Robert Clouse worked with some of the greatest martial artists on film, from Bruce Lee to Jim Kelly, Robert Wall, Bolo Yeung, Jackie Chan and for this movie and its sequel, Cynthia Rothrock.
China O'Brien is a cop who teaches a martial arts class to her fellow officers. One of the class members challenges her to a fight in an alley that ends up involving several gangs and someone is killed. She resigns in disgrace and heads back home to Beaver Creek, Utah.
She learns that her father - and town sheriff - John (David Blackwell) is losing control of the town thanks to corruption in the force and a bought-off judge. But the real problem is Edwin Sommers (Steven Kerby), a crime boss who is taking over the town. He uses car bombs to kill the last two good cops, Ross Tyler (Chad Walker) and China's dad.
Now, Marty Lickner (Patrick Adamson) looks to become the paid for law for Sommers, unless China follows the advice of her ex-boyfriend Matt Conroy (Richard Norton) and runs for sheriff herself. She wins - they shot her parade scene during an actual town parade and the local newspaper reported that Rotchrock was actually running for sheriff - and is nearly killed in a drive-by shooting, so she deputizes Matt and Native American biker Dakota (Keith Cook, who was Sub-Zero in Mortal Kombat Annihilation) to go after Sommers.
Golden Harvest worked to make Rothrock a star back home in the U. S. and cast her in this. It works but she doesn't come off as fearsome as she did in her Hong Kong films. Most of the cast and crew returned for the sequel.
The song "Distant Storm" in this movie is by the band Tess Makes Good. That's actually Tori Amos.
China O'Brien is a cop who teaches a martial arts class to her fellow officers. One of the class members challenges her to a fight in an alley that ends up involving several gangs and someone is killed. She resigns in disgrace and heads back home to Beaver Creek, Utah.
She learns that her father - and town sheriff - John (David Blackwell) is losing control of the town thanks to corruption in the force and a bought-off judge. But the real problem is Edwin Sommers (Steven Kerby), a crime boss who is taking over the town. He uses car bombs to kill the last two good cops, Ross Tyler (Chad Walker) and China's dad.
Now, Marty Lickner (Patrick Adamson) looks to become the paid for law for Sommers, unless China follows the advice of her ex-boyfriend Matt Conroy (Richard Norton) and runs for sheriff herself. She wins - they shot her parade scene during an actual town parade and the local newspaper reported that Rotchrock was actually running for sheriff - and is nearly killed in a drive-by shooting, so she deputizes Matt and Native American biker Dakota (Keith Cook, who was Sub-Zero in Mortal Kombat Annihilation) to go after Sommers.
Golden Harvest worked to make Rothrock a star back home in the U. S. and cast her in this. It works but she doesn't come off as fearsome as she did in her Hong Kong films. Most of the cast and crew returned for the sequel.
The song "Distant Storm" in this movie is by the band Tess Makes Good. That's actually Tori Amos.