Female Reporter (1989)
"Shi jie da shai" (original title)

Director:

Hoi Mang

Writers:

Hsi-shing Shen (screenplay), Sai Shing Sun (story)

Stars:

Cynthia Rothrock, Elizabeth Lee, Siu-hou Chin

Cast

Credited cast:
Cynthia Rothrock	...	Cindy
Elizabeth Lee	...	Judy Yu
Siu-hou Chin	...	Undercover Officer
Hoi Mang	...	Shorty (as Hoi Man)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Roy Chiao	...	Prosecutor Yu
Billy Chow	...	Billy Chow
Fat Chung	...	Break-and-Enter Thief
Jeffrey Falcon	...	Thug
Keith Kwan	...	Keith
Huang-hsi Liu
Vincent Lyn	...	Thug
Yung-chiang Peng
Po Tai	...	Turbo
James Tien	...	Assistant Prosecutor
Melvin Wong	...	Melvin Wong

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

counterfeit | undercover | hospital | reporter | newspaper | 

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Genres:

Action

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Details

Country:

USA Hong Kong

Language:

English Mandarin

Release Date:

28 April 1989 (Hong Kong)

Also Known As:

Lady Reporter

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bo Ho Film Company Ltd., Golden Harvest Company, Paragon Films Ltd.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The scene in which Cynthia Rothrock jumps from the burning building while holding a baby had to be filmed many times with Rothrock performing the stunt herself while wearing high heels. The night after filming, Rothrock experienced dizziness and was taken to a hospital where a physician declared her healthy but claimed the stunt had "jumbled" her internal organs.

User Reviews

Pure action movie

Blonde Fury is a pure, undiluted action movie, taking a thin plot and spicing it up with some easy to appreciate comedy and some kick ass action choreography. I think it's the only movie I've seen that was fully directed by one of my favourite action directors, Mang Hoi. He's the guy primarily responsible for the action in ROYAL WARRIORS and MAGNIFICENT WARRIORS, which feature some of my absolute favourite fight scenes. He brings with him quite the cast of fighters and stuntmen, and a few other respected HK actors to fill out the cast. The script puts Cynthia Rothrock undercover and on the case of some nasty counterfeiters, who have an unequal-opportunities employment scheme which dictates that all their employees be top martial artists. Bad for Cynthia, cool for us. The choreography is of that brutal late 80's HK style, where cast and stuntmen get crashed and smashed into anything on set for our entertainment. Fast, inventive, intricate and with a lot of genuine skill on display.

It's actually quite a good story too, in truth - overall implausible, but it all seems to kind of make sense when you're watching it, and there are some good characters. Cynthia herself is actually quite charming here, though that might be due to a particularly charismatic voice actress on the Mandarin dub track more than her natural charisma.

Not a complicated movie, but a greatly entertaining one - and a must see for anybody who needs a good fix of action HK golden age style!