Angel (1987 film)

Angel
Directed by	Raymond Leung Teresa Woo
Written by	Teresa Woo
Produced by	Teresa Woo
Starring	Moon Lee Yukari Oshima Elaine Lui Hideki Saijo Alex Fong Hwang Jang Lee
Release date	1987 (1987)
Country	Hong Kong
Languages	Cantonese Japanese

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. It is regarded as defining the girls with guns subgenre. The film was followed by two sequels.

Plot

After Interpol destroys a mass of Thai opium 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 style.

Cast

• Yukari Oshima
• Moon Lee
• Elaine Lui
• Hideki Saijo
• Alex Fong
• Hwang Jang-Lee
• David Chiang
• Lin Chung
• Wang Hsieh
• Andy Dai
• Chan Sing

External links

• Angel at IMDb
• Angel at AllMovie
• Hong Kong Cinemagic entry
• loveHKfilm entry