Surprisingly solid Hong Kong film from 1986 that wasn’t directed or choreographed by Jackie Chan.
Starring Yuen Biao and Cynthia Rothrock, the action is grounded and without elaborate set pieces. Young Cynthia Rothrock steals the show again and is clearly a martial arts prodigy that somehow got typecast when she left Hong Kong. Yuen Biao is a prosecutor fed up with losing cases and turns vigilante, and Rothrock is brought in to investigate some murders and take him down. Unfortunately there’s a dirty cop in the Police Department hell bent on maintaining his own power.
Minor sub-plot with a subordinate being trained under Rothrock that leads to a cycle of death. The officer didn’t need to die to increase the stakes, a better writer would have found a different plot point to tug.
First screening May 15, 2022 with special help.
