''Angel'' (Chinese title: 天使行動), also known as ''Angels'', ''Fighting Madam'' (USA), ''Iron Angels'', and ''Midnight Angels'', is a 1987
Hong Kong action film inspired by ''
Charlie's Angels'' which stars
Moon Lee and
Yukari Oshima. The film was followed by two sequels.
Plot
After
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destroys a mass of Thai
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fields, the drug lords strike back by viciously murdering the officers in charge of the drug raid. In response, the cops hire the mercenary Angel Organization whose leader, John (David Chiang), sends crack agents—Angel #01 Saijo (Hideki Saijo), Moon (Moon Lee) and Elaine (Elaine Lui). Their first act is to seize a massive drug shipment with the help of an American secret operative, Commander Alex Fong (Alex Fong). This inevitably invokes the rage of frighteningly fierce Madam Yeung (Yukari Oshima) who recently grabbed the mantle of power after killing her predecessor. After a series of tussles with Madam Yeung, Saijo finds himself buried alive in an
armored car while Moon and Elaine settle their score with their nemesis,
kung fu
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style.
Cast
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Yukari Oshima
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Moon Lee
* Elaine Lui
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Hideki Saijo
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Alex Fong
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Hwang Jang-Lee
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David Chiang
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Lin Chung
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Wang Hsieh
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Andy Dai
*
Chan Sing
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References
External links
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Hong Kong Cinemagic entry
1987 films
1980s Cantonese-language films
1987 martial arts films
1987 action films
Girls with guns films
Hong Kong martial arts films
1980s Hong Kong films
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