Female Prisoner #701 Scorpion: Beast Stable

Still an enjoyable movie and still a firmly exploitative flick, but it's not as good as the last one. The initial installment had some grandiose ambition of being a work of art as well as an exploitation movie, and it was amazing because of it, this one resigns itself to being nothing more than a sleezy pile of entertainment. It's admirable in it's own right, but not magical like the first.

Incredible opening credit sequence Scorpion has already gotten revenge from everyone who wronged her so now she’s just stirring up shit and I’m along for the ride. She almost never talks and everyone seems to have major beef with her. Drops the prison of the previous films for the metaphorical prison of the woman in some whatever bullshit university thesis here

Amazing experimental exploitation that riffs Bunuel etc but forges its own pulpy style. The story is pretty abstract & the plot should've been better constructed but absolutely triumphs on visuals alone. Right off the bat we're transported to some neon-drenched urban nether-hell where corruption & despair are the norm. Kaji's stance is silent perfection & her gaze turns into a piercing elegy of defiance, scorching through all artifice in this insanely heightened world of fiction beyond fiction.

I thought this one started off really well, and kept it up until the latter third or so, which reuses heaps of scenes from the prior film. I saw them out of order before, so I enjoyed this less in round 2. Still a lot of great stuff, and the opening scene is fantastic.

This entry in the series is still stylish and with some cool standout scenes, but in general it seems a bit uninspired with a plot going nowhere, especially compared to the amazing second part.

With less surreal touches and more sleaziness this one is more a standard exploration movie in style. Still there's enough to like artistically and for genre fans. The actions moments are great, especialy the violent opening come to mind. .

Not without its merits; the opening scene is particularly good. But Sasori's story seems almost secondary to the plot. Co-star(?) Yayoi Watanabe certainly satisfies some of the requirements of the genre, though.

pure awesomeness beyond comprehension.

This one is a bit slow to start with, but it's good when it gets going. Actually, the opening scene where Scorpion escapes from some cops on a train is really great, probably my favorite scene of the series. The style of the movie is still colorful and energetic. I have no prior interest in manga, but I almost want to read the one these films are based on. I probably won't ever do it, but it would definitely be interesting to see how the films compare with the source material.

One of the best films in the Female Prisoner Scorpion series. Getting rid of almost all the sex of the original film in favour for experimenting with image and sound, and with Meiko Kaji able to have great presence even with little dialogue, this is an almost-surreal gem of Japanese exploitation that is worth seeing.

The weakest of the Scorpion films, centering around a bunch of meaningless drama in a brothel. Kaji is still fierce and dangerously sexy, but the story leaves much to be desired.