The Armed Policewomen (1995)

8.0/10 • 90 min •

Overview

Dirty Harry meets Charlie's Angels in this cheapie crime thriller directed by Chueng Kon-man. Hoping to stem Hong Kong's exploding crime rate, the police decide to issue guns to select number of female officers. Soon bumbling veteran Madam Chu (Carrie Ng) and young eager beaver rookie Ling (Valerie Chow) are assigned as partners. On their first day on the job together, they happen upon a massive arms cache belonging to notorious gangster Law Man-tat (Ng Man-tat). Soon afterwards, Chu's husband and son are murdered by mobland thugs. Looking for revenge, she goes undercover as a crime world lawyer, winning Law's trust. Yet when she tries to transfer some incriminating evidence onto a computer disc, she gets caught red handed. Chu is beaten and strapped to a bomb, while her abductors demand $10 million ransom. Meanwhile, Ling who fell for rakish detective Ng (Roy Cheung) is working on her own way to free Chu and get the baddies.

Cast

Carrie Ng Ka-Lai

Madam Chu Lai Yeh

Valerie Chow

Ling

Richard Ng Man-tat

Law Man Tat

Roy Cheung Yiu-yeung

Inspector Ng

Lau Siu-ming

Officer Wong

Simon Cheung Yuk-san

Strawberry Yeung Yuk-Mui

Law Shu-Kei

Andy Tai Chi-Wai

K-CHEK

Leo

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