

forkeltoledo She then arrives at the Drug king pin's pad with shady body guards and enforcers around. The king pin himself is a pretty perverted looking guy, who is aroused when Rei walks in. She asks for the trade to be made, but the King Pin says the deal has changed and wants her suitcase and her bod. A knife is thrust at her throat by one of the guards, and she seems to succumb to the situation. But then Zero woman does her action (which really isn't much action) and gets out of the situation, beating up on everyone in the room, non-believably. She returns to Mutoh's office with both suitcases...the one Mutoh gave her, and the one the King pin was supposed to exchange. Mutoh is impressed and says she has the job. Rei leaves his office, but Mutoh knows she is not who she says she is.By the way, Mutoh has this trashy looking secretary/mistress with great breast who is threatened by Rei's beauty, and when Rei leaves the office,she straddles Mutoh and asks what he is going to do with her.Cue next scene, which is the second highlight of the movie. Right from the office scene, you go straight to moans and screams, as the secretary with great breasts is horseback riding Mutoh in his bedroom. She's got a great body and her orgasm sounds are pretty funny to hear, but what's hilarious is that Mutoh is with a straight face while pumping her. After the two minutes of rump-romping and climax, you can pretty much tell he wanted to be banging Rei instead of his secretary.Next scene- Mutoh and Rei go back again to the King Pin boss' pad to negotiate a deal, and when they arrive, Rei is surprised to hear that she, herself, is the deal. Namely, the King Pin wants to have sex with her and probably make her his concubine. So we see Rei going back to the King Pin's bedroom and stripping off. Yes, this is yet another of few highlights in the movie, as seeing Saori Ono strip off will always be a highlight of any film I see. Thought, terribly, we also see the King pervert strip off too, thank god not fully. But certainly an edit that forgot to be done. But before any nasty gets done, Mutoh, double crosses the King Pin and kills off the rest of his gang, while Rei takes out the Kin Pin. They flee his pad and leave together, with the two smitten with one another.After this massacre (without really being that much blood splattered around), Mutoh reveals that he used to be an agent of Zero Division, and that he left because he hated the fact that he didn't have his own identity. Rei feels a connection and now she feels troubled that her boss probably wants Mutoh taken out. Obviously, the obligatory love scene with Rei and Mutoh occurs, although I would only make it the 3rd hottest scene in the movie. Frankly, as great as Saori Ono's bod is, she doesn't do the sex scene with much enthusiasm, laying kinda limply throughout, and only the cowgirl view worth getting excited about.A bit of a downer really, because during the movie, you know that the big sex scene was going to happen, and for it to happen that way, one would have to ask the director to watch Basic Instict for some more motivation and inspiration.Anyways, I generally drifted after this scene from the movie as it was getting late at night. Pretty much the obvious storyline takes place, where Rei and Mutoh are on the run by the cops and her boss, and then Rei's ultimate decision of who to believe, Mutoh or her boss. More people get killed, the secretary with great breasts betrays Mutoh, and the Zeroagency boss just gets angry in the way that you would picture a middle aged Japanese man to be when he gets enraged. Pretty substandard script.Which overall, is why I should have given this film a 4 like the rest of the raters did. But Saori Ono's hotness made it somewhat worthwhile for me, despite her lame climactic sex scene. So I guess i gave it a 6, because I was recently in Germany, and 6 in German sounds like sex.And if anyone really expected me to review anything in the movie but the Skin-A-Max scenes, well, why did you even look up the movie...its Zero Woman for Pete's sake!!! What did you expect besides a Japanese soft core flick!! Sayanara! p.s. And if anyone has a poster of SaoriOno, get back to me ASAP!

toledoforkel Okay now. I was bored at home one night, scanned through the In Demand movies that were available, and was intrigued to see a couple of Japanese thrillers that were available. Stopped by IMDb to read more about them, and though they were all rated pretty poorly, I admit I was extremely intrigued by Zero Woman Returns cover (you would be too if you saw it...hell, I would buy a poster of it if I could!)...so much so that I gave in and sucked up the $3.99 to watch the movie. Was it worth it?? I'll give you my drawn out opinion.First, a primer. Zero Woman is a series where a hot smoking babe named Rei working for Tokyo's Police Department secret agency called Zero Division goes undercover to infiltrate and then later bump off drug kingpins, mercenaries, and low life criminals and their henchmen. All while looking sexy and saucy, and yes, getting naked to get the "job" done. The series is said to be popular for its bloodiness and violent sequences, but with this particular movie, I thought the violence was rather tame. In fact, everything in the picture seemed to have been done on the cheap, such as using a common digital camera that porn cinematographers would use, going on location at offices, a person's home, and a wharf where extra's were blatantly staring and la-la-ling around, and where sequences were poorly cut.Zero Woman Returns doesn't necessarily try to explain how our heroin inevitably joins the secret agency, but since I suppose it was meant to be an ongoing series, like James Bond, I guess it doesn't need to. Still, some flashbacks to further explain what happened prior, would have been beneficial, even if that means redoing shots with the different actress playing Zero Woman. Just my two cents.