Review of Righting Wrongs (1986) by Eric N — 24 May 2014

It's a run-of-the-mill 80s cop story....except...we have Yuen Biao in an awesome, nuanced starring role, and Cynthia Rothrock in her 2nd co-starring role in her 3 films thus far. Director Cory Yuen also has a large role.

For the 80s, this story might as well be straight out of TV's "The Wire" (best crime series ever made in the past or the future). It could be the plot to a Daredevil comic, with the lead actor actually being Daredevil in the flesh! Pretty god damn sweet. The story is relatively intriguing philosophically, the humor is kept minimal (slapstick is nonexistent which is a huge treat here in the retarded 80's Hong Kong).

This is a Jackie Chan picture but with Yuen Biao in his place, and there ain't nothing wrong with that -- he has got the balls and the acrobatics, but unlike Sammo and Jackie, he shies away from the bozo antics. Biao is bad-ass! He's pure class. And Cynthia Rothrock is a benefit to any film.

This is a little-known gem -- as good as or better than a majority of Jackie Chan movies, therefore it's more than worth a watch. If the villain had been ... less one-dimensional ... this would've been a 4.5/5 and a legendary film. But it's a pretty kickass 80s actioner that shouldn't be missed.