A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
August 13, 1992
Original Title:
拉開鐵幕
Alternate Titles:
Angel Kickboxers
La kai tie mu
Madam the Great
Special Group
拉开铁幕
特警雄风
Genres:
Action
Production Companies:
Grandwell Film Productions
Production Countries:
Hong Kong
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 98
Wong Wai-yip spins this cheapie action flick about a Hong Kong female ubercop named Li Tong (Sharon Yeung Pan-pan). As the film opens, Tong ventures into China to hunt down a band of villainous drug traffickers. Though she has been reluctantly paired up with her Mainland counterpart Chiang Hung (Sibelle Hu Hui-chung), Tong prefers to work alone, traveling incognito as a camera-happy tourist. Chiang dutifully tails her erstwhile partner, eventually saving her life from a high-kicking assassination attempt. Later, when the baddies catch up with Chiang and her, leaving her for dead, Tong saves her partner and agrees to hunt down these black-hearted villains together. Cult 1970s kung-fu star Carter Wong also makes an appearance in the film.
Director:
Wong Wai-Yip
Director of Photography:
Lau Yip
Editor:
Vincent Leung Wing-Chan
Martial Arts Choreographer:
Bobby Wu Chi-Lung
Music:
Tsang Kong Hwa
Producer:
George Lai Hing-Lun
Screenplay:
Yao Shu
Sound Recordist:
Tsang Kong Hwa
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