DVD sleeve blurb:
Judy is a female counterpart to Bruce Lee. Proving herself stronger and tougher than any male opponent, she fights her way through a prostitution ring and frees herself from slavery.
OK, I admit, I have no idea where they got that plot line from, because none of that is in this film, except for the fact that the one female fighter is tougher than a lot of the guys.
When a province is stricken with drought, the governor turns to an old friend, the teacher at a kung-fu circus, for help in seeing that the gold he is sending reaches its intended recipients. The teachers sends his two best students (a guy and a gal) as the protection.
Since apparently there is only one path between both towns and the thieves' guild is very well networked, they are beset multiple times along the way by bandits galore, most of whom they dispatch without too much trouble. There is some light sexual tension between the duo, as the girl shows flashes of anger & jealousy as the guy receives attention from the ladies as they travel.
As this duo is heading ever onward through thick and thin, the governor has let the local law enforcement in the town know that the gold is en route. The well-meaning police chief decides to form an escort team to meet them and help them get the gold to the town. So he turns to the local kung-fu teacher, who agrees to help along with a few of his students.
The escorts finally arrive with the gold and turn it over. After they leave the gold and go to visit local family, the teacher quickly orders the gold seized and the cop killed. How rude! And the inevitable final battle draws nearer...
Overall, this was an interesting flick. There's one particularly interesting stretch with a wheelbarrow on a tightrope -- they are circus performers, after all. There's even a brief by a Korean fighter, who I believe was using hapkido. It was hard to tell as I kept being distracted by the goofy hat he wore.
Pain Rating: 2 Fingers of Death
Up tomorrow: Deadly Duo
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