1985 · action · girls-with-guns · michelle-yeoh
Yes, Madam
Directed by Corey Yuen1h 33m1985
Two unlucky thieves break into a just murdered man's hotel room and steal his passport, with a hidden microfilm, wanted by a triad boss. Two ass-kicking women cops—one Chinese, one British—are on the case.
Our read: Yes, Madam (1985) reads as a neutral, breathless, grounded action · girls-with-guns · michelle-yeoh entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, breathless, measured action / girls-with-guns, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- kinetic
- intense
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