Black Butterfly

Name: Black Butterfly
Genre: Crime, Action
Released: 1990-01-01
Rating: 7.3

CrimeAction1h 31m

🍅40%

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40%

Tomatometer

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43%

Popcornmeter

7.3

TMDB

Storyline

Black Butterfly tells the story of a female assassin who is sent to Taiwan to clear the way so a gang from Hong Kong can take over the territory. Problems arise when she breaks the cardinal rule of an assassin -- never develop friends -- and she cannot complete the job. Now hunted by both camps, the killer must turn into a savior as she tries to help her friends.

Details

DirectorLiao Ming-Li

ReleasedJan 1, 1990

StatusReleased

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Reviews

7 reviews · 6 critics

1 fresh · 5 rotten

April Wolfe

RTVillage VoiceNov 30, 2017

Banderas should be in a real King adaptation, not a paraphrase of one.

Sara Michelle Fetters

RTMovieFreak.comMay 26, 2017

Black Butterfly [is] a strong, if still somewhat vexing, thriller I'm glad I took the time to watch.

Vikram Murthi

RTRogerEbert.comMay 26, 2017

A charmless, nonsensical thriller that doubles as a hack screenwriter's wet dream, filled to the brim with faux-insights that wouldn't impress even the most inattentive college freshmen.

Richard Propes

RTTheIndependentCritic.comSep 3, 2020

Constantly plays like a film that thinks it's much smarter than it really is.