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A letdown, considering what it could have been, 2 September 2007

Author: gridoon

The title "Avenging Quartet" is a case of false advertising: in truth, Cynthia Khan and Moon Lee dominate about 90% of the running time, Michiko Nishiwaki pops up only periodically, and Yukari Oshima's part is basically an extended cameo. All the women look stunning (IMO the show is stolen by the adorable Moon and the sexy Michiko - there is a sharp contrast between these two types of women), but the story is slow, confusing and uninteresting, and the action is sparse until the explosive climactic "battle royale" inside a burning building. The movie has its moments (including a brief confrontation between Yukari and Michiko before they team up), but in between those moments it can be hard to sit through. And as the previous reviewer noted, the Ground Zero version of this movie, retitled "Tomb Raiders", is of very poor visual quality and should be avoided. (**)

1 out of 1 people found the following review useful:
Makes me wish I was in Hong Kong (may contain spoilers), 15 May 2005

Author: spywatcher459 from United States

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

I bought this movie from Suncoast which was titled "Tomb Raiders" and it had a double feature which included Godfather's Blues. I was tempted to eject this disc from my PS2 and trade it in to Blockbuster when I saw that the picture was a little too bright and there were times where the picture would fade out for a second and then be normal. My guess was that the company who did the transfer used video transfer from a dust-filled VCR, but I decided to just give it a shot, rather than let a few little glitches stop me. Needless to say, I'm glad I didn't sell it because I was amazed with the stunts, fight scenes and character development used for the characters. I also loved the locations that they used in Hong Kong. A scene with Moon at the movie theater, Cynthia walking alone near the Yin Yang club and the gym-fighting scene between Michiko and Yukari are just some of the great scenes shown in this movie. Seeing this movie just makes me wish I was in Hong Kong.

What I enjoyed most about this movie was the character development and the music used in the movie. The director devoted a lot of time to creating the characters for the actors and actresses to play and you can tell that each one has fun playing who they are. Cynthia was great as Chin, the Beijing military officer who is searching for the man she loves and looks great playing the lonely heroine. Moon does a great job as well, but she adds more flare and spice to the screen with her cute playful portrayal of Feng. Michiko and Yukari definitely prove they're a force to reckoned with as they portray Sen and Oshima, two femme fatales who are after a priceless painting that contains hidden secrets from the war. Waise Lee's character Hsiong, seems emotionless at times, but he kicks into hero mode near the end of the film and Chin Kar Lok adds comedy and action in his portrayal of Paul, a goofy Hong Kong cop with who has a thing for Moon's Feng. Also, the scenes where Cynthia and Moon talk about their boyfriends (not knowing that they're in love with the same man) is also memorable. These two girls chit chat, drink Bacardi together, fight together, play Nintendo together and even share the same bed (as friends). The way these two women acted in this movie, you'd almost think that they were sisters. Very well done indeed. It was good that the director focused more on character development than they did the actual plot of the movie.

The music was great too, had a few romance tunes and some suspenseful fight scene music and that made the movie great too. The action scenes are also superb as everybody goes into throw-down mode and beats down anyone stupid enough to get in their paths. It's a shame that the director, Stanley Wu didn't make more movies now after creating this gem.

Avenging Quartet is definitely a movie for the Guns-N-Girls genre and it shouldn't be passed up. But if you want to buy it, get the subtitled version for you VCD player or VHS. If you want a DVD copy, make sure that it's only the Avenging Quartet and not the double-feature one from ground-zero.net. The picture quality isn't all that good. Other than that, pop it into your DVD player and enjoy. You won't be disappointed.

1 out of 1 people found the following review useful:
This movie has been re-released, 4 May 2003
Author: richgei from Baltimore, MD, USA

A Hong Kong action movie being renamed? This must be a first! If you're interested in getting a copy, I found it as a Black Belt Theatre release on DVD. It's now entitled, "Tomb Raiders." However, there is no tomb and there are no raiders. Who cares! Anytime you put Michiko Nishiwaki, Yukari Oshima, Moon Lee and Cynthia Khan together in the same movie, it's worth seeing. There is a second title on this DVD, "Godfather's Daughter" starring Yukari. The title changed only slightly from the original "Godfather's Daughter, Mafia Blues."

Four great ladies in one movie, 16 February 2003
Author: sheenafilm from Hamburg, Germany

Four great ladies in one movie together, now if that's not a good reason to spend 90 minutes on front of your TV? My fave Cynthia Luster hasn't got the biggest role of the four, but the best fight scenes (one in a training room, one in a burning house!). The painting both the Chinese and Japanese agents are looking for is passed on from player to player like a football sometimes, the director doesn't take that too seriously and is focussing his attention on the - dare I say it - character development, including an ill-fated love interest. I voted 7/10.

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