Samantha Streets fills the screen with beauty and pathos as Sandy, his doomed love. Jason Yee is this generation's Eastwood playing the cool but sympathetic Jake in a story that packs mystery, action and romance in every unexpected corner. 'The Girl from the Naked Eye' is a stylized thriller/ action/ romance that pays homage specifically to Pulp murder novels & Noir films of the 1940s. From Executive Producer Henry Mu comes 'The Girl from the Naked Eye', fresh off the heels of his 2009 Toronto International Film Festival hit, 'La Soga', Mu delivers another exceptional knock out by forging the diverse talents of acclaimed Director David Ren (Shanghai Kiss), acclaimed Action Director Ron Yuan (Sundance's Black Dynamite) and sizzling newcomer Jason Yee as the lead protagonist in this stunning poetic blend of comic book and film noir. Jake must survive the night while deciphering through lies, clues and his own true feelings about Sandy, The Girl from the Naked Eye. When Sandy is found murdered, Jake searches all night to find out who killed the only person in the world who saw the good in him. They form an unlikely bond and give each other the will to strive for a better life. Jake is stuck in this sad existence until he meets Sandy, an innocent misguided runaway with nowhere else to go. Jake tires of chauffeuring around call girls and roughing up deviants that don't pay. The Naked Eye is a private gentleman's club that fronts for a prostitution ring. Jake, an ex-gambler trying to pay off a debt, finds work as a driver for The Naked Eye. When Sandy, a call girl at 'The Naked Eye', ends up dead, her friend and only ally in the world, Jake, goes on a manhunt to find out who killed her.
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