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| Only very loosely considered a sequel, assuming of course that you saw the international version of "Righting Wrongs" where Cynthia Rothrock DIDN'T get killed. Unlike Corey Yuen's excellent original film, this is a nonsensical and laughably stupid action comedy that suffers horribly from poor direction and lame-brained comedic pratfalls. Ronnie Yu (yes, that Ronnie Yu) is a nasty villain who is printing counterfeit American money in Hong Kong, and FBI agent Cynthia Rothrock is assigned to the case posing as a newspaper reporter. While in Hong Kong, she teams up with another reporter (sheepish Mung Hoi) and an arrogant cop (Chin Siu Ho), and wacky high jinks ensue. Eventually, they manage to crack the case and send poor Ronnie off a cliff.
This is an excellent example of "make it up as you go" filmmaking, with an extremely disjointed and confusing story. The continuity suffers as well, with my favorite continuity glitch being that Cynthia's hair style and color changes radically between and within scenes. To her credit, Ms. Rothrock takes the comedic tone of the film and hams it up to full effect, and her fight scenes range from good to very good. Unfortunately, the film doesn't seem to take her character very seriously, and her fight scenes all seem to have an element of the absurd in them. She is also seriously outclassed by Chin Siu Ho and Billy Chow, and their vicious exchange in the middle of the film offers the film's biggest pay-off. Nice work, gentlemen. Overall, the film is a disappointment, but it did (unintentionally) make me bust out laughing on several occasions, and Cynthia Rothrock fans will delight at seeing her bubble bath and pillow fight scenes. |
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| Cynthia is brought in undercover to infiltrate a counterfeit money operation at a local newspaper. She starts off by rescuing a baby from a building that's on fire, from there she goes about finding out whatever she can about the operation by checking it out at night. She gets caught out and is chased by some goons on this scaffolding, a very inventive scene. A power mad gangster is introduced and there are lots of twists and turns. I can't be bothered with the rest because it's all in Chinese (I could only get the Cantonese version).
Ordinarily this could've failed but it works and I'd put it up there with Yes Madam, the fight scenes are extraordinary, ESPECIALLY at the end. There is a very inventive sequence where Cynthia has to fight all these goons on this Bamboo scaffolding and it's just a treat to watch her do it. The fight scenes at the end are the best, even better than the original. She has a showdown with Billy Chow that's very good, but the fight never really gives us a clear winner as Cynthia is forced to take it on the run to save her friend. She eventually comes face to face with Jeff Falcon, who proves to be a very tough customer indeed, she only defeats him by.....ahh, but that would be telling, needless to say, he don't get off easy. The final fight at the warehouse is pure Cynthia, she start's off by climbing this net structure made by rope and is pursued by goons who are easily dispatched. Cynthia is then challenged by 2 heavies who proceed to kick the stuffing out of her. She slowly gets the better of them though and outsmarts them both by using the large metal crates to her advantage.
So, is it any good or does it belong in the pile of Cynthia's least watched videos. I, for one found it to be one of Cynthia's best film's, this was made when Cynthia was at the top of her game and it shows. It's an action film all the way, but, like in most Hong Kong Action films of this sort, there is a sense of humor in some scenes. All in all, I'd definitely rate this film as one of the best films by Cynthia Rothrock to watch and it's more than a worthy sequel the original classic. |
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