Not to be confused with Moon Lee films, Mission Of Justice, Mission Of Condor or anything else, Angel Force was just one of 15 titles starring the amazing Miss Lee over a 3 year period in the early 90's...
Director Hua Shan delivers a modest attempt at cashing in on the Angels franchise with this average action flick from the early 90's, with superstar Moon Lee sporting a new haircut (for the first 20 minutes) that makes her look like a 14 year old boy! Shan spent many years as a director for the mighty Shaw Brothers delivering great titles such as Super Inframan, Flying Guillotine 2, and Little Dragon maiden with Leslie Cheung. He is joined by Tony Liu Jun Guk, director of Holy Virgin Versus The Evil Dead, Devil Hunters, and Dreaming The Reality as well as a number of other Moon Lee projects.
While the film opens in Hong Kong and gets straight into the action, it does take a while for Angel Force to start getting interesting. Up to then, the fights seem bland, and actors look bored. Thankfully, around 30 minutes in, cops Lee and Yam head off to Burma and things start picking up...
Hong Kong movie veteran and Peking Opera School classmate to the Three Dragons, the often-forgotten Yuen Bun looks after the action and fight choreography. While not as exciting or powerful as that in the Iron Angels series, Bun still manages to keep things moving between motorbike chases, gun-play, and plenty of martial arts action. Once in Burma, it doesn't take long for Wilson Lam to get shot, thankfully putting him out of the picture while he heals. I'm not a huge fan of his acting, and once gone, the show is all Moon's which is all for the better, letting Moon Lee do what she does best - and kick some ass!
Even though it tries to combine the best from all of the original Iron Angels between its office blocks and cityscape, to the jungles of Burma, and has an extra big baddie in he shape of Wang Lung Wei, Angel Force is bland in comparison in many departments. The action is pretty much non-stop from before the half-way line, with the most of it being gun-play and explosions, so when a bit of hand-to-hand comes about, it makes a bit of an impact (but just a bit)...
The big finale takes place back in Hong Kong, with some nice choreography, stunt work and moves as Moon and Wilson take on Shing Fui On and Jimmy Lee in a fight to the death!
Overall: Worth a watch for Moon Lee, Angel Force is entertaining enough, but there's much better out there...
