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Yes, Madam ({{zh|t=皇家師姐}}, released in the United Kingdom as Police Assassins and in the Philippines as The Super Cops) is a 1985 Hong Kong action film directed by Corey Yuen, and produced by Sammo Hung, who also co-stars in the film. The film stars Michelle Yeoh as Senior Inspector Ng who teams up with Inspector Carrie Morris (Cynthia Rothrock) to get a hold of microfilm which has been taken unknowingly by low level thieves Asprin (Hoi Mang) and Strepsil (John Shum).

The film was the 26th highest grossing film of the year in Hong Kong and gave Hoi Mang an award for Best Supporting actor at the Hong Kong Film Awards. It has been described as the first film of the "girls with guns" subgenre.^[1] Yes, Madam received several sequels in the In the Line of Duty film series.

Plot

In Hong Kong, Inspector Ng (Michelle Yeoh) manages to stop the theft of an armored car by a group of criminals. In another part of the city, a deal is being made between a Westerner and an assassin. After the deal goes sour, the assassin kills the Westerner while the duo of Asprin (Hoi Mang) and Strepsil enter to pickpocket the Westerner and steal his passport. Unknown to all of them, the Westerner had secret microfilm that contained details of a group of criminals involved in illegal activities, most notably the crooked businessman Mr. Tin. Inspector Ng arrives later and is heartbroken to discover that the dead man was Richard Nornen, with whom she was romantically involved.

After authorities find out that Nornen had been working undercover and that the microfilm is missing, the Scottish investigator Carrie Morris (Cynthia Rothrock) is brought in to assist Ng in recovering it. The microfilm is in the possession of some petty thieves, whilst the police are looking for it to prove the guilt of Mr. Tin and his accomplices, who naturally want it destroyed. Meanwhile, Asprin and Strepsil return the passport to Panadol. Panadol sells the passport to a criminal who attempts to leave the country with it, but is thwarted by Morris, who halts him at the airport. Ng allows the criminal to leave but not on the plane, allowing both Morris and Ng to track down the source of the phony passport to Panadol. With Panadol in custody, he inadvertently mentions Asprin and Strepsil as accomplices.

Mr. Tin has the most to lose from the microfilm and sends three thugs to Asprin and Strepsil in order to get it from them. Strepsil admits defeat to them and gives over the microfilm. Ng and Morris then attempt to arrest Mr. Tin for possession of the item, but find that the microfilm in his possession is another one of Panadol's fakes and are unable to arrest him. Tin's thugs then manage to find Panadol but beat him so severely that he dies, while Asperin and Strepsil were going to sell the real microfilm for thousands of dollars. When Strepsil finds that Mr. Tin has the microfilm, Asperin and Strepsil, with the two police officers Morris and Ng closely following, arrive at Tin's house for a final showdown. During the battle, the microfilm is destroyed and Ng and Morris are about to be arrested for trespassing. Strepsil, who had just learned of Panadol's death, becomes enraged and grabs a police officer's gun and shoots Tin, who was about to go free because of the destruction of the evidence.

Cast

Production

While working a martial arts demonstration team, the magazine Inside Kung Fu contacted Cynthia Rothrock's team stating that D & B Film was looking for a new male lead to play a Bruce Lee-esque character in a film.^[2] Despite looking for a male lead the team has a few women on their team and decided to bring them to demonstrate their skills as well. The studio producers were so impressed with Rothrock's martial arts skills that they offered her the role in the film on the spot and changed the lead from a male to female.^[2] When arriving to shoot the film, Rothrock was surprised of her role as she assumed she was going to be in a traditional period martial arts film.^[7]

Release

Home media

Reception

At the 5th Hong Kong Film Awards, Hoi Mang received the award for Best Supporting Actor. Michelle Yeoh was nominated for Best New Performer and Corey Yuen and Hoi Mang were nominated for Best Action Choreography.^[24]

From retrospective reviews, the BBC gave the film a three star rating, describing the film as "tongue-in-cheek nonsense but fun nonetheless" and praising the fight scenes involving Yeoh and Rothrock.^[22] Peter Goddard (The Toronto Star) stated that despite the lead of Rothrock and Yeoh, the film was still focusing on the male actors.^[9] The review commented on Corey Yuen's action choreography, describing it as "slick" and "cartoony" but with no "particularly memorable" scenes.^[9] In his book The Hong Kong Filmography, 1977-1997, John Charles gave the film a seven out of ten, opining that "like all D&B genre pictures that followed, the storyline is routine but the action certainly isn't."^[25] Both Goddard and Charles highlighted a scene where Michelle Yeoh jumps backwards over a rail and through a plate glass.^[9]^[25]

Notes

1. ^{{cite book |last= Funnell|first= Lisa |date=21 May 2014 |title= Warrior Women: Gender, Race, and the Transnational Chinese Action Star |url=|location= |publisher=SUNY Press |page=172 |isbn=9781438452500}}
2. ^¹Schubart, 2007. p.145
3. ^Meyers, 2011. p.177
4. ^Meyers, 2011. p.178
5. ^¹Stair, 2001. p.30
6. ^¹{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/michelle-yeoh-p223709|work=Allmovie|publisher=Rovi Corporation|title=Michelle Yeoh|accessdate=24 February 2013|author=Crow, Jonathan}}
7. ^Pang, 2005. p.145
8. ^Stair, 2001. p.23
9. ^¹²³{{cite newspaper|title=Slam-bam Yes, Madame! Yes, Madame AA Starring Michelle Khan and Cynthia Rothrock, directed by Corey Yuen Kwai. At the Riviera Cinema tomorrow 7.30 p.m. and 9.30 p.m.|last=Goddard|first=Peter|newspaper=Toronto Star|date=April 25, 1997|page=C14}}
10. ^¹²³⁴{{cite web|url=http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=136E7K961798P.20593&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!36850@!0&ri=3&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=Yes%2C+madam&index=FILMBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=3|work=Hong Kong Film Archive|title=Yes, Madam|accessdate=24 February 2013}}
11. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/fong-sai-yuk-v132934/cast-crew|work=Allmovie|publisher=Rovi Corporation|title=Fong Sai-Yuk (1993) - Cast and Crew|accessdate=25 February 2013}}
12. ^O'Brien, 2003. p.26
13. ^Morton, 2009. p.146
14. ^¹²Schubart, 2007. p.127
15. ^Pang, 2005. p.146
16. ^{{cite news|title=Grand Opening Today|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=8cBNEdFwSQkC&dat=19880128&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|accessdate=6 January 2019|work=Manila Standard|publisher=Standard Publishing, Inc.|date=28 January 1988|quote=JACKY CHAN SALUTES THEM... CHUCK NORRIS FEARS THEM... ALL THE OTHER MASTERS,...BEWARE OF THