Tian shi xing dong (1987)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Directors:

Raymond Leung
Teresa Woo

Writer:

Teresa Woo (writer)

Release Date:

3 October 1987 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Adventure | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

Asian Femme Fatales In Fury!

Plot:

A crimefighting organization called the Angels goes up against a drug-smuggling ring headed by a female kung-fu killer.

Plot Keywords:

Fight | Drug Smuggling | Martial Arts | Drugs | Female Mob Boss

Cast

Hideki Saijo	...	Saijo
Moon Lee	...	Moon, Angel #2
Alex Fong	...	Alex, Angel#1
Elaine Lui	...	Elaine, Angel#3
Kwan Yeung	...	Drug Lord
Yukari Ôshima	...	Madame Yeoung / Sue (English version)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ting-Wai Chan
David Chiang	...	John Keung
Jang Lee Hwang	...	Chang Lung
Chung Lin	...	Torture Victim
Hsieh Wang

Also Known As:

Angel (Hong Kong: English title)
Angels
Fighting Madam (USA)
Iron Angels
Midnight Angels

Runtime:

93 min | Australia:88 min | UK:87 min

Country:

Hong Kong | Taiwan

Language:

Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

South Korea:15 | New Zealand:R18 | Australia:(Banned) (original rating) | UK:18 | Australia:R (re-rating after appeal) | Sweden:(Banned)

Filming Locations:

Bangkok, Thailand

Movie Connections:

Followed by Tian shi xing dong II zhi huo feng jiao long (1988)

Violence and Force

"Iron Angels 1": After a lot of Thailand's opium production is destroyed, the gangsters want vengeance on the police forces, and Madam Sue (Yukari Oshima) is the most merciless at that. She loves to torture guys in a cellar and kick the s**t out of everybody who doesn't successfully follow her orders. After a lot of agents were killed, members of a special branch called the "Angels" must try and stop Madam Sue's latest plan: a gold robbery.

Highly enjoyable action flick with memorable scenes like the violent fight between Mona (Moon Lee) and Sue at the factory, the trigger-happy Helen (Elaine Lui) wearing two bullet-belts while blasting her way through the enemies' headquarters like there's no tomorrow, their fellow agent Ken trusting his meditation technique to survive being buried alive, and last not least one of the most evil performances of Yukari Oshima ever. Oh, and then it's all for the gold bunnies!