I watched THE BLONDE FURY (aka Lady Reporter) last night. I've only watched it once before (some twenty years back on German television!). This is Cynthia Rothrock's film and it's such an fun flick overall.
The plot is confused, her hairstyle changes from scene to scene (because there was a long gab in shooting the film) but, uh, it's not like we're not used to confused plots in HK films. Haha. The good, good man John Charles* starts off his review in the HK filography book this way: "Awful comedy relief and insipid dialogue detract severely from..." and gives it 4 stars out of 10 (which in regards to his star system renders the film worthwhile only to fans of the director/actors with low expectations!).
The US distributed version from Tai Seng; same cover but with an added sticker.I don't agree in reg. to THE BLONDE FURY, like I said it's such a fun movie. It's got violence, the usual kind of batshit crazy insanity we're used to with these films, and it's got Cynthia Rothrock in the middle of her best period film wise. And the film is funny too. Highly recommended (in my book anyway!).
Unfortunately BLONDE FURY is hard to find on DVD. The version I got hold of is the old Deltamac DVD from HK. Tai Seng distributed it in the US (reportedly under the alternative title. Interestingly enough, altho the print used for the HK DVD uses the BLONDE FURY title the alternative title is also added in a subtitle under the real title!?). However, despair not, you can get it on VCD from dddhouse and hopefully Fortune Star will rerelease it on DVD at some stage as well.
*John Charles is a "good, good man" cos he wrote "The Hong Kong Filmography 1977-1997". It's thee best HK film book ever. Even if he doesn't enjoy many of the "batshit crazy" films that I do. xD
I like this film too. In french it is called UNE FLIC DE CHOC 2. We can roughly say it means One Though Cop 2! It was released on DVD Zone 2 a few months ago as one title from a collection called "Hong Kong Boulevard". The price is really low, like a couple of euros... Technically, it's a great copy. But it has only french subtitles.
ReplyDeleteHey Johell!
ReplyDeleteSo it's released as a sequel on French DVD. What's the first film?
In the UK it came out as "Above the Law 2: The Blonde Fury". The first one is aka WRITING WRONGS.
Too bad it's not English friendly! Thanks for your comment, mate.
In France, the first one was also the fabulous WRITING WRONGS. In french it is called UNE FLIC DE CHOC. To this day, it's my favorite of Cynthia Rothrock films I've seen so far...
ReplyDeleteI've checked my DVD edition that i've got of THE BLONDE FURY and it has cantonese audio and no english subtitles, only french. No extras bonus. But I'm glad to have it in my collection! :)
Thanks, Johell. Hmm, for some reason it seems I've missed buying WRITING WRONGS!! I'll rectify that right away!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the info in BLONDE. My HK dvd is pretty alright picture quality wise. Lbx and English subs.