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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 8 reviews)
Sales Rank: 50219
Category: DVD
Director: David Chung
Publisher: Tai Seng
Studio: Tai Seng
Manufacturer: Tai Seng
Label: Tai Seng
Format: Ac-3, Color, Letterboxed, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: Cantonese Chinese (Original Language), Mandarin Chinese (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Japanese (Subtitled), Korean (Subtitled), Thai (Subtitled), Vietnamese (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 85 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.75:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 6304747209
UPC: 601643563244
EAN: 0601643563244
ASIN: 6304747209
Release Date: January 19, 1999
Theatrical Release Date: November 30, 1985
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Long before Michelle Yeoh hit the international mainstream as a motorbiking Bond girl in Tomorrow Never Dies, and even before U.S. audiences saw her as Jackie Chan's sidekick (literally) in Supercop, she was a Hong Kong action star in her own right. In Royal Warriors, released in 1986, Yeoh plays a Hong Kong police officer who happens to be flying home from Japan on the same flight as a criminal being extradited. In a precursor to the spate of shootout-on-a-plane movies of the 1990s (Air Force One, Executive Decision, Turbulence, Con Air), an accomplice kills the police escorts and frees the criminal midflight. An impromptu team of Yeoh, an air security officer named Michael Wong (played by--hey! Michael Wong of Once a Thief), and an about-to-retire Japanese Interpol officer (played by Henry Sanada) manages to wipe out the bad guys and save the plane. It turns out, though, that the two baddies were half of a quartet of war veterans who once vowed to stick together to the death, and the two remaining are determined to avenge their friends. Although there are three heroes, Yeoh is definitely the star here, combining strong martial-arts moves with a warm personality. Sanada can match Yeoh kick for kick but is angry and sullen through most of the film, while Wong mostly serves as a gadfly to Yeoh. Action fans are treated to the obligatory car chase, revenge motives, annoying bureaucrats, explosions, and bodies diving in slow motion. The film is available in subtitled and dubbed versions, both widescreen. --David Horiuchi
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Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
 A MUST HAVE MOVIE!!!!!!!! October 28, 2005
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is one of Michelle's greatest movies! If you like action, drama and comedy at the same time, you will love Royal Warriors. Henry Sanada(a Japanese Agent)also shines in this movie with some great fighting moves. If you are also a Henry Sanada fan, you should really consider owning this movie. Enjoy guys, you will not regret it!
Good old days August 19, 2003
3 out of 14 found this review helpful
I haven't seen this for over 10 years.
Surprising storylines, I still remember.
I don't remember about the fight scenes.
I saw this before the days I took Kung Fu lessons.
But I don't remember the muscle lines on her.
ha ha.
Amazing January 26, 2003
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
ROYAL WARRIORS is simply one of the best action movies ever made. It features the bone-crunchingly brutal style of Hong Kong choreography that was perfected in the 80's following the renaissance initiated by Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan, and it has rarely looked better than it does in this movie. This is text book action cinema, and Michelle Yeoh is remarkable.
michelle yeoh at her best December 6, 2001
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Wow...the martial arts in this movie really surprised me considering how raw and brutal some of the scenes were. Great movie with a great story. For those that don't know, this is the second installment of the In The Line of Duty series...I highly suggest checking out In The Line of Duty IV...but RW is awesome in terms of martial arts, you can expect a really brutal michelle yeoh in this one...story centers around michelle yeoh as a police officer along with a japanese police officer and an annoying security guard who prevents a plane from being hijacked by terrorists for the purpose of freeing a convict. They killed all the terrorists along with the convict, but then the convict's 3 best War buddies plot a revenge on the 3 individuals, and the rest of the movie is about pure survival...there are many dramatic parts in the film, but you'll be rooting for michelle all the way...definitely one of her best...
Royal fights July 13, 2001
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
Michelle Yeoh is a H.K. cop who with the assistance of her partner (Michael Wong sporting a Donnie Osmond haircut) and a Japanese cop traveling with his family break up an attempted hijacking on the jet they're all travelling on. The hijackers motivation is to free their boss who's being escorted to trial on the plane. In the process of botching the hijacking, Yeoh, Wong, and the Japanese cop kill most of the bad guys (I guess there's no equivalent to the Miranda Act in the Far East) including the crime boss that was the target of the hijacking. Unfortunately, this crime boss has two more close friends who want some payback for the killing of their friend, the result being Yeoh & Co. have to wage war all over Hong Kong. This film has the usual H.K. problems of local humor and antics that don't translate well to western audiences, but it also has some of Michelle Yeoh's best fights, especially the last confrontation. The Japanese fighter (whose name I can't remember at the moment)also exhibits some powerful martial arts skills, especially during a bar brawl with one of the deceased crimes bosses friends who subsequently becomes deceased in said bar brawl. Great martial arts and Michelle Yeoh looking more attractive than usual in a Dorothy Hamil bowl cut. If you like Yeoh, good fights, or are just a H.K. cinema fan, you'll probably like this movie.
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