She Shoots Straight
She Shoots Straight (Chinese: 皇家女將, alternately Lethal Lady) is a 1990 Hong Kong action film directed by Corey Yuen and starring Sammo Hung and Joyce Godenzi.
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| Directed by | Corey Yuen |
| Written by | Barry Wong Corey Yuen Kai-Chi Yuen |
| Produced by | Pui-Wah Chan Sammo Hung |
| Starring | Sammo Hung Joyce Godenzi |
| Cinematography | Moon-Tong Lau Chi-Ming Leung |
| Edited by | Peter Cheung Chuen-Tak Keung |
| Music by | Lowell Lo |
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| Distributed by | Golden Harvest |
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Running time | 94 min |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
Story
She Shoots Straight turns on three plot axes. The first concerns the complications of a workplace romance and marriage between a dedicated policewoman “Mina Kao” (Joyce Godenzi) and her supervisor “Huang Tsung-pao” (Tony Leung). The second theme concerns opposition by the Huang family to the couple's impending union. Another policewoman, Mina's future sister-in-law “Chia Ling” (Carina Lau) is especially critical of apparent favoritism, and even makes a remark about her being Eurasian (this is not unique – a comparable epithet being made by Oshima's character to her guy opponent in “Close Escape”). The third axis provides a resolution as a gang of Vietnamese led by Yuan Hua (Yuen Wah) attempts a violent and risky robbery. After the gang is thwarted, a shootout ensues in which the police get the upper hand. Swearing revenge, Yuan Hua lays a counter-trap using Vietnamese jungle warfare devices. When Chia Ling – slighted over disciplinary action – impulsively investigates alone, she risks trouble. Mina and Tsung Po rescue her, but he is killed by a booby trap, dying in front of his sister and bride. United in their grief, the women must break the news to the Huang family at a celebration for their matriarch. This paves the way for a relatively straightforward vengeance sub-plot in which Mina and Chia Ling track the gang to a freighter in the harbor. In advance of reinforcements, they board the vessel to fight a life or death duel against gang members and crew wielding pistols, hatchets, knives or tools.
Cast
- Joyce Godenzi - Inspector Mina Kao (as Joyce Mina Godenzi)
- Carina Lau - Huang Chia-Ling
- Sammo Hung - Supt. Officer Hung
- Tony Leung Ka-Fai - Insp. Huang Tsung-Pao
- Yuen Wah - Yuen Hua
- Agnes Aurelio - Yuen Ying
- Sarah Lee - Huang Chia-Lai
- Teddy Yip - Uncle Huang Tsung-Po
- Chung Fat - Hua
- David Lau - Superintendent Lau
- Stephen Chan - Arms dealer
- Corey Yuen - Boatman
- Cho Wing - Ship thug
- Anthony Carpio - Ship thug
- Hsu Hsia - Ship thug
- Michael Dinga - Kidnapping leader
- Jeff Falcon - Kidnapper
- Mark Houghton - Kidnapper
- Kam Kong Chow - Policeman
External links
- She Shoots Straight at the Hong Kong Movie Database
- She Shoots Straight at Hong Kong Cinemagic
- She Shoots Straight at IMDb