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Yes
Madam!
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Country
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Hong
Kong |
| Year: |
1985 |
| Genre: |
Kung
Fu / Action |
| Format: |
DVD |
| Running
Time: |
1H30 |
| Distributor: |
Universe
Laser & Video CO. |
| Date
reviewed: |
07/01/2001 |
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| Producer: |
Sammo
Hung |
| Director: |
Corey
Yuen |
Cast: Michelle Yeoh, Cynthia
Rothrock, John Sham, Hoi Mang, Tsui Hark, Eddie Maher,
Sammo Hung, Po Tai, Dick Wei, Fat Chung |
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Story:
A trio of petty crooks get their hands on a passport
of a British agent, without their knowing a vital piece
of microfilm was hidden in the passport. A wealthy business
man with criminal ties uses all the methods at his disposal
to recover the incriminating microfilm. Meanwhile two
policewomen look into the murder of the British agent
and try to find the thieves.
Review: Yes Madam is an 80's HK police movie
with a combination of action and humor. Michelle Yeoh
plays her action debut in this movie and you can see
that she was just as talented, with her martial skills,
then as she is today. The movie was produced by Sammo
Hung and you can easily see his influence in the movie.
Tsui Hark also plays a character in the movie, its
funny to see him in front of the camera. The story
in this movie is very simple but it has a few surprises,
you will not have any trouble following this movie.
You have two types of characters in this movie,
the silly ones and the serious ones. The silly characters
basically add for the humor level in the movie while
still playing important roles. The serious characters
seemed a little cold and distant. The villains were
very cliché, such as the boss with a stupid
evil laugh, as for the rest of the villains, well
we dont want to spoil you anything so you will just
have to see it for yourself.
The movie is not as action packed as some may lead
you to believe, there is only one real big Kung Fu
fight at the end of the movie. During the rest of
the movie, you have small incidents or minor fights
but nothing that will get the excitement going. The
opening of the movie is also pretty cool with the
big gun fight where Michelle Yeoh does some serious
damage. But for the movie as a whole, the action level
is not enough, there should have been at least 2 more
great fights like the one at the end. The story and
the humor in the movie is probably not enough to keep
the interest of the dedicated action fan.
The subtitles are very good on the DVD version and
the dialogs are easy to follow. Yes Madam left us
pretty unimpressed, there was just not enough action
in the movie to make it worth while. None the less
you have an excellent performance by Michelle Yeoh
and Cynthia Rothrock. As for Tsui Hark, he is a funny
guy it seems. We recommend this movie to Michelle
Yeoh fans and to those of you who don't mind the 80's
HK setting but honestly we suggest you rent the movie
before you buy it.
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DVD
[ NTSC, All Region
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Very good image quality (LTB) for an old movie, not
too many scratches were apparent on the print and
the image was very clear. As for the sound, you have
a decent 5.1 Dolby Digital. Extras: Chapters, Start
Files, official trailer, Extra Trailers: Easy Money
(worst trailer ever!) Royal Warriors and Magnificient
Warriors. In general it a very decent release by Universe,
if you like the movie, you should get this DVD.
Reviewed
by Peter Zsurka
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Subtitles |
Overall |
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3.5 |
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4.5 |
2.5 |
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