Wong ga jin si (1986)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

David Chung

Writer:

Kan-Cheung Tsang (writer)

Release Date:

26 June 1986 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Action

Plot:

Michelle Yip of the Hong Kong police is a mild-mannered Kung Fu expert; Michael Wong from air security is happy-go-lucky...

Plot Keywords:

Police | Coffin | Agent | Hand Grenade | Shootout

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Michelle Yeoh	...	Michelle Yip, HK CID (as Michelle Khan)
Michael Wong	...	Michael Wong, Security Guard
Hiroyuki Sanada	...	Peter Yamamoto, Interpol Agent
Eddie Maher	...	Hirmichi Suzuki - Gang Leader
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ying Bai	...	Final avenging gangmember
Dennis Chan	...	Reporter
Wai-Man Chan	...	Harvey Lee / Tiger
Jing Chen	...	Lou
Paul Chun	...	Chubby escort policeman
Hing Ying Kam	...	Hijacker
Sau Leung 'Blacky' Ko	...	Bus Driver
Wai Lam	...	Bull
Siu-Ming Lau	...	Yip
Reiko Niwa	...	Yukiko
Kenneth Tsang	...	Captain Lau Chi-Shing
Fung Woo	...	Nightclub Patron

Also Known As:

Huang jia zhan shi (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
In the Line of Duty (International: English title)
Police Assassin (UK) (video title)
Royal Warriors (Hong Kong: English title)
Ultra Force

MPAA:

Rated R for violence.

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Canada:18A (DVD rating) | Canada:R (Ontario) | South Korea:15 | Netherlands:12 | France:-12 | Norway:18 | Singapore:NC-16 | Spain:18 | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:18

Company:

D & B Films Co. Ltd.

Movie Connections:

Follows Huang jia shi jie (1985)

Michelle Yeoh has rarely fought better but this is an uneven vehicle for her

For those who are familiar with the action side of Michelle Yeoh only from her later blockbusters like "Tomorrow Never Dies" or "Police Story 3", prepare for an eye-opening experience. She has rarely fought (or looked) better than she does in "Royal Warriors", a film made early (1986) into her career. Several of her moves will have you going "WOW!". Unfortunately, there are some problems that keep this film from being as good as it could have been. For one thing, there is too much gratuitous violence: I'm referring especially to the nightclub scene, which has at least a dozen innocent bystanders mercilessly gunned down. The nastiness of the villains comes through clearly enough through their other acts - that scene was overkill (pun not intended). For another thing, Michelle Yeoh has surprisingly few fight scenes: after her 2 in the first 10 minutes, there are no more than 3 in the rest of the film. And then there's Michael Wong, who's a pretty poorly written character: he acts as if he's in a romantic comedy, always flirting with Michelle and making jokes, when in reality he's in a grim drama, where almost no lives are spared. In fact, Michelle tells him straight to his face what is wrong with his character, which suggests that the writers knew it as well - so why did they write him to be this way? I'm still giving "Royal Warriors" a relatively high rating because of the action scenes - I just wish the rest of the movie had lived up to them. *** out of 4.