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China O'Brien (1990)

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China O'brien; big city police woman; martial arts trainer, is forced to hand in her badge and head home to her father and the small town where she grew up. The peaceful town she knew is ... See full summary »

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Cynthia Rothrock ...
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Keith Cooke ...
Doug Wright ...
Termite
Nijel ...
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Arturo Rivera ...
Oscar
Scott McMillan ...
Police Captain
Patrick Adamson ...
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David Blackwell ...
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Chad Walker ...
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Stanton Davis ...
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Robert Tiller ...
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Lainie Watts ...
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Jaren Harbrecht ...
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Rip Black ...
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China O'brien; big city police woman; martial arts trainer, is forced to hand in her badge and head home to her father and the small town where she grew up. The peaceful town she knew is now struggling against the clutches of organized crime. When her father, the town sheriff, is killed China decides to run for his position and clean up the town. The poll results spark a series of confrontations that finally decide who runs the town . . . Written by Mark Harding <mah@imdb.com>

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The scene in which Cynthia Rothrock rides a car down the street to promote her running for sheriff was filmed during an actual parade in Utah; the spectators, organizers, and press were not alerted to this, and the local radio station reported her fictional run for sheriff as fact despite not knowing who she was. See more »

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"Distant Storm"
Performed by TESS MAKES GOOD, vocals by Tori Amos
Words and Music by David Wheatley and Paul F.Antonelli
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It's Walking Tall in heels.
22 December 2010 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

China O'Brien stars Cynthia Rothrock as a big city gendarme who returns to her itty bitty home town when her father decides to retire as the local sheriff. Of course, the bad guys give him a dose of the ol' Lead Pension plan and before you can say Hackneyed Plot Point China is running for sheriff so she can bring in the desperados who gunned her Daddy down! She joins forces with that same Australian karate guy thats shows up in most of her movies(like Tiger Claws) and a one handed, motor cycle riding Indian kid who had a hand chopped off by the same guys what iced Daddy O'Brien.(These evil dudes are busy. Maybe the local Villains Union is understaffed) Everything is pretty typical and if you like Cynthia then you'll most likely enjoy this flick. However, if you aren't more than a casual fan of the star or genre, look elsewhere. The acting is waaaay too stiff. If the actors had lightened up and Rothrock was allowed to show some personality and charm the movie could have had some genuine appeal. That's all it needed.


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