As I've said before, most of the Giga/Zen Pictures stuff is IMO the very best from Japan. While not usually rape/sex oriented as other Japanese bondage titles (some even have little or no nudity at all), they usually more than make up for it in their torture scenes, which in the end are usually what I want to see anyway. Revolt Assassin Emeralda is no different, delivering a multitude of torture scenes that are well choreographed and acted yet no sex or even nudity at all (even though the lead character does spend most of the time half naked, which is a nice change from most Japanese heroine movies).

I'm not good at reviews, so for starters I'm going to skim over the first couple of scenes. Emeralda, played by the lovely Kaori Sato, goes on a mission to defeat the story's main villainess. She runs into said villainess and gets in a fight with her goons, defeating them easily. After this, she is attacked by a green tentacle monster.

It's here that the torture scenes start, as the green goon quickly wraps one of his tentacle arms around Emeralda's neck and starts choking her. Or at least I think he's choking her, it's hard to tell because the scene isn't sold too well and she stays on her feet the entire time, apparently impervious to the fatigue that would USUALLY be caused by having your airflow restricted. Luckily the fakery ends soon and he throws her against a nearby rail. He proceeds to whip Emeralda with his tentacle arm. Though this is the lesser of the two whipping scenes in this movie, I still found it very enjoyable and her reactions with each hit excellent. The only qualm I have with it is that it was hard to believe the entire time he's whipping her that she couldn't have gotten back up and got away from him, and that no marks appear. All in all I give this scene a B+.

She falls down defeated and is briefly taunted by the villainess. However she gets back up and transforms into her super hero attire. She defeats Greeny now and it's time for the two of them to fight. Villainess gets the better of Emerald and eventually chokes her out.

Next scene is in the typical Giga/Zen warehouse. Emeralda is unconscious and tied leaning slightly forward with her legs and arms spread. Villianess comes in and tightens her whip around Emeralda's boobs, eventually waking her up. She squeezes for several minutes while Emeralda moans in pain. Next she chokes her with the whip until Emeralda eventually passes out again. Villianess cackles maniacally as the scene fades. Choking/ bearhug etc type stuff doesn't do a lot for me, but for fans of the stuff this might be of some interest, I’ll give it a solid B.

Next Emeralda is tied to a tablet facing up and the villainess approaches her with a candle. This scene I really didn't understand, probably because I don't know Japanese. For some reason Emerald now has many small red suction thingies on her body. She moans on the table for a while as eventually the red things start smoking. I guessing maybe they were lit by the villainess but you never even get to see it. I give this ultimately confusing scene a D.

Now here comes a good one. Emerald is tied almost spread eagle to a metal cross structure as the villainess enters the room with an electric prod device. After saying a few words she proceeds to deliver repeated shocks to Emeralda for several minutes. This scene is probably one of the best Giga electric torture scene I've ever witnessed, in fact probably one of the best electric torture scenes in general. Villianess spends ample time prodding different parts of Emeralda's body with the stick and Kaori Sato does an excellent job selling it, each time delivering a delightful and very believable scream. The electricity effects are better here than most other titles I've seen, and the scene ends with the torture causing Emeralda to lose her blue spandex outfit, leaving her unconscious yet again now wearing nothing but tiny black and pink heart designed underwear and two heart shaped patches over her nipples (remember what I said about half naked?). All in all this is grade A stuff, especially for fans of electro torture, I give it a solid A+.

Now back to more of the “red thingies all over the body” torture. This time Emeralda's tied face down on the table but it still doesn't make any more sense. Guess it really wouldn't hurt me to learn Japanese. Luckily the scene ends quickly. D-

Now on to the whipping scene. The preview clips of this scene are what sold me on the purchase to begin with and I’ll just say I wasn't disappointed. Emeralda, still wearing basically nothing, is tied in a similar position to before when she first arrived in the warehouse. Villianess comes in with a henchman, who she has whip Emeralda with the same whip she was using earlier. I don't guess I need to describe this scene too much since there is a video link. What I love about this scene most of all is that it actually shows the whip hitting her every now and then, particularly delightful are the times when it hits her breasts and ass, causing them to jiggle somewhat. I'm actually hard pressed thinking of a whipping scene I like more now. Only complaint is that once again no marks appear, but that's a minor detail for a scene that's otherwise so good. Grade A+

Next two scenes I’ll clump together because they both again fall under the weird villainess Emeralda relationship that I don't understand. First scene has Emeralda, having just been whipped, lying on the her in front of the villainess, who starts doing something with an applicator in Emeralda's ear. The only thing that gave away that this was even torture was the cries of pain otherwise I honestly wouldn't have known. After that Emeralda is again tied to a table face up and green goo applied all over her body. Typical Giga type weirdness. I'm not really a fan of these kinds of scenes because again the only way to tell they are even torture at all is the fact the one receiving it looks uncomfortable. I’ll just grade them both C and be done with it.