History Film / AngelsMission

* ShesGotLegs: Cynthia, played by the slender and athletic Yukari Oshima, gets plenty of fight scenes while wearing tight yoga pants. It's either that or a pair of tight-fitting jeans (see poster above).

Oshima plays Cynthia, a Japanese Interpol agent in Hong Kong visiting her mother. When the notorious triad leader Ma moves his operations to Hong Kong as well, Cynthia is quickly assigned to investigate because Ma is responsible for the kidnapping and prostitution of three Japanese women besides various crimes. Cynthia's investigations ends up crossing paths with Jerry (Dick Wei), whose sister Brenda is a victim of the same trafficking ring, Hong Kong top cop Karen who is on the same case as well, and low-time triad enforcer Wong (Philip Ko) who intends to usurp Ma's position as leader of the mob.

* ActionGirl: Veteran action star Yukari Oshima plays Cynthia, while Chi Jan-ha (best known for ''Film/EasternCondors'' as one of the guerila girls) plays CowboyCop Inspector Karen.
* ActionPrologue: The movie literally starts with a BANG, with two opposing gang of gunrunners having their deal going sour and the mooks on each side pulling firearms on each other. Naturally, grenades, assault rifles, and a belt-fed automatic chaingun is involved.
* BadGuysPlayPool: One of Wong's scenes have him playing snooker with his subordinates. Complete with CueTheBilliardShot.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Jerry is a triad enforcer and hitman, who becomes personally involed in stopping the human trafficking ring at all costs when his sister Brenda becomes one of their many victims. Naturally he's on a race against time to save her.
* BusmansHoliday: Cynthia's assignment happens when she's in Hong Kong visiting her mother, before suddenly receiving instructions from her superiors to investigaste the humkan trafficking ring who just happens to be in the city.

* DestinationDefenestration: Jerry does this in the finale when he causes one of Wong's lieutenants to fall out through a third storey window.

* FlushTheEvidence: Attempted when the police led by Karen raids a nightclub where a drug deal is taking place. One of the dealers runs into a bathroom stall with packets of drugs with him, and as Karen confronts him with the bathroom's doors between them, the dealer immediately taunts Karen that she can't stop him from getting rid of the evidence... [[FailedASpotCheck oblivious to a sign outside the toilet]] that says [[EpicFail "Toilet is Currently Out of Water. Apologies for Any Inconveniences Caused"]].
* ForTheEvulz: Invoked by one of Wong's clients, an Italian mob boss who gets invovled alongside his bodyguards. When he emerged unscathed, he orders one of his men to hold back against shooting a wounded enemy, before shooting the enemy himself, commenting that "He haven't fired his gun once since he got off his plane from Sicily."

* KungShui: All over the place the moment Cynthia, Jerry and Karen gets to fight Wong and his lieutenants. Televisions, vases, tables, chairs, cabinets, a shelf, and ''every single window panel'' gets broken by the time the fight is over.

* ShoutOut: One of Wong's mooks is a tall henchman with scary, shiny metal teeth, a blatant {{Expy}} to [[Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe Jaws]]. Said henchman only have mere seconds of screentime however, unlike his inspiration.
* SinisterShades: Most of the leaders of the human trafficking ring, arms dealers, and mooks wears sunglasses throughout the film, even in shootouts in broad daylight. Ma notably dons these even when mowing down scores of extras using a belt-fed machine gun.

** In the climax of the movie, [[spoiler: Wong gets shot by Karen, before being subsequently finished off by Cynthia when she kicks him down a flight of stairs. The fall and gunshot injury combined is enough to kill him eventually after a rather lengthy fight scene]].
* SmugglingWithDolls: A variation, the drug dealers in this movie attempts smuggling with ''watermelons''.
* WorkoutFanservice: Cynthia's first scene in Tokyo, depicting her as a martial arts coach. Naturally she's in extremely tight, figure-hugging yoga leotards with really, really low cleavage, and she even fights a few trainees in this attire.

[[MarketBasedTitle Also known]] as ''Born to Fight'', ''Kicking Buddha'', ''The Justice of Buddha'', ''Ultimate Lady Fighter'', and ''Fighting Angel - Born to Fight 5''. [[note]]The last one... yeah, ''Fighting Angel'' is the international release title for the ''Film/IronAngels'' trilogy, and followed by ''Film/PrincessMadam'' which serves as the fourth, before being followed by this movie. Which is odd, considering this movie has an entirely original plot with Oshima who previously played the main villain of the first ''Iron Angels'' movie returning in this one, in an unrelated role. [[SarcasmMode See, it's quite steaightforward and not that complicated at all]]. [[/note]]

[[MarketBasedTitle Also known]] as ''Born to Fight'', ''Kicking Buddha'', ''The Justice of Buddha'', ''Ultimate Lady Fighter'', and ''Fighting Angel - Born to Fight 5''. [[note]]The last one... yeah, ''Fighting Angel'' is the international release title for the ''Film/IronAngels'' trilogy, and apparently there's a fourth movie between them and this movie. Which is odd, considering this movie has an entirely original plot with Oshima who previously played the main villain of the first ''Iron Angels'' movie returning in this one, in an unrelated role. God knows why are they making this a sequel to the Iron Angels movies... [[/note]]

* BadGuysPlayPool: One of Wong's scenes have him playing snooker with his subordinates. Complete with CueTheBillardShot.

* SumgglingWithDolls: A variation, the drug dealers in this movie attempts smuggling with ''watermelons''.

Oshima plays Cynthia, a Japanese Interpol agent in Hong Kong visiting her mother, when the notorious triad leader Ma moves his operations to Hong Kong as well, which she is assigned to investigate because Ma is responsible for the kidnapping and prostitution of three Japanese women besides various crimes. Cynthia's investigations ends up crossing paths with Jerry (Dick Wei), whose sister Brenda is a victim of the same trafficking ring, Hong Kong top cop Karen who is investigating the same case as well, and low-time triad enforcer Wong (Philip Ko) who intends to usurp Ma's position as leader of the mob.

[[caption-width-right:350:It's a testament to Oshima's commitment to a role when she can perform a split-kick in the middle of a fiery explosion to pose for a screenshot.]]