This fourth entry in The Raped By An Angel series sees Wong Jing step up from his role of producer to take the directorial reins, the prolific film-maker adding some action scenes to the well-worn formula of sleaze and more sleaze, as well as getting Cat III legends Ben Ng (of Red to Kill) and Anthony Wong (The Untold Story, Ebola Syndrome) to join in the fun. The Raper's Union also sees the return of Athena Chu as sexy policewoman Po-Wan, last seen in Raped by an Angel 2: The Uniform Fan. Ng plays wealthy ex-CIA agent/architect Daniel, a prolific rapist whose tally includes 71 women in the U.S. alone, and who is now continuing his criminal activity in Hong Kong. To assist him in his work, Daniel recruits two escaped rapists (one of whom also likes to kill his victims), who are only too happy to join in, especially when they see that their new associate has his own dungeon in which he keeps naked women chained up, ready for abuse. Daniel uses high-tech spy equipment to bug the house of his sexy neighbour, romantic fiction writer Kwan Shi-han (Suki Kwan). When Kwan hosts a gathering of female friends at her home, the trio of rapists make their move. Meanwhile, cops Po-Wan and Fai (Kwan's boyfriend, played by Nick Cheung) are hot on the trail of the sexual predators, but even with the help of ex-rapist Human Milk Drinking Doctor (Anthony Wong), will they be able to stop Kwan and her pals from becoming victims of Daniel and his demented pals? Slick, fast paced, with plenty of nudity, a smidge of violence, and incongruous humour that only adds to the tastelessness, The Raper's Union is a thoroughly entertaining piece of exploitation from start to finish, with Ng once again impressing as a total loony (his AIDS quip being the most outrageous moment). The violence is nasty in tone but not overly graphic, which is a tad disappointing (the grittier and gorier the better in my opinion), but the sex is plentiful, and the film closes with a neat slasher style showdown between Kwan and Daniel, the latter donning a Scream-like mask and cape getup to stalk his victim (as well as somehow painting himself white to pose as a garden statue!). Not an 'essential' Cat III (the aforementioned Red to Kill and The Untold Story are still the best the genre has to offer, in my opinion), but still a fun (i.e. totally un-PC) way to waste some time. 7/10.

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