The Film: Chi Kit has been stealing money from his business, and he can no longer cover it up. Come Monday, the papers will show up, funds lost, and it'll only be a mater of time before they trace it back to him. So, with a bag full of money and a gun between them, Chi Kit and his love Su Sien take off. Flashbacks reveal their romance (under what I do believe was the stolen love theme music from "Last of the Mohicans"), in which they pledge their lives to each other and agree to a suicide pact because, "If we couldn't be born the same day, at least we could die together." However, all is not rosy for the lovers on the run (wouldn't be an interesting film if it was), and tragedy sets in when Chi Kit feels paranoid pressure of the police searching for him and all their money is stolen by a purse snatcher.

Salvation comes in the guise of an heiress, named Moon, who underneath her beauty is a shattered, mentally unbalanced woman who sits around getting drunk while listening to the R&B classic "I've been loving you". She has taken a shine to Chi Kit and offers him money for his "companionship", if you know what I mean. Su Sien convinces Chi Kit to take her up on the offer, insisting that he should "Think of it as a job". Feeling they have no ther way out of their mess, Chi Kit puts on his best Miami Vice outfit and spends an evening with the sad Moon, even returning to her when she offers to just let him leave after dinner. But, the usual jealous complications arise between Su Sien and Chi Kit over the night of passion, and the cops pick up the purse snatcher, tracing the money back to Su Sien and Chi Kit, swiftly throwing Chi Kit in jail. Su Sien sits around, contemplating blowing her brains out, until she comes up with a plan. She goes to Moon, posing as Chi Kits sister, and informs Moon of the problems, which she quickly remedies by bailing him out and getting one of her families lawyers on his case.

The latter half of the film deals with the three now living together, and Su Sien's breakdown (including a scene directly lifted from Jodie Fosters "The Accused") over her lover being entangled and eventually married to this other woman. Chi Kit's motivations become unclear, is he using the heiress for her money?, is he in love with her?, is he doing it for himself?, or is he doing it for Su Sien? There are plenty of third act twists, including the threat of mob death and cancer, before the end.

I honestly didn't know what I was getting into with Devil Angel (1994). The title suggested maybe a horror movie, but when I saw the cover it was all romance soft core sleaze, and the latter is definitely the case. Sure there are plot holes you could drive a tuck through, like why would no one in this heiress' family do a background check to see that Su Sien was in no way related to Chi Kit?, but one doesn't expect a lurid romance to be the most well plotted masterpiece. I guess its not really any different than any Zalman King Red Shoe Diaries or Two Moon Junction kind of affair, and that is its target audience. Vivian Hsu, who plays Su Sien, is the real drawing power of the film, her being one of the may HK pop star-actresses willing to shed her top and do love scenes. And, for her fans, or people interested in her, this film does not disappoint with her well proportioned frame on display in a couple of shadowy, tasteful love scenes. I can say that I have watched dogs go to the bathroom and it was more interesting, but Vivian Hsu fans will still get this film anyway (thats why I kindly give it a Rent It). Once again, its not brain surgery, but I guess fans of this kind of late night Showtime film will find it pleasantly entertaining, and Vivian Hsu's baby doll face going psychotic and love crazed made this an entertaining enough distraction her fans will no doubt enjoy.

The DVD: Wolrd Video presents a Region 0 DVD. Picture- Average, lackluster, HK film transfer, widescreen, pretty grainy and not much depth, and a little jittery. But, this is not exactly a high budget film in the first place, another transfer comparable to World Videos other releases, which seem to be a bottom rung deal. Sound- Undynamic stereo presentation. Cantonese and Mandarin languages, with the Cantonese track being the better choice because the Mandarin track sounds like it was recorded in a tin shack. Extras- Absolutely no extras to speak of unless you count the whopping three chapter se;ections and the white English and Chinese subs burned into the print.