She Shoots Straight (Chinese: 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.

She Shoots Straight
Directed byCorey Yuen
Written byBarry Wong
Corey Yuen
Yuen Kai-chi
Produced byChan Pui-wah
Sammo Hung
StarringJoyce Godenzi
Carina Lau
Sammo Hung
CinematographyMoon-Tong Lau
Leung Chi-ming
Edited byPeter Cheung
Keung Chuen-tak
Music byLowell Lo
Production
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Distributed byGolden Harvest
Release date
  • 4 July 1990 (1990-07-04)
Running time
94 min
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese

Story

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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

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  • 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
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