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Bella Esperance | ... |
Susan
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Hengky Tornando | ... |
Allan
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Thomas Forcher | ... |
John Galagher
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Piet Burnama | ... |
Grand Father
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Advent Bangun | ... |
Ringo
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Diaz Tangkilisan | ... |
Boy
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H.I.M. Damsyik | ... |
Chin
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Henry Surentu | ... |
Sonny
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Syarief Friant | ... |
Marco
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Gino Makasutji | ... |
Andre
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Tanaka | ... |
Hans
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Anto Chaniago | ... |
Security Guard
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An ex-CIA agent (Kathy Gallagher) living in Indonesia tracks Ludvig Hauptman, the arms dealer who killed her husband. Along the way, she meets a young boy and his grandfather, who teach her in the ways of the Lady Dragon.
I am under the impression that in most of the films they have made together, Cynthia Rothrock and Richard Norton are partners; "Lady Dragon" twists that situation around - this time they are opponents. And they are both at the peak of their physical powers: Cynthia looks amazingly flexible, and her acting is better than usual as well, and Richard is just highly enjoyable as the villain (after setting a man on fire, he says to his henchmen: "Don't just stand there. Put him out before he ruins the lawn!"). The story is just a standard revenge tale
- I think the main "inspiration" here was Jean-Claude Van Damme's
"Kickboxer". There is also a kung-fu kid, a sensuous mistress for Norton, a wise old Oriental master (of course!), and a wild cars-vs.-motorcycle chase. "Lady Dragon" is no masterpiece, but for low-budget American / Indonesian martial-arts fare, it's above-average. (**1/2)