Guardian Angel

1994

Action / Drama / Thriller

12
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 30% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 4.9/10 10 642 642

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878.32 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 35 min
Seeds 3
1.59 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 35 min
Seeds 6

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by paul_m_haakonsen 4 / 10

Nothing outstanding here...

I knew that the movie existed, but I never got around to watching it, as I were never much of a fan of Cynthia Rothrock. But I finally got around to watching it here in 2025, better late than never.I didn't harbor the biggest of expectations to the movie, as Cynthia Rothrock movies tend to be cut from the same stone. But perhaps writer Jacobsen Hart and director Richard W. Munchkin had something of a surprise in wait for me here.Writer Jacobsen Hart put together a rather bland and monotonous script for the movie. I have to admit that my attention on the narrative was fast waning as the movie trotted on and on. There wasn't much of anything overly interesting going on, aside from the occasional fight scene.The only familiar faces on the cast list for me was Cynthia Rothrock, Daniel McVicar and Robert Miano. The acting performances in the movie were okay, despite the fact that the script was subpar.Luckily there was a fair amount of fighting and action throughout the course of the movie, which helped keep the movie afloat and semi-watchable.This was, however, hardly a movie that warrants more than a single viewing.My rating of "Guardian Angel" lands on a generous four out of ten stars.
Reviewed by gridoon 6 / 10

"Guardian Angel" could possibly be the best of Cynthia Rothrock's early 90's low-budget American martial arts flicks, IF the whole movie was as good as its first half hour: during that time we get some dynamic fights, gunplay, a car chase, two car crashes, bad girls with guns, a tight plot, etc. But after Cynthia quits the police force and becomes a bodyguard, the film becomes repetitive and starts to drag. The absolutely gorgeous Lydie Denier (who really caught my eye in a couple of "Acapulco H.E.A.T" episodes I happened to watch) playing a truly evil bi*ch is a definite plus, but the lack of a proper showdown between her and Rothrock is a disappointment. The climax is a relatively large-scale speedboats-and-helicopter chase, but most of it appears to have been done by stunt doubles and is not very exciting. (**1/2)
Reviewed by BA_Harrison 5 / 10

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.
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