If you want to see more from the Girls With Guns genre, check out films like Yes, Madam! as well as the In The Line Of Duty series. Bonus: Check out the Tiger Cage Trilogy as well. These films are nuts, but nothing will ever beat Fatal Termination. Moon Lee fans, where you at?
Some more Hong Kong action would be welcome. I think you might want to check out Peacock King, good mix of HK action and Evil Dead. You can find plenty of info on these films at the HKMDB. Cheers
And for anime fans there is Noir, Madlax, and El Bruja de la something or rather. . .for the full name of the third series do a search for 'Anime Girls with gun trilogy.'. .I swear anime/manga titles are either the easiest names to remember or you need the Enigma coding machine from WW 2 to figure it out.
In a fairly typical Hong Kong move, 'Moon' is played by Moon Lee and 'Elaine' by Elaine Lui, continuing the grand tradition of Jackie Chan playing a character called 'Jackie' in almost all of his movies.
That's mostly in the English dubbed versions because the English voice actors have a hard time pronouncing the characters' Cantonese names which could be quite the tongue twister. In the original Cantonese version their names are different.
@@richconroy5559 We might start to get more. It was hard to get most of Michelle Yeoh's most notable films until Everything Everywhere gave her massive mainstream attention once again and you started seeing releases happen from the usual boutique labels. Criterion even put out The Heroic Trio. 88 Films seems the most likely to release more of them since they've been doing a bunch of other girls with guns films, but I think she's lower on the priority list.
@Belgand I fully believe that the In the Line of Duty box set was released simply because I bought a bootleg of Royal Warriors three weeks to its announcement! You're welcome everybody
'they use their phones anyway despite being about 50 feet away from each other' That's actually realistic. I've seen people do that. So this would make it quite prescient in hindsight.
Cynthia Luster a.k.a. Yukari Ôshima, who plays the vilainess, is from Sonny Chiba's Japan Action Club. Before her prolific career in Hong Kong, she portrayed one of the recurring vilainess in the sentai series "Bioman".
I've seen most of Yukari's movies. She's incredible. ❤ I'd love to see a cage match arranged between Yukari and Brie Larson. Brie would last ten seconds! 😁
Even a lower tier HK action flick is amazing. Nothing like a Moon Lee flick to unwind to. My favorite Girls With Guns flicks are Angel Terminators 2 and She Shoots Straight.
Glad to see you covering some Hong Kong action. That Suge Knight reference got me good. That last fight with Yukari Oshima and Moon Lee has to be the hardest fight I've seen with two girls. Yukari was probably the best one to come out of this genre.
I like the mixture of the quieter espionage scenes with the all out action, it's a nice balance, not every scene have to be bombastic, that's usually how most old HK action movies go in terms of flow.
I’m not somebody that makes a lot of comments - maybe 20 ever in as many years. But this is bothering me. Your videos keep getting knocked out of my algorithm! I am subscribed, I watch often, I have the bell checked and all that. It’s just that several weeks or even months go by, and I’m reminded within myself “oh geese, I’ve not seen that funny Canadian reactionist in a bit” and that’s how I RE-Find your channel a handful of times a year. What gives?!
Brandon, if you’re up to getting random recommendations from peeps in your comments sections, I highly recommend the Hong Kong movie Human Lanterns; it’s basically a Shaw Brothers kung-fu film mixed with a light layer of cannibal horror More people need to be exposed to it, dammit
It's a great movie, but I think The Boxer's Omen is still one of the most notable from that wave of early '80s Hong Kong black magic films. Pretty much everything Kuei Chih-Hung directed between 1980 and '83.
I love the girls with guns genre. I’m glad to see this type of film on your channel and I hope you do more in the future. Moon Lee and Yukari Oshima two great Hong Kong action movie actresses of the era.
the more accurate translation of the title should be "Operation Angel" or something like that. Also 16:41, realistic physics in an action movie, so visceral.
Brandon. You might know the guy who plays "Charlie". He is Shaw Bros. legend David Chiang, who you might know from Hammer Films "Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires", among other amazing kung Fu movies.
