She Shoots Straight
CAST

Joyce Godenzi
Tony Leung Kar Fei
Carina Lau
Yuen Wah
Sammo Hung
Sandra Ng
Angile Leung
Sarah Lee
Yuen Wah

ACTION
Yuen Kwai
Sammo Hung
Meng Hoi
Yuen Tak
WRITER

Barry Wong
Yuen Gai Chi

PRODUCER
Sammo Hung
Chan Pooi Wa
DIRECTOR

Yuen Kwai

RATING
   She Shoots Straight
She Shoots Straight
AKA : Lethal Lady
Year : 1990     Reviewer : Tony Ryan

After having previously had small but impressive roles in earlier films such as 'Eastern Condors', directed by husband Sammo Hung, Joyce Godenzi (often called Mina) starred in this impressive action flick as a tough cop on the trail of some violent drug smugglers. This is very reminiscent of earlier femme fatale flicks such as 'Yes, Madam' and 'Royal Warriors' just falling short of those 2 classics.

 

 

A simple and fast moving story about a tough female cops, is told with style, if not great direction, by Yuen Kwai; the director of other classic action flicks such as 'Righting Wrongs' and 'Hero'. Here he gets the best out of the whole cast, especially an inexperienced Godenzi.

 

 

Mina's more Western looks come from her Australian father, and her beauty made her a Miss Hong Kong in 1986, with Michelle Yeoh having held the same honour in Malaysia. Like Miss Yeoh, Mina had never been formally trained in martial arts so was pushed to the limit by Dick Wei in order to look good on screen. The training paid off, as she impresses almost as much as Yeoh and Rothrock did a few years earlier.

 

 

Although the film failed at the box office, which is probably more to do with her 'frowned-upon' relationship with Sammo, there is much to enjoy here as the film contains some enjoyable drama as well as neatly choreographed action. A worthy addition to the DVD rack for any fan of 80's style femme fatale flicks.

Distributor : Hong Kong Legends
Region : 2 (PAL)
Running Time : 89 mins
Video :
Letterboxed at 1.85:1 with anamorphic availability. Quality wise, this is another decent effort from HKL with a noticeable improvement in the colour scheme (especially flesh tones) and detail levels, as well as the removal of all print damage. On the downside, the contrast is perhaps a little too dark in places and there is still quite a high amount of grain in evidence throughout.
Audio :
DD 5.1 Cantonese, English or mono Cantonese soundtracks with removable English subtitles.
Extras :
- Joyce Godenzi biography
- Hong Kong heroines gallery
- Sammo Hung soundbite
- Battling Babes featurette
- Original trailer and UK promo for 'She Shoots Straight'
- Trailers for 'Naked Weapon', 'Seoul Raiders', 'The Killer', 'The Master', 'City On Fire', 'Police Assassins', 'Wheels On Meals' and 'Millionaires' Express'
Notes :
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