Lady of Steel by Mo Meng Hua (1969)
28 December 2007Another overly complex martial arts film, with some pretty cheesy special effects. Cheng Pei is as great as always, but the film is a little much, and certainly not one of the Shaw’s best films. Only go for it if you are a huge Cheng Pei Pei fan. This is of course another Region 3 disc, and is anamorphic so it looks great.
Cheng Pei Pei plays a woman whose family was murdered by some evil villains when she was a child, but she was raised by a kindly martial arts master (Goo Man Chung), and is out to seek. She works with a group of good martial arts masters, but they have a demon in their midst, played by Wong Chung Shun. Cheng Pei Pei goes out and does good, and meets the head of the beggars (Yueh hua) who helps her and becomes her ally. Wong Chung Shun uses this connection to cheat her, and causes her to be thought of as the traitor, so she must escape to prove her name. She goes out an hooks up with Yueh Hua again to go and clear her name.
REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS…
Cheng Pei Pei and Yeuh Hua figure out the enemies, and Cheng Pei Pei goes undercover to try and find out what is going on, but she and Yueh Hua are captured. Yong Chung Shun plans on killing all the good guys by getting them to go to his 50th birthday party., and ambushing them. The rest of the beggers help Cheng Pei Pei and Yueh Hua to escape, and they go to the party and help their friends defeat the evil villains and save the day.
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OK, but not amazing, especially with the horrible effect of Cheng Pei Pei jumping the fence on her horse. Wow that, is quite one effect. Ha!!!
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