Guardian Angel (1994)

One of my all time favorites.

How sad is this?

best movie i've ever seen.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

GUARDIAN ANGEL is one of many straight-to-video B-movie action flicks that high-kicking sensation Cynthia Rothrock made throughout the 1990s. These tended to be fun, brainless affairs, and this film is no different. Rothrock plays a cop whose lover is killed by a femme fatale; in disgust, she quits the force and becomes a bodyguard, only to find her paths crossing with the hitwoman once more. In truth, there's very little storytelling of note here; the film is instead full of one-on-one fight scenes as Rothrock takes on various strapping henchman types in fight scenes well choreographed by Richard Norton. I always love the slow motion hits in these films and GUARDIAN ANGEL doesn't disappoint in this respect, although the rest is highly predictable.

I was a big fan of martial arts star Cynthia Rothrock during the '80s (In the Line of Duty 2, Above The Law, Shanghai Express), but stopped following her career soon after she left the Hong Kong movie scene to make films in the States. Guardian Angel makes me think that I didn't miss much.In this mediocre martial arts action flick from director Richard W. Munchkin, Rothrock plays tough policewoman Christine McKay, who gives up law enforcement to become a bodyguard after her fiancé is fatally shot in the line of duty. When millionaire playboy Lawton Hobbs (Daniel McVicar) calls McKay looking for protection from an obsessive ex-girlfriend, little does she realise that the woman in question is Nina (Lydie Denier), the psychotic counterfeiter who killed her lover in cold blood.This weak plot offers little in the way of ingenuity, meaning that the film is only as good as its action scenes. As usual, Rothrock's agility compensates for her wooden acting, but Munchkin's uninspired direction does the star few favours; the same can be said of her awful wardrobe, which includes a really nasty pair of baggy denim jeans with stone washed areas on the seat that are far from flattering.After lots of so-so bouts of kicking and punching (plus plenty more fashion disasters from all concerned), the film wraps matters up with a mediocre chase scene involving a jet-ski, a helicopter, and a pair of speedboats.

You see, a film like this can't be spoilt. Only enriched. It is so stupid you'll guess the plot after 5 seconds, and then you'll want something more. Well, if you want something more, concentrate on the plot holes etc etc. And the action holes. And the characters we have never seen before who are only in the damn film to get kicked in the head. And the way she kicks the innocent barman in the head in the bar(he was just pouring a drink dammit). And how she starts a gang war!! I thought she was the good guy! And the best bit is the mysterious scene with the brother with a twist in the plot. Except it is completely unrelated to anything. There must have been 1 writer who came up with a devious twist, then the director cut it out halfway through, probably because when he heard twist he was thinking about a twisting snap kick (which would have been to some character who was brought in for two minutes, the plot all became based on him, then he got kicked and died). Im rambling now, but this movie is gold for a laugh. see it now.

A female ex-cop who was drummed out of the force for recklessness (and who could probably beat Chuck Norris in a fight) hires herself out as a private bodyguard; her first client is a worthless playboy type. It takes half the movie for her to get kicked off the force in the first place. Lots of great fight choreography but the plot is strictly by the numbers, and the acting is as wooden as the dialogue. Give this one a miss.