3:24 "DAMN! Those drugs weren't supposed to light up until AFTER we sold them!" 10:18 Ah, charging the gate and honking the horn. Very subtle. 14:44 The "Ovaltine" bit from "A Christmas Story" never gets old. 18:05 Lesbian Vampires?! Is it "Hammer Time" again already?
Hope you do the sequels someday. Man, the Turtles in Time music was very spot on, did Konami watch this movie one day, heard that music sound & decided to mix that one with the TMNT theme for the game?! 😜 Also, you look like your normal self again, last time you looked just like that Linkara guy & had kittens 😜😂
It's great to see you reviewing 80's HK GWG movies (I know, but shortening to initials saves time and space!), and Midnight Angels is one of my favorites. 😃 A couple of more great movies where Moon and Yukari are both good girls kicking butt are Mission of Justice and Beauty Investigator. Check em out! 😁
Awesome review. I don't think I've ever heard of this one. Dose look like what you'd expect from a Hong Kong action movie, even if the big shootout was in the middle of the movie instead of the ending. Hope to see the sequels done at some point.
I was like, at first, is this a sequel to Midnight Angel's? No, it's just an alternative title, lol. Good cause I really like this one. I'm glad I got it on VHS
I swear, when Brandon says Hong Kong action, i just hear Honk Honk action and half expect to see clowns doing kong fu, shooting guns and just absolutely avalanching out of a tiny Volkswagen :P
Do you like girls AND guns? Well this movie's got ya covered!
If you want to see more from the Girls With Guns genre, check out films like Yes, Madam! as well as the In The Line Of Duty series. Bonus: Check out the Tiger Cage Trilogy as well. These films are nuts, but nothing will ever beat Fatal Termination. Moon Lee fans, where you at?
Please do more Hong Kong cult movies!
You should review 1977's "The Deadly Angels." Hard to find but much better than this shit. Worth the trouble of getting a copy.
Some more Hong Kong action would be welcome. I think you might want to check out Peacock King, good mix of HK action and Evil Dead. You can find plenty of info on these films at the HKMDB.
Cheers
And for anime fans there is Noir, Madlax, and El Bruja de la something or rather. . .for the full name of the third series do a search for 'Anime Girls with gun trilogy.'. .I swear anime/manga titles are either the easiest names to remember or you need the Enigma coding machine from WW 2 to figure it out.
In a parallel universe, there is a TH-camr named Lewis Tenold who reviews Obscure Horror Comic Books while wearing a Fedora and brown trench coat.
Oh, so you’ve seen that Universe too?!
Well shit, I thought I was just having a Fever Dream!
Don't associate Brandon with that creep, please.
Question does he like the green MnM
Who into green m&ms
@@Tricks213.Lewis
In a fairly typical Hong Kong move, 'Moon' is played by Moon Lee and 'Elaine' by Elaine Lui, continuing the grand tradition of Jackie Chan playing a character called 'Jackie' in almost all of his movies.
Or as we Americans call it, The Danza.
That's mostly in the English dubbed versions because the English voice actors have a hard time pronouncing the characters' Cantonese names which could be quite the tongue twister. In the original Cantonese version their names are different.
This reminds me of the outtakes from Rush hour 2
“Kick it Jackie” 😂
3:44 "They are carrying samurai swords, so I get to do this."
While skewering is okay, I was really hoping Brandon was setting up... "DECAPITA-TION!!"
Right??
Moon Lee’s the queen of the girls with guns movies. Honestly shocked you haven’t covered more of her films. She’s a cult film icon.
Seriously. Cynthia Rothrock and Meiko Kaji as well.
More of her movies need to come out on Blu-ray. Somebody's got to be working on that right
@@richconroy5559 We might start to get more. It was hard to get most of Michelle Yeoh's most notable films until Everything Everywhere gave her massive mainstream attention once again and you started seeing releases happen from the usual boutique labels. Criterion even put out The Heroic Trio.
88 Films seems the most likely to release more of them since they've been doing a bunch of other girls with guns films, but I think she's lower on the priority list.
