She Shoots Straight
{{Short description|1990 Hong Kong film by Corey Yuen}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = She Shoots Straight
| image = She-shoots-straight.jpg
| director = Corey Yuen
| producer = Chan Pui-wah
Sammo Hung
| writer = Barry Wong
Corey Yuen
Yuen Kai-chi
| starring = Joyce Godenzi
Carina Lau
Sammo Hung
| music = Lowell Lo
| cinematography = Moon-Tong Lau
Leung Chi-ming
| editing = Peter Cheung
Keung Chuen-tak
| studio = Bo Ho Film Company
| distributor = Golden Harvest
| released = {{Film date|1990|7|4|df=yes}}
| runtime = 94 min
| country = Hong Kong
| language = Cantonese
| budget =
| gross =
}}
She Shoots Straight ({{zh|t=皇家女將}}, alternately Lethal Lady) is a 1990 Hong Kong crime action film directed by Corey Yuen, and written by Yuen, Barry Wong and Yuen Kai-chi. It stars Joyce Godenzi, Carina Lau and Sammo Hung. The film was released theatrically in Hong Kong on 4 July 1990.
Story
She Shoots Straight turns on three plot axes. The first concerns the complications of a workplace romance and marriage between a dedicated policewoman “Mina Kao” (Joyce Godenzi) and her supervisor “Huang Tsung-pao” (Tony Leung). The second theme concerns opposition by the Huang family to the couple's impending union. Another policewoman, Mina's future sister-in-law “Chia Ling” (Carina Lau) is especially critical of apparent favoritism, and even makes a remark about her being Eurasian (this is not unique – a comparable epithet being made by Oshima's character to her guy opponent in “Close Escape”). The third axis provides a resolution as a gang of Vietnamese led by Yuan Hua (Yuen Wah) attempts a violent and risky robbery. After the gang is thwarted, a shootout ensues in which the police get the upper hand. Swearing revenge, Yuan Hua lays a counter-trap using Vietnamese jungle warfare devices. When Chia Ling – slighted over disciplinary action – impulsively investigates alone, she risks trouble. Mina and Tsung Po rescue her, but he is killed by a booby trap, dying in front of his sister and bride. United in their grief, the women must break the news to the Huang family at a celebration for their matriarch. This paves the way for a relatively straightforward vengeance sub-plot in which Mina and Chia Ling track the gang to a freighter in the harbor. In advance of reinforcements, they board the vessel to fight a life or death duel against gang members and crew wielding pistols, hatchets, knives or tools.
Cast
{{castlist|
- Joyce Godenzi as Inspector Mina Kao (credited as Joyce Mina Godenzi)
- Carina Lau as Huang Chia-Ling
- Sammo Hung as Supt. Officer Hung
- Tony Leung as Insp. Huang Tsung-Pao
- Yuen Wah as Yuen Hua
- Agnes Aurelio as Yuen Ying
- Sarah Lee as Huang Chia-Lai
- Teddy Yip as Uncle Huang Tsung-Po
- Chung Fat as Hua
- David Lau as Superintendent Lau
- Stephen Chan as Arms dealer
- Corey Yuen as Boatman
- Cho Wing as Ship thug
- Anthony Carpio as Ship thug
- Hsu Hsia as Ship thug
- Michael Dinga as Kidnapping leader
- Jeff Falcon as Kidnapper
- Mark Houghton as Policeman
}}
External links
- [https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=7286&display_set=eng She Shoots Straight] at the Hong Kong Movie Database
- [http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/f454-She-Shoots-Straight.html She Shoots Straight] at Hong Kong Cinemagic
- {{IMDb title|id=tt0099809}}
{{Corey Yuen}}
{{Sammo Hung}}
Category:1990 martial arts films
Category:1990s Cantonese-language films
Category:1990s crime action films
Category:1990s Hong Kong films
Category:1990s police procedural films
Category:Films directed by Corey Yuen
Category:Girls with guns films
Category:Hong Kong crime action films
Category:Hong Kong martial arts films
Category:Police detective films
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