Line #25 Film/AngelForce


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:"Have anyone seen my bazooka?"]]
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4	''Angel Force'' is a 1991 Action film directed by Hua Shan (''Film/TheSuperInframan''), notably Shan's final film and one of numerous GirlsWithGuns movies made in early 90s Hong Kong. It is occasionally listed in some territories as ''Mission Kill'', which is also the same alternate title of ''Film/MissionOfCondor'', both movies which was released in 1991, and both starring Moon Lee... confused yet?
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6	B-grade Action baroness Creator/MoonLee plays Min, a Hong Kong policewoman sent to South-East Asia to resolve a kidnapping, only to end up being dragged into leading a rescue mission when the kidnapped hostage turns out to be captured by local guerrillas in the Golden Triangle, at which point Min and the local military will have to lead a raid against a guerrilla army that feels like the scriptwriters ran out of ideas and started rewatching ''Film/{{Predator}}'' for inspiration.
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9	!! Angel Force contains the following tropes:
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11	* ActionGirl: Min, being typical Moon Lee. Especially when she gets to go crazy in the lengthy jungle battle wielding an Uzi, taking names repeatedly.
12	* AintTooProudToBeg: Ruan in the final confrontation, when staring down Xia's pistol in the finale, actually gets on his knees and started pleading for mercy. Of course, this is only him buying some time to pull an ISurrenderSuckers to suddenly get the drop on Xia, wrestle Xia's pistol away, and shoot Xia. Before taunting the injured Xia for letting his guard down.
13	* AntiHero: Peter Hong, leader of the militia during the jungle raid, who has tendencies to go AxCrazy during battle scenes and seems to enjoy killing a bit too much, as well as behaving like a GeneralRipper to his soldiers, but he's still firmly on the side of good.
14	* BadassBiker: During the public assassination scene, Min and the DarkActionGirl lady assassin engaged each other on a high-speed motorcycle chase, the assassin on her own motorcycle, and Min [[HeroStoleMyBike hijacking a random bystander's bike]].
15	* BaitAndSwitchGunshot: [[spoiler: In the ending Ruan is busy taunting Xia with a pistol when a gunshot is suddenly heard. Cue Min showing up with her own pistol, shooting Xia a few more times and killing him]].
16	* BloodKnight: Peter Hong, the commanding officer of the strike team during the jungle action scene, gets increasingly ruthless as his kill count starts to pile up. From gleefully shooting guerrillas who are already dead, beating up surrendered enemies, and trying to rape a female guerrilla after subduing her.
17	* DeadlyDisc: In the final battle, Min managed to take out Ruan's number two by flinging a circular saw blade [[SlashedThroat into his throat]].
18	* GenreShift: The first half of the movie is a rather standard police action drama with some fight scenes between the typical police procedural, not unlike ''Film/YesMadam'', but the moment the film reaches the jungle it suddenly becomes a [[Film/MissingInAction Chuck Norris-esque]] action film set in a jungle against loads and loads of South-East Asian extras.
19	* ImprovisedWeapon: Mostly used by Min, including crates, bamboo poles, ropes, a sawblade, etc. Although the guerrilla commander also uses whatever he can get his hands on as weapons, including tires and a barrel.
20	* HospitalEpilogue: [[spoiler: Xia]], when he's revealed to have survived falling over a hundred meters from an exploding helicopter (well, just barely).
21	* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: The female assassin in the derelict building fight, when Min kicks her backwards, causing the assassin to land on a pick that is stuck upright. Min tries interrogating her, only to curse when the assassin succumbs in a few moments.
22	* ImplacableMan: The guerrilla commander of the Golden Triangle, who can survive a fuel barrel exploding right next to him, [[ShovelStrike whacked in the head by a shovel]], smashed through oil drums, getting kicked and punched repeatedly, shot in the back, and knocked off a moving vehicle. [[spoiler: It takes being on an exploding helicopter over a hundred feet in the air to finally take him down]].
23	* JungleWarfare: The entire second act of the film takes place in a South-East Asian jungle swarming with enemy guerillas, with Min and Peter leading the military on an all-out assault on the Golden Triangle's largest guerrila army.
24	* LockAndLoadMontage: Happens before the big jungle battle.
25	* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: During the jungle escort mission, Min shows some decency towards the female guerrilla, which her team have captured alive to be interrogated later, by giving the starving guerrilla some food. The guerrilla responds by attacking Min and trying to stab Min in her throat with a pointed bamboo rod.
26	* NoRangeLikePointBlankRange: Min's second kill in the derelict construction site gets his temple shot from point-blank by her pistol.
27	* OutsideRide: The guerrilla camp finale ends with Xia clinging to the outside of the guerrilla commander's escape helicopter.
28	* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: During the jungle battle scene, a few cues from ''Film/TheHuntForRedOctober'' can be heard.
29	* TheSquadette: Min in the jungle raid scene.
30	* TakingYouWithMe: Subverted, [[spoiler: when the guerrilla commander managed to get aboard an escape helicopter and take off, Xia managed to cling on the helicopter's bottom and in a last-ditch attempt to take out the commander, decides to lob a grenade into the helicopter. The commander dies as the helicopter blows up, and Xia ends up falling over a hundred meters while partially hurt by the helicopter explosion, but survives (if just barely)]].
31	* ThrowABarrelAtIt: During the final action scene in the guerrilla camp, the guerrilla's commander tries to stop Min, Peter and Xia whom are on a jeep, by flinging a barrel on the vehicle. He later tries to squash Min using a barrel, but failed.
32	* SharpDressedMan: Ruan, the BigBad of the picture, played by Hugo Ng.
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