Beauty Investigators
A very enjoyable mix of humor and action in this
entree into the Girls with Guns genre. Moon Lee and Kim Je Xee are two
inexperienced female cops that go undercover at a hostess bar to catch
a psycho killer of women. While there - when not fending of the male patrons
- they accidentally learn about the club owner who is killing other higher
up members of his gang in order to capture the top position. He has brought
in a Japanese killer to do this - none other than . . . Yukari Oshima
who proves to be very proficient with a blow gun and a garrote.
Much of the humor revolves around Moon and her
partner who though the best of friends argue constantly and are really
not very good cops. In one shoot out while in a moving car, Moon blows
up just about everything but the motorcycle that Yukari is driving. One
scene of Moon looking very forlorn and soused while sitting at a bar with
cigarette in mouth surrounded by drink is a classic moment.
Thrown in for no apparent reason is a nude shower
scene with Sophia Crawford who is the bad guy's girl (this scene was only
in the dubbed version as far as I know from Tai Seng - unfortunately the
dvd quality is atrocious). Though a bit silly and low budget, this film
has some great scenes with Moon and Yukari. The final fight is fun with
Moon shooting off rockets with a wrist rocket launcher ! Also in the film
are small parts for Billy Chow, Tai Bo, Melvin Wong and Chung Fat.
