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Actors: Qi Shu, Vicki Zhao, Karen Mok
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A computer virus begins to devastate a large corporate network. Help arrives in the form of a white hat hacker known as the "Angel." The corporate executives want to meet Angel -- but when she shows up it is Lynn (Shu Qi), a beautiful and lethal killer on a mission.
She and her sister Sue (Zhao Wei) now have in their possession the World Panorama surveillance system, which was developed by their father and which allows them to access video and computer security remotely via satellite. It is a tool originally developed to be used for good that others want to get at any cost to pervert for their own greedy ends.
To solve the death of the business man, Hong Yat Hong, an unconventional woman cop (Karen Mok) and her partner are given the case. She is bright with deadly martial arts skills: the perfect foil for Lynn and Sue. The three become acutely involved in a not-so-conventional cat and mouse game.
Subplots involve an old flame in love with Lynn; Sue's jealousy of her older sister; underworld bad guys whom the girls are trying to exact vengence upon for the killing of their parents; and many others.
There are so many unusual forms of death and maiming in this film. Asphixation from poison gas being one of them. And then there are the fashionable combat stiletto boots.
--ldpaulson, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 80%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 10%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%
Time/Era of Movie:
- present (2000-2010)
Technology/treasure/info search
Yes
involving:
- computer info
Combat acrobatics/martial arts?
Yes
Romance
Yes
Kind of movie
- traditional karate
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- criminal
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- long, straight (woman)
Body type
- average (woman)
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Chinese
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (woman) short/butch/lez
Body type
- average (woman)
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Chinese
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (woman) long wavey
Body type
- average (woman)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Chinese
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
Asia/Pacific
Yes
Asian country:
- China
City?
Yes
Misc setting
- building
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- challenged
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 10 ()
Kind of violence:
- mission to rescue
- mental battles
- karate chop
- hand to hand
- guns
- knives
- swords
Unusual forms of death
- dropped from large heights
- impaled
- perforation--bullets
- perforation--swords/knives
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- Chinese
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
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