Product Details

• Actors: Julian Cheung, Qi Shu, Kelly Lin, Sandra Ng Kwan Yue, Teresa Mak
• Directors: Clarence Fok Yiu-leung
• Writers: Sharon Hui
• Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: Chinese
• Subtitles: English
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Tai Seng
• DVD Release Date: August 14, 2001
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005LOLQ
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #261,455 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Martial Angels" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Cat burglar cat upon knowing that her former flind zi-yang is captured by the russians while trying to steal a computer chip recruits a group of drop dead gorgeous female agents who called themselves the 7 angels. They must finish zi-yangs job and turn in the chip in exchange for his life. Studio: Tai Seng Entertainment Release Date: 04/30/2002 Starring: Julian Cheung Sandra Ng Run time: 90 minutes Rating: Nr Director: Clarence Ford

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Is Clarence Ford artistically bankrupt?, September 10, 2001

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Curtis G (Surf City USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Martial Angels (DVD)

"Martial Angels" is a pretty obvious rip-off of (or is that "homage to"?) "Charlie's Angels," with obvious bits of "Mission Impossible II" and "The Matrix" thrown in for good measure. Which is not to say that it doesn't have its charms. Indeed, how can you go wrong with such lookers as Kelly Lin, Shu Qi, Rosemary Vandenbroucke, and Rachel Ngan, to name a few? Even Sandra Ng looks pretty good as a girl, and pulls off some funny lines. But "go wrong" is exactly what director Clarence Ford does. The "action" scenes in this flick are so bad, and the talking scenes between the women so good, that Ford should have trashed the action script and just made an HK version of "Steel Magnolias." Call it "Titanium Lotuses" and he's in business.

I've come to expect (and enjoy) a certain amount of cheese from Ford, but "MA" is the cheesiest. The continuity flaws are numerous and obvious, and the "technology" so primitive and illogical, that you might wonder just how stupid Ford thinks his audience is. I expected much more from the guy who gave the world "Naked Killer." If you're a die-hard fan of any of the cast or crew, it's worth a look; but lower your expectations first.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Surely Angels, But not Exactly Martial: Eye Candy with Dreadful Actions, July 27, 2006

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Tsuyoshi (Kyoto, Japan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Martial Angels (DVD)

You know somewhere deep inside this muddled action flick lies a much better film. Sadly, however, you will not see that better one. All you can see is one unoriginal caper, two poorly-done gun actions, and so-so eye-candy images of seven lovely women walking and talking like Charles' Angels.

Shu Qi plays Cat, a retired thief whose ex-boyfriend is taken hostage by Russian gangsters. They order her to steal an anti computer-virus software (but they never think about just buying it with the money they have spent on the helicopter and so many weapons) Anyway, Cat's former partners re-group for her to rescue the poor man, but things do not go as they originally planned, and so on and on.

The names of these characters -- Qi Shu as Cat, Kelly Lin as Octopus, Sandra Ng as Monkey, Teresa Mak as Goldfish, Rachel Ngan as Pigeon, Rosemary Vandebrouck as Peacock, and Amanda Strang as Spider - need a bit of refinement, but at least they all look lovely and sexy. The joyful interactions between these females are the best thing in the film, really fun to see, especially the relations between Qi Shu's Cat and Kelly Lin's Octopus, which suggests an untold story with a sexual nuance, like the amusing shower room scene in `So Close' (where Qi Shu was seen opposite Vicki Zhao).

Except for Sandra Ng, who provides some precious comic scenes, there is little I can recommend in the film. The actions are not great with two feebly-done shoot-out sequences (one in the deserted factory, one of the most tired cliché of the genre). The caper scenes lack originality and excitement, and the film's most incredible and stupid sub-plot requires the presence of a sexual deviant (Terence Yin who should have known better) who is also a safecracker! The results are just awful and embarrassing, nothing that you want to even think about after watching it.

In short, my advice is, forget it. Don't even think about it. This is a caper film, but without the caper it could have been much better.

4.0 out of 5 stars LOTS OF FUN, March 17, 2010

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sabu (u.s.a.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Martial Angels (DVD)

"MARTIAL ANGELS" [AKA:SO CLOSE-2] IS AN ASIAN "CHARLIE'S ANGELS". WHILE NOT UP FOR THE OSCARS IT'S A FUN WATCH WITH SOME EXCITING FIGHT SCENES