@Belgand I fully believe that the In the Line of Duty box set was released simply because I bought a bootleg of Royal Warriors three weeks to its announcement! You're welcome everybody
Sibelle Hu and Cynthia Khan as well
I won't lie, Iron Angels is a sick title. 🤩
Agreed.
It's sounds like it could've been a Golden Hero
Sounds so much like a 40k title.
@@Mugen0445 I think Space Marines are called that sometimes.
It could be either a 80's movie or 80's girl metal band
Ending reminds me of The Raid. I love when the villain is so strong the heroes need a numbers advantage to fight him.
Oh, awesome...now I have 'Against the Ninja' stuck in my head.
Again.
When I first heard it, I thought it sounded a lot like Pat Benatar.
Charlie's Angel + Yes Ma'am × Video Game OST = Iron Angels.
7:04 "Look! It's Raph!"
"Yeah...a little TOO Raph!"
Yep Chuck E. Cheese was in Hong Kong from the mid 80's to the late 80's. Didn't last very long.
Maybe it needed a better movie to advertise it.
@@jesusromanpadro3853 Like a kids movie? Good thinking, hindsight is 20/20. I giggled for minutes, thank you.
I heard they couldn't get insured after all the constant shoot outs and martial arts fights.
@@scockery Good one
'they use their phones anyway despite being about 50 feet away from each other' That's actually realistic. I've seen people do that. So this would make it quite prescient in hindsight.
Cynthia Luster a.k.a. Yukari Ôshima, who plays the vilainess, is from Sonny Chiba's Japan Action Club. Before her prolific career in Hong Kong, she portrayed one of the recurring vilainess in the sentai series "Bioman".
a.k.a. the haunter of my dreams
She's also the "dude looks like a lady" villain from Riki-Oh.
I've seen most of Yukari's movies. She's incredible. ❤ I'd love to see a cage match arranged between Yukari and Brie Larson. Brie would last ten seconds! 😁
@@B.-T.That movie is ALMOST as strange as some films Yukari made in the Phillipines. Honestly!
@@charlesws7825 That's a weird fantasy to have. You might want to talk to a therapist about it, it sounds reeeeeeeally unhealthy.
Even a lower tier HK action flick is amazing. Nothing like a Moon Lee flick to unwind to. My favorite Girls With Guns flicks are Angel Terminators 2 and She Shoots Straight.
Great! "Charlie" is played by David Chiang, one of my favorite Shaw Brothers actors.
From, uh... "Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires"??
@@ConstantineFurman Allegedly, LEGEND was one of the very few movies where David Chiang was heard speaking in his own voice!
Glad to see you covering some Hong Kong action. That Suge Knight reference got me good. That last fight with Yukari Oshima and Moon Lee has to be the hardest fight I've seen with two girls. Yukari was probably the best one to come out of this genre.
I'm gonna take a-WILD-guess here and say I believe a lot of the actors were hurt and injured during the filming of this movie. Just my thoughts. LOL.
I like the mixture of the quieter espionage scenes with the all out action, it's a nice balance, not every scene have to be bombastic, that's usually how most old HK action movies go in terms of flow.
I’m not somebody that makes a lot of comments - maybe 20 ever in as many years. But this is bothering me. Your videos keep getting knocked out of my algorithm! I am subscribed, I watch often, I have the bell checked and all that. It’s just that several weeks or even months go by, and I’m reminded within myself “oh geese, I’ve not seen that funny Canadian reactionist in a bit” and that’s how I RE-Find your channel a handful of times a year. What gives?!
The final fight between Moon Lee and Yukari Oshima in this film is legendary. One of several of their great showdowns.
@15:57 Brandon, did you notice that the park fight scene between Neo and Smith in the 2nd Matrix film pays homage to this scene.
3:08 I like how all the men in the field teleport away just before the explosion! 🤣
It is always a great day when Brandon drops a new video.
Man, I'd like to see Brandon review Lady RoboCop one day.
I fully expect it's definitely happening, Brandon's just waiting for a RoboCop-style film to be released by Hollywood he can time the review with.
