Final round of Girls With Guns films.

It's been an interesting journey, watching all these old HK movies. Looking back, one thing that really stands out is that Chinese comedy does not translate well. None of the movies that were supposed to be funny and none of the funny interludes in otherwise serious movies worked for me at all. It doesn't help that I am allergic to sexist humour.

And here we go with the last batch of reviews. No rhyme nor reason to these, they were ones that I obtained late or that didn't fit into any of the other themed posts. In chronological order...

Easy Money (1987) ( Read more... )

The Inspector wears skirts (1988) ( Read more... )

Killer Angels (1989) ( Read more... )

Blonde Fury (1989) ( Read more... )

Licence to Steal (1990) ( Read more... )

She Shoots Straight (1990) ( Read more... )

Black Cat (1991) ( Read more... )

Beauty Investigator (1993) ( Read more... )

Women on the run (1993) ( Read more... )

Satin and Steel (1994) ( Read more... )

Taking into account all the bad movies, all the movies with jarring shifts between light and dark themes, and all the movies with offputting attempts at (often sexist) comedy inserted into an over the top action drama, there are very few Girls With Guns movies that I'd recommend to a friend. Here's my short list of ones that I'm keeping on my hard drive for the time being:

In the Line of Duty 3, 4, & 5, Angel & Angel 2, Angel Terminators 2 (all reviewed in previous posts), and Killer Angels (reviewed above).