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Yes, Madam
WHY'D I WATCH IT?
Chicken.
WHY ARE THERE NO SEQUELS!? Okay, there are sequels, but they're not REAL sequels, I'm talkin' about more Michelle Yeoh and Cynthia Rothrock kickin' ass together, there needs to be more of THAT.
Yes Madam A.K.A. Police Assassins A.K.A. In The Line of Duty A.K.A. Police Assassins 2 is a buddy cop movie where relatively peaceful Michelle Yeoh teams up with more aggressive Cynthia Rothrock to track down the killers of the former's husband. In the process they become embroiled in gang plot to silence a trio of comedy goons involved in petty theft and forgery who inadvertently come into possession of microfilm that contains incriminating evidence against them.
Right off the bat I can tell you that it suffers from an unfocused plot; there's way more attention paid to the comedy goons than our two leading ladies and the death of Michelle's husband is never mentioned again past the setup.
There's more than one tasteless molestation joke and continuity suffers when no one notices the back of a guy's head is supposed to have a fresh bullet hole in it or when Michelle and Cynthia (of course) quit the force and give up their guns only to show up armed in the next scene.
There's even one instance of a falling man getting hit by a bullet and suddenly rotating backwards in mid-air.
I'll even be so critical as to complain that there are only really two standout fight scenes in the whole movie outside the CRAZY OVER-THE-TOP opening, but I'd still say it's worth it.
It actually reminded me heavily of Commando which came out the same year, it just BLEEDS 80s cheese from the obvious speed ramping to the overacting to the one-liners to the synthwave background music. There's also a guy with a brutally fake mustache and eyebrows.
Even with only a couple brief tussles to bookend the actual fights, the fights themselves are all good, with the apartment fight mid-way through being particularly creative in it's environmental use and the final showdown kicking LOADS of ass with both Michelle and Cynthia pulling off some seriously wicked looking moves.
Most of the movie is comedic dicking around with the goons and it's entertaining enough to keep me engaged from the door-off-the-hinges opening to the nutso bonkers ending.
BUT, I have to say, there is something that everything else in this movie pales in comparison to... the dubbed Villain Laugh.
Final Verdict: [Pretty Good]
Yes, Madam
Martial Arts Action Comedy / Chinese / 1985
WHY'D I WATCH IT?
For the Action Movie Countdown.
Another recurring entry in action heroine lists.
WHAT'D I THINK? *SPOILERS*
Another recurring entry in action heroine lists.
WHAT'D I THINK? *SPOILERS*
"That's typical of women, always talking."
"That's right, that's why their tongues are much longer."
"AHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH!!!"
"That's right, that's why their tongues are much longer."
"AHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH!!!"
Chicken.
WHY ARE THERE NO SEQUELS!? Okay, there are sequels, but they're not REAL sequels, I'm talkin' about more Michelle Yeoh and Cynthia Rothrock kickin' ass together, there needs to be more of THAT.
Yes Madam A.K.A. Police Assassins A.K.A. In The Line of Duty A.K.A. Police Assassins 2 is a buddy cop movie where relatively peaceful Michelle Yeoh teams up with more aggressive Cynthia Rothrock to track down the killers of the former's husband. In the process they become embroiled in gang plot to silence a trio of comedy goons involved in petty theft and forgery who inadvertently come into possession of microfilm that contains incriminating evidence against them.
Right off the bat I can tell you that it suffers from an unfocused plot; there's way more attention paid to the comedy goons than our two leading ladies and the death of Michelle's husband is never mentioned again past the setup.
There's more than one tasteless molestation joke and continuity suffers when no one notices the back of a guy's head is supposed to have a fresh bullet hole in it or when Michelle and Cynthia (of course) quit the force and give up their guns only to show up armed in the next scene.
There's even one instance of a falling man getting hit by a bullet and suddenly rotating backwards in mid-air.
I'll even be so critical as to complain that there are only really two standout fight scenes in the whole movie outside the CRAZY OVER-THE-TOP opening, but I'd still say it's worth it.
It actually reminded me heavily of Commando which came out the same year, it just BLEEDS 80s cheese from the obvious speed ramping to the overacting to the one-liners to the synthwave background music. There's also a guy with a brutally fake mustache and eyebrows.
Even with only a couple brief tussles to bookend the actual fights, the fights themselves are all good, with the apartment fight mid-way through being particularly creative in it's environmental use and the final showdown kicking LOADS of ass with both Michelle and Cynthia pulling off some seriously wicked looking moves.
Most of the movie is comedic dicking around with the goons and it's entertaining enough to keep me engaged from the door-off-the-hinges opening to the nutso bonkers ending.
BUT, I have to say, there is something that everything else in this movie pales in comparison to... the dubbed Villain Laugh.