Guardian Angel AKA Beyond Justice (1994)

A wealthy playboy hires an attractive woman detective, turned bodyguard, to protect him from a psychotic seductress; the same woman who killed the detective's lover just months before.

Director:

Richard W. Munchkin

Writer:

Joe Hart (as Jacobsen Hart)

Stars:

Cynthia Rothrock, Daniel McVicar, Lydie Denier

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Cynthia Rothrock	...	McKay
Daniel McVicar	...	Hobbs
Lydie Denier	...	Nina
Marshall R. Teague	...	Nick (as Marshall Teague)
Ken McLeod	...	Ostendorf
John O'Leary	...	Clayton
Anna Dalva	...	Goddard
Robert Miano	...	David
Brian Brophy	...	Slick
Matthew Walker	...	Lippy
Art Camacho	...	Jimmy Lee
Dan Doherty	...	Issac
Dale Jacoby	...	Nina's Partner
Bela Lehoczky	...	Hohnbaum (as Bela Leholczky)
Richard W. Munchkin	...	Richman

Storyline

Christine McKay is a cop. She and some other cops which includes her lover are pursuing some criminals. Her lover gets killed by a woman named Nina, who is later caught. Because of his death McKay leaves the force. A few months later a man named Hobbs calls McKay. When she goes to see him, he tells her he wants to hire her to protect him. It seems that Nina is his ex and he tells her she escaped. And Hobbs is worried she's coming for him. McKay goes to check it out and finds out it's true. She then goes back to Hobbs and finds Nina there but she doesn't do anything, instead she's looking for something but Hobbs claims not to know what she's talking about. So McKay stays to protect Hobbs and to get Nina.

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Plot Keywords:

murder of a police officer | shooting a police officer | police officer | police officer killed | police officer shot | 

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Taglines:

A bodyguard with her own kind of justice...

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Thriller

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Certificate:

R

Did You Know?

Goofs

In the scene where McKay is being dragged behind a horse Rothrock's body double has both longer and darker hair than Rothrock.

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Connections

Featured in Movie Nights: Guardian Angel (2011)

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Soundtracks

SHE'S HOME
Performed by Stanley T.
Music and Lyrics by Ed Berghoff and Stanley T.
Ed's Up Music BMI
Stanley T.-Songs BMI
All rights reserved, used by permission only ©

User Reviews

A dachshund puts in one of the film's better performances.

I was a big fan of martial arts star Cynthia Rothrock during the '80s (In the Line of Duty 2, Above The Law, Shanghai Express), but stopped following her career soon after she left the Hong Kong movie scene to make films in the States. Guardian Angel makes me think that I didn't miss much.

In this mediocre martial arts action flick from director Richard W. Munchkin, Rothrock plays tough policewoman Christine McKay, who gives up law enforcement to become a bodyguard after her fiancé is fatally shot in the line of duty. When millionaire playboy Lawton Hobbs (Daniel McVicar) calls McKay looking for protection from an obsessive ex-girlfriend, little does she realise that the woman in question is Nina (Lydie Denier), the psychotic counterfeiter who killed her lover in cold blood.

This weak plot offers little in the way of ingenuity, meaning that the film is only as good as its action scenes. As usual, Rothrock's agility compensates for her wooden acting, but Munchkin's uninspired direction does the star few favours; the same can be said of her awful wardrobe, which includes a really nasty pair of baggy denim jeans with stone washed areas on the seat that are far from flattering.

After lots of so-so bouts of kicking and punching (plus plenty more fashion disasters from all concerned), the film wraps matters up with a mediocre chase scene involving a jet-ski, a helicopter, and a pair of speedboats.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 November 1994 (USA)

Also Known As:

Guardian Angel AKA Beyond Justice

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Gross USA:

$252,009

Company Credits

Production Co:

PM Entertainment Group

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color