Yes, Madam (1985) Or In The Line Of Duty II: Super Cops, the English dub available on Tubi.
A Hong Kong martial arts action flick that announced Michelle Yeoh to the world in her first leading role, and brings in Cynthia Rothrock for her first international starring role. Both Yeoh and Rothrock are sporting 1980s fashions, short hair with a slight mullet at the back, popped collars, blouses and pant suits. What they’re really showing off are their martial arts moves and surviving the Hong Kong stunt-person game. East meets West, a Hong Kong inspector and a Scotland Yard detective teaming up together to crack a case and defeat a wealthy villain often laughing to his henchmen.
Despite the focus on Yeoh in the lead, and the promise in the posters of the two female cops going all Streets Of Rage, I was surprised to find the film still retains the misogyny of the time and gives more focus to a bumbling trio of male crooks who accidentally swipe important evidence from a murdered British official. I was expecting more ‘buddy cop’ interplay between Yeoh and Rothrock, and despite a disagreement about their interrogation styles, they are mainly in sync and hover around the sidelines with their arms crossed. However I did enjoy seeing HK director Tsui Hark (Once Upon A Time In China, Double Team) play one of the thieves, a shady operator/comic relief who gets into scrapes within his cramped apartment, vibing like a lowlife Jerry Lewis while having an English dub that makes him sound like a Wacky Races cartoon character.
Still, the action and stunt-work in a Hong Kong programmer reigns supreme, particularly the climactic showdown in the villain’s open plan house where Yeoh and Rothrock are really let loose to strut their stuff.
Recommended.
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