Lady Reporter

1989 [CANTONESE]

Action / Comedy

6
IMDb Rating 6.0/10 10 777 777

women fighters female reporter reporter female lead

Plot summary

Cindy, an American FBI agent, travels to Hong Kong to investigate a newspaper editor, Ronny Dak, who is suspected of printing counterfeit money using the newspaper’s presses. The American teams up with a rival reporter and her friend Yu, an undercover law enforcer. Cindy’s investigation takes a sharp turn, however, when Yu’s father, the prosecuting lawyer in the counterfeiting case, is kidnapped.

Director

Hoi Mang Photo
Hoi Mang

Top cast

Vincent Lyn Photo
Vincent Lyn as Thug
Cynthia Rothrock Photo
Cynthia Rothrock as Cindy
Siu Tak-Foo Photo
Siu Tak-Foo as Dak's Thug
Roy Chiao Photo
Roy Chiao as Prosecutor Yu
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
803.58 MB
1280*692
Cantonese 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 27 min
Seeds 3
1.46 GB
1920*1038
Cantonese 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 27 min
Seeds 6

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by DanTheMan2150AD 6 / 10

Worth it for Rothrock

When your film opens on shots of 80s New York playing to the tune of not quite Crockett's Theme by Jan Hammer, you know the filmmakers were cooking.Blonde Fury aka Lady Reporter has the unique distinction of being the first and only time a Western actress has ever had lead billing in a Hong Kong film, with Cynthia Rothrock turning in a fun and charismatic performance to boot. Blending the hard-hitting style of Corey Yuen and the graceful acrobatic choreography of Mang Hoi into a movie that's tremendous fun but sloppily put together. The story is way too convoluted for its own good supported by way too many characters, although the performances from its cast are deliciously hammy in particular Roy Chiao and Ronny Yu, they just lobbied with some pretty awful dialogue. Despite its issues, Blonde Fury hits that sweet spot of the 80s and 90s Hong Kong cinema, taking the very rough with the very smooth, not all the comedic beats land but the punches certainly do.
Reviewed by coltras35 5 / 10

Blonde Fury

Cynthia Rothrock is Cindy, an FBI agent sent undercover in Hong Kong to crack a counterfeiting ring. She pretends to be a reporter to bag the bad guy, but runs afoul of a mousy rival reporter (Mang Hoi), a cop disguised as an insurance agent (Chin Siu-Ho), and various kung-fu baddies (including Billy Chow). She also incurs the ire of the local cops, and even her pal Yu (Elizabeth Lee), who thought she was just a buddy and not an undercover law enforcer. However, all manufactured conflicts are derailed when Yu's dad (Roy Chiao), the prosecuting lawyer in the counterfeiting case, gets kidnapped. Fighting and mayhem ensues.A couple of entertaining action sequences, such as on some bamboo scaffolding, as well as a short brawl between Rothrock and Billy Chow, are the main attraction in this fairly decent HK entry, though the pace can meander halfway and it is steeped with too much talk. This is a rare moment where Cynthia Rothrock has a starring role in a HK production and she pulls it off with ease. She has some charm, a presence and a sense of energy but it's her fighting that is really a highlight. Not remarkable, but passable.
Read more IMDb reviews

3 Comments

Be the first to leave a comment