Do you mean Lady Battle Cop?
Hell, do a double feature with I Love Maria? :)
@@charlesshadid1890 Most likely, random fun fact: Keita Amemiya deisgned that suit.
@@charlesshadid1890 Yeah, that one lol. But honestly, I ain't too far off with that initial title.
So happy you are covering this genre. So many great films and stars from this era.
So great to finally see you get into the sub-genre. Hopefully there will be plenty more Moon Lee films to come.
Yeah, Friday with Brandon. Luv from Sweden
Brandon, if you’re up to getting random recommendations from peeps in your comments sections, I highly recommend the Hong Kong movie Human Lanterns; it’s basically a Shaw Brothers kung-fu film mixed with a light layer of cannibal horror
More people need to be exposed to it, dammit
Fantastic film indeed.
I'm pretty sure he only takes requests from Patreon, which is fair.
It's a great movie, but I think The Boxer's Omen is still one of the most notable from that wave of early '80s Hong Kong black magic films. Pretty much everything Kuei Chih-Hung directed between 1980 and '83.
@@Belgand Sounds like I should see that one pronto
Yeah I watched that one for the first time a couple months ago, it's great
Awesome! Love this movie! Make more HK action reviews, especially girls with guns and ninja movies!
I love the girls with guns genre. I’m glad to see this type of film on your channel and I hope you do more in the future. Moon Lee and Yukari Oshima two great Hong Kong action movie actresses of the era.
Say, isn't Moon played by the same actress who played Reporter Girl in "The Seventh Curse"?
New Space Ice AND Brandon Tenold? Life is good, today.
the more accurate translation of the title should be "Operation Angel" or something like that.
Also 16:41, realistic physics in an action movie, so visceral.
The nightclub is called "Suzy Wong"? It's an insult in Hong Kong. It's used for a Chinese woman who dates a white, Caucasian man.
As opposed to an Asian man from the Caucases I suppose?
The music also sounded a lot like the theme of Knight Rider.
SUMMON THE HOFF!
You've introduced me to so many movies I've never heard of or haven't seen for a very long time. Thank you for that.
This is one of my favourite martial arts film series. Iron angels 3 is my favourite of the series.
Lesbian vampire movie? That's actually a broader genre than I initially suspected.
You can't go wrong with "girls with guns" in Hong Kong flicks.
These films put those "Charlie Angels" movies to shame. 😅
So choreographed almost like ballet.
Thanks!
Wicked YTV shirt, my dude. :D 11:00 That lady totally went in for a Patrick Swayze-esque throat rip!! SICK!!!
Love Yukari Oshima! She is basically the female Jackie Chan.
Brandon. You might know the guy who plays "Charlie". He is Shaw Bros. legend David Chiang, who you might know from Hammer Films "Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires", among other amazing kung Fu movies.
"Girls with Guns" ... that reminds me of a Korean movie or mini-series called "Killer Girl K"
Hats off to the many stunt performers who gave their lives to make the movie. I'm not entirely sure that they used blanks!
Was anyone else a little disturbed by the fact that Interpol killed a child in the opening and it was never addressed?
At the risk of sounding like a yucky fanboy; but you're one of the few reviewers whose video I give a Like first and watch second.
Friday night entertainment sorted, cheers Brandon...
Ah, Hong Kong action films. The greaatest genre. Yes, Madam would be a fun video to do. It kinda feels like 2 different movies.
16:43! Goddamn! That Throw look like it Hurt! 😱😮
So awesome!!! Thank you Mr. Tenold!!!! I'm so excited for the vampire genre!!!! You rock!
We need a Brandon Tenold plushie
Very nice use of fast as a shark by accept lol
That YTV T-shirt brings back some memories. Those Halloween marathons of "Are you afraid of the dark".
Dai does actually mean big. No joke.
Okay. You convinced me to find this movie and watch it.
Absolutely love the YTV shirt my man
I kept rewinding to the ending fight so this video took an extra 2min to watch. That was sick!
I love this Channel! Awesome movies, hilarious commentary, keep it up Brandon!
