Angela Mao Ying Movies

Piecing together exciting film footage of martial arts performances, Deadliest Art demonstrates the reasons for the popularity of martial arts combat in visual entertainment. The history of the art, including basics of the Eastern philosophies that govern it, provides insight along with the demonstration of various types of martial arts fighting. Touching on the skills and frame of mind necessary to perform feats of this kind, this film showcases the beauty of defense without weapons, as well as special techniques required to incorporate the use of weapons, and the ways in which the martial arts have been showcased in the film industry. ~ Sarah Sloboda, All Movie Guide

In this chop-socky adventure two spies on different missions must team up when both are threatened by the murderous and mysterious Dr. Sinn. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

Angela Mao, heroine of many a Chinese chopsockey opus, again heads the cast in Broken Oath. As the title suggests, a precious martial-arts secret has been blabbed to "the enemy." The rest of the film details the revenge exacted for this betrayal. Ms. Mao is in the thick of things throughout, and she does right well against several impressive foes. Also appearing is another kung-fu flick habitue, Sammo Hung. Broken Oath was first seen in America as part of a kung-fu movie package syndicated in 1987. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Director Joe Law helmed this chop socky adaptation of the endlessly remade and reinterpreted Legend of the Shaolin Warrior. Meng Fei, who had previously filled the role of the Shaolin warrior Fong Si Yu in Prodigal Boxer, stars with John Liu and Angela Mao as the titular Invincible Kung Fu Trio, a group of kung-fu masters who match wits and strength with the oppressive Chings, as well as the evil Abbot of Wutang, played by Kam Kong. The climactic final fight scene finds the group facing off against a trio of lookalikes created by the Abbot. Originally released in 1974, The Invincible Shaolin Trio is also known as The Dragon's Fatal Fist. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide

Directed by Jimmy Shaw, this vintage kung fu action film revolves around the efforts of an international narcotics ring to dominate the entire Southeast Asian drug market. There's only one thing standing in their way -- martial arts expert Bruce Li. Return of the Tiger also stars Paul L. Smith and cult favorite Angela Mao Ying. ~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide

Mao Ling stars as a young girl, well versed in the deadly art of kung-fu. She takes over for her deceased male relatives in doing battle against the fiercest of warriors. The final set-to pits Ling against one as strong and able as she. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Female martial-arts star Angela Mao is top-billed in When Taekwondo Strikes. The scene is Korea; the time is WW II. A group of resistance fighters, led by Mao, do their best to decimate the ranks of the occupying Japanese troops. Pity the poor Japanese: all they have to defend themselves is high-tech weaponry. Anne Winton co-stars in this above-the-norm actioner. Filmed in 1973, When Taekwondo Strikes earned an American release 10 years later -- and its first U.S. TV showing some five years after that. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

One of the most popular kung fu films ever, and perhaps the peak of the famed Bruce Lee's career, Enter the Dragon achieved success by presenting a series of superbly staged fighting sequences with a minimum of distractions. The story finds Lee as a martial-arts expert determined to help capture the narcotics dealer whose gang was responsible for his sister's death. This evil villain operates from a fortified island manned by a team of crack martial artists, who also host a kung fu competition. Lee uses his skills to enter the contest and then tries to chop, kick, and otherwise fight his way into the dealer's headquarter. The story is, of course, merely an excuse for showdown after showdown, featuring masterly fighting by Lee in a wide variety of martial arts styles. Essential viewing for martial arts fans, the film was also embraced by a larger audience, thanks to a fast pace and higher-than-usual production values. ~ Judd Blaise, All Movie Guide

The early '70s martial arts feature Hapkido (also released in some English-speaking regions under the title Lady Kung Fu) marks one of the few films of its genre, from that era, to sport a female heroine. Angela Mao stars as Yu Ying, one of three students of Master Han Jae Ji (the real-life architect of the titular Korean fighting method, playing himself). Yu trains in this branch of martial arts, along with two male counterparts, Kao Chang and Fan Wei (played, respectively, by Carter Wong and future superstar Sammo Hung), and subsequently returns with them to mainland China, where each student attempts to set up his or her own hapkido school and becomes acquainted with the resident Chinese martial arts experts in the area. The neophytes are soon thwarted, however, by the presence of the Japanese-run Black Bear school, whose proprietors sink to dirty and uncouth levels to send their new competitors scurrying from the area like cowardly curs. Their plan, of course, backfires when the attempts at intimidation draw wave after wave of formidable hapkido violence from Yu, Kao and Fan. Feng Huang directs, making full use of the widescreen format to stage and choreograph action sequences (and minimal use of the rapid-fire editing that would later dominate martial arts pictures). ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide