REVIEW:
One of the finest Asian female kung fu stars finally has one of her films released on DVD, it’s just a shame that it’s such poor quality. Crash Cinema must take some of the blame for this, the other guilty partner being Golden Harvest, who kept it in such poor condition.

The film itself starts with Carter Wong running from the Japanese who question him as to why he hangs around their school. Carter doesn’t give a satisfactory answer and is attacked. Carter runs to a church to seek asylum. The Japanese follow him there and interrogate the people (i.e. telling Koreans they’re all slaves under Japanese rule). It’s not long before another fight is started, this time by the priest’s daughter. The Japanese come back and take the priest away for questioning. Lee Chung Tung asks Sister Wang to go and see the priest but she only finds trouble and the priest missing, which means everybody gets their ass kicked. After Wang has killed one of the Japanese men she is followed by a Japanese, who brings some friends along. Sister Wang lures them out to a forest where she defeats the leader. The Japanese have come to Sister Wang’s café where they’re holding her mother hostage waiting for Wang to come along so they can arrest her. Wang is pulled aside by a little boy and warned of the Japanese waiting in the café. Wang defeats the Japanese without much effort (I see a pattern emerging here) before she has to face Sammo Hung who seems to be Angela’s punching bag in this film. She defeats him but he kills her mother before running away. Sister Wang is now really pissed and seeks vengeance in that old fashioned way. Sister joins forces with Lee to rescue the priest which culminates in a well choreographed final fight sequence where Sister Wang takes on Sammo, an unknown fighter and Whang In Shik.

Needless to say, the plot for this film is very Shakespearian but there is enough here to keep the viewer watching until the next fight scene comes along. As I said before Crash Cinema has done a poor job with this title, they’ve cleaned it up slightly but they also added English subtitles to a film that’s been dubbed which I see no point in. As the film is approaching 30 years, it hasn’t aged well but it’s not in terrible condition, it’s not in great condition either.

The only thing that saves this film is the fight sequences, which are well choreographed. Sammo Hung and Chan Chuen choreographed the fights, which are very realistic. Angela Mao is clean and precise with moves, especially with her kicks, Lee Jun Gau looks a little stiff but he’s not bad. The final fights are good but other than that, there’s little other reason to recommend this film. I would only suggest this if you’re an Angela Mao fan, as there are plenty of classic Angela Mao fights to watch here, just don’t go looking for a plot or a story.