It is very much influenced by the Indiana Jones
films with Michelle's character as an adventurous swashbuckling woman 
that
can tame any man with or without her bullwhip. 
Her
mission is to contact a Chinese agent in the small town of Kaal set in
the hinterlands of China. Once there she teams up with him (Derek Yee),
a small town hustler (Richard Ng) and the ruler of Kaal to fight the Japanese.
One might think this was not exactly an even fight and you would be right
as Michelle and company drive them out of Kaal! But then the Japanese come
back in a large force to retake the town and it is necessary for the entire
town to fight them with tricks and stones and arrows against the armaments
of the Japanese. A brutal fight follows almost in Zulu like fashion.
A terrific film in many ways. With the exception of some humor from Richard Ng this is almost a nonstop action film. There are some truly amazing scenes with Michelle as she takes on large numbers with her kung fu and whip and anything else that is at hand. The intricacy of these action scenes is amazing, but they are so fast moving that you can't really take it all in on the first viewing.
One weakness of the film is that there is such
a focus on keeping the action moving that there is very little attention
paid to character development. Very little is learned of these characters
until they are strung up and about to be executed. Then in that typical
about to be executed small talk manner, we learn a bit about their backgrounds
(don't worry they escape!).
After completing this film, Michelle married
the head of the company that had produced her films – Poon Dickson – andretired
from the film business until they were divorced some years later. One can
only wonder how many great films she could have made in her five-year absence.