60: Righting Wrongs (1986)

For the second half of September we're checking out a pair of top flight Hong Kong action flicks, kicking off with our second Cynthia Rothrock classic, Righting Wrongs! CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (00:00:32) - Intro. (00:02:22) - Our film for this week: Righting Wrongs! (00:09:43) - Some background on the film's production. (00:17:54) - On the subject of multiple endings. (00:21:19) - Launching into the movie proper. (00:25:26) - Meanwhile, in Hong Kong: let's blow up some kids. (00:31:27) - Yuen Biao becomes Batman, and Cynthia Rothrock arrives. (00:35:35) - Hello Stink Egg. (00:45:09) - Staring at computer terminals for a while. (00:47:04) - Break! (00:47:23) - We're back, here's this criminal kid. He's going to die. (00:49:13) - The parking garage scene. (00:53:45) - Torturing a train metaphor to death. (00:56:22) - This child is an idiot, and the reveal of the Big Bad. (01:02:23) - If you're suspected of murder, why is court the first place you'd think to go? (01:05:17) - Melvin Wong is going to obliterate this kid. But first he's going to obliterate his grandpa. (01:14:05) - The assassin returns, now with high-waisted jeans. (01:17:11) - More child assassination? More child assassination! (01:22:03) - Another innocent dead. To the airplane hangar! (01:27:40) - The final confrontation. (01:33:59) - Final thoughts. (01:35:56) - Outro. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.