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Female Reporter

Original title: Shi jie da shai
  • 19891989
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
354
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Cynthia Rothrock in Female Reporter (1989)
ActionComedy
Rothrock stars as Cindy, an American FBI agent who travels to Hong Kong to arrest a criminal newspaper editor, Ronny Dak (filmmaker Ronny Yu) who prints counterfeit money using the newspaper... Read allRothrock stars as Cindy, an American FBI agent who travels to Hong Kong to arrest a criminal newspaper editor, Ronny Dak (filmmaker Ronny Yu) who prints counterfeit money using the newspaper's presses (a dubious notion, but storyline is not the film's strong point). While investi... Read allRothrock stars as Cindy, an American FBI agent who travels to Hong Kong to arrest a criminal newspaper editor, Ronny Dak (filmmaker Ronny Yu) who prints counterfeit money using the newspaper's presses (a dubious notion, but storyline is not the film's strong point). While investigating Dak's crimes, Cindy hooks up with her old friend Judy Yu (Elizabeth Lee), an underc... Read all
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
354
YOUR RATING
    • Hoi Mang
    • Sai-Shing Shum(screenplay)
    • Michael Swift(dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Cynthia Rothrock
    • Siu-Ho Chin
    • Hoi Mang
    • Hoi Mang
    • Sai-Shing Shum(screenplay)
    • Michael Swift(dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Cynthia Rothrock
    • Siu-Ho Chin
    • Hoi Mang
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    • 6User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
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    Cynthia Rothrock
    Cynthia Rothrock
    • Cindy
    Siu-Ho Chin
    Siu-Ho Chin
    • Undercover Officer
    Hoi Mang
    Hoi Mang
    • Shorty
    • (as Hoi Man)
    Elizabeth Lee
    Elizabeth Lee
    • Judy Yu
    • (as Lee Mei Fung)
    Ronny Yu
    Ronny Yu
    • Ronny Dak
    Melvin Wong
    Melvin Wong
    • Melvin Wong
    Wu Ma
    Wu Ma
    • Shorty's Dad
    Tai-Bo
    Tai-Bo
    • Turbo
    Roy Chiao
    Roy Chiao
    • Prosecutor Yu
    Margret Miu
    Fat Chung
    Fat Chung
    • Break-and-Enter Thief
    Keith Kwan
    Keith Kwan
    • Keith
    Jeffrey Falcon
    Jeffrey Falcon
    • Thug
    • (as Jeff Falcon)
    Vincent Lyn
    Vincent Lyn
    • Thug
    Billy Chow
    Billy Chow
    • Billy Chow
    Huang-Hsi Liu
    Yun-Chiang Peng
    Yun-Chiang Peng
    James Tien
    James Tien
    • Assistant Prosecutor
      • Hoi Mang
      • Sai-Shing Shum(screenplay) (story)
      • Michael Swift(dialogue) (english version)
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    • 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.
    • Goofs
      The engine noise of Cindy's Ford Escort XR3i Cabriolet, when it zooms through several shots, sound far differently to the Ford CVH of the actual car, indicating that the engine noise has been dubbed over.
    • Connections
      Featured in Films of Fury: The Kung Fu Movie Movie (2011)

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    8/10
    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!
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    • simon_booth
    • Jul 21, 2002

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    • Release date
      • April 28, 1989 (Hong Kong)
      • United States
      • Hong Kong
      • English
      • Mandarin
      • Cantonese
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    • Production companies
      • Golden Harvest Company
      • Bo Ho Film Company Ltd.
      • Paragon Films Ltd.
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    • 1 hour 30 minutes
      • Color
      • Mono

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