90s cop Cynthia Rothrock is tried of working the undercover vice beat and wants a substantial case to sink her teeth into, and considering her marital arts background, what better case than a serial un-aliver targeting martial arts masters and leaving a tiger claw calling card scratched across their face?

Cynthia must pair with Jalal Merhi, a tough no-nonsense pony tail cop who plays by his own rules. Merhi also happens to be the owner of the production house responsible for this effort, FilmOne, which I’m sure played no part in his entirely based on merit casting for the role.

And who is the facial scar inducing big (emphasis on the big) bad of the piece?

Spoiler alert

Bolo Yueng who is just one massive mountain of meaty manliness.

At 90 minutes this is a fun enough slice of early 90s cliche karate copaganda. The fight scenes are shot well to handle the varying martial arts ability of those involved, plenty of fast cuts and a number of edits that comedically emphasise certain hits, slaps and punches.

This is my first actual Rothrock film, a staple of straight to video action titles of the time and is a weird hybrid role, obviously there for her name and star power, yet also sort of relegated to a karate powered love interest, ahead of the Tommy Wiseau-esque Jalal Mehri.

90s cop Cynthia Rothrock is tried of working the undercover vice beat and wants a substantial case to sink her teeth into, and considering her marital arts background, what better case than a serial un-aliver targeting martial arts masters and leaving a tiger claw calling card scratched across their face?

Cynthia must pair with Jalal Merhi, a tough no-nonsense pony tail cop who plays by his own rules. Merhi also happens to be the owner of the production house responsible for this effort, FilmOne, which I’m sure played no part in his entirely based on merit casting for the role.

And who is the facial scar inducing big (emphasis on the big) bad of the piece?

Spoiler alert

Bolo Yueng who is just one massive mountain of meaty manliness.

At 90 minutes this is a fun enough slice of early 90s cliche karate copaganda. The fight scenes are shot well to handle the varying martial arts ability of those involved, plenty of fast cuts and a number of edits that comedically emphasise certain hits, slaps and punches.

This is my first actual Rothrock film, a staple of straight to video action titles of the time and is a weird hybrid role, obviously there for her name and star power, yet also sort of relegated to a karate powered love interest, ahead of the Tommy Wiseau-esque Jalal Mehri.