3:24 "DAMN! Those drugs weren't supposed to light up until AFTER we sold them!"
10:18 Ah, charging the gate and honking the horn. Very subtle.
14:44 The "Ovaltine" bit from "A Christmas Story" never gets old.
18:05 Lesbian Vampires?! Is it "Hammer Time" again already?
That butt-sliding down a staircase while firing a machine gun bit looked pretty awesome.
AGREED. I also liked that scene too.
This reminds me... You should do Twins Effect, I was obsessed with that movie for a while, and I think you would love it.
No mention of how we see the wire on Yukari Oshima at 11:08?
Elaine Lui was really good in Yuen Woo Ping's Red Wolf(1995).
I loved all those HK action kick and shoot flicks ... all the Red Force, Iron Angels, Ultra Force, Yes Madam ... best best best :-)
"I wanna see Madam Yung."
Super easy. Barely an inconvenience.
This movie looks preposterously entertaining in the best sort of way.
RESPECT FROM SCOTLAND BRANDON....👊🏴 i enjoy binge watching yer videos m8
after see this video I wonder when will you do (1988) I Love Maria?
Came for the DragonSound was not disappointed. 🎶🎶
Was waiting for this 😂
Thanks Brandon!!!! Great review as always.
Peace fellow Canuck!!
Awesome video brandon
That "against the ninja" joke broke me 😆
7:52 That's exactly what I was thinking!
Hope you do the sequels someday. Man, the Turtles in Time music was very spot on, did Konami watch this movie one day, heard that music sound & decided to mix that one with the TMNT theme for the game?! 😜
Also, you look like your normal self again, last time you looked just like that Linkara guy & had kittens 😜😂
The Christmas Story reference caught me off-guard whilst drinking coffee. 😅
Lesbian vampires? Razor Blade Smile?! Please be RBS.
It's great to see you reviewing 80's HK GWG movies (I know, but shortening to initials saves time and space!), and Midnight Angels is one of my favorites. 😃 A couple of more great movies where Moon and Yukari are both good girls kicking butt are Mission of Justice and Beauty Investigator. Check em out! 😁
That final fight of Moon and Elaine vs Madam Yung looked straight out of a Yakuza game, complete with heat actions and all! 🤣
Iron Angel is f**king amazing. Part 2 is even wilder, and one of my all time Hong Kong favorites...
Awesome review. I don't think I've ever heard of this one. Dose look like what you'd expect from a Hong Kong action movie, even if the big shootout was in the middle of the movie instead of the ending. Hope to see the sequels done at some point.
They look very attractive in the thumbnail.
So many banana peels on that hospital floor
I added the movie to my playlist within a minute of this review starting.
6:17
GOD, I’ve missed that bit!
I was heavy into the HK action scene in the late 90s. Got to revisit it.
Iron Angels sounds like a sequel to Iron Eagle.
If any movie needed an SNES game it's this one. And the soundtrack is already done!
I was like, at first, is this a sequel to Midnight Angel's? No, it's just an alternative title, lol. Good cause I really like this one. I'm glad I got it on VHS
Lol, That Miami Connection reference.
during that sponsored beginning I noticed something that I haven't in long time a YTV shirt its been years since I've seen one
I swear, when Brandon says Hong Kong action, i just hear Honk Honk action and half expect to see clowns doing kong fu, shooting guns and just absolutely avalanching out of a tiny Volkswagen :P
Hong Kong made some good kick ass movies.
17:12 Tarantino actually likes that ending
I love this movie. I'm desperately waiting for arrow or 88 films to bring this to Blu-ray.
My Man, another excellent episode👻, off topic to the good folks north of me, a moment to honor all the souls involved in Remy Ridge🙏😢🪖💪...🙏✨👌🦉🐲❣️
So excited for this one
And did anyone else shit a brick at the announcement of 'lesbian vampire genre'?
I feel like the retro game callbacks would be better suited for Metal Slug, considering how action-packed it is.
Streets of Rage IMHO.
What a coincidence, I was just acquiring this and several similar movies last night.
I laughed way too hard at “Via morse sneaker”