Quick Takes:Iron Angels
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| While Yes, Madam and Royal Warriors resurrected the female action heroine in the form of Michelle Yeoh, it was Angel that more distinctly kickstarted the genre, also known as "girl with guns". In particular it was Moon Lee and Yukari Oshima that became icons of the genre (no wonder in regards to Yukari, she's terrific here) and went on to star in numerous other similar vehicles such as Angels 2, Dreaming The Reality and Angel Terminators 2. As with important efforts from the martial arts genre such as The Chinese Boxer and The Big Boss, Angel doesn't necessarily represents the highest quality but a kind of landmark and therefore it's more of an effort on par with many entries in the genre.
The mixture of Charlie's Angels and James Bond doesn't exactly mean originality and with routine plotting, Angel only has the action to fall back on. However, that aspect does add colour with action director Tony Leung creating fast moving set pieces involving both gunplay and fight action. Moon Lee and Yukari Oshima fans may be disappointed that neither is fighting to the extent that subsequent movies showcases but rest assured, the finale represents a beginning of this pairing in a gritty manner. Also with David Chiang, Elaine Lui, Saijo Hideki, Alex Fong (he's come a long way since these days) and Hwang Jang Lee. The Hong Kong print credits Tony Leung and Ivan Lai as directors in addition to Teresa Woo and Raymond Leung but according to an interview with Tony, Woo remained on the sidelines producing and writing in actuality. |
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| While Yes, Madam and Royal Warriors resurrected the female action heroine in the form of Michelle Yeoh, it was Angel that more distinctly kickstarted the genre, also known as "girl with guns". In particular it was Moon Lee and Yukari Oshima that became icons of the genre (no wonder in regards to Yukari, she's terrific here) and went on to star in numerous other similar vehicles such as Angels 2, Dreaming The Reality and Angel Terminators 2. As with important efforts from the martial arts genre such as The Chinese Boxer and The Big Boss, Angel doesn't necessarily represents the highest quality but a kind of landmark and therefore it's more of an effort on par with many entries in the genre.
The mixture of Charlie's Angels and James Bond doesn't exactly mean originality and with routine plotting, Angel only has the action to fall back on. However, that aspect does add colour with action director Tony Leung creating fast moving set pieces involving both gunplay and fight action. Moon Lee and Yukari Oshima fans may be disappointed that neither is fighting to the extent that subsequent movies showcases but rest assured, the finale represents a beginning of this pairing in a gritty manner. Also with David Chiang, Elaine Lui, Saijo Hideki, Alex Fong (he's come a long way since these days) and Hwang Jang Lee. The Hong Kong print credits Tony Leung and Ivan Lai as directors in addition to Teresa Woo and Raymond Leung. Most evidence points towards the fact that Tony handled the mentioned action while Lai acted as assistant director. No 90 minute action movie would need 4 narrative directors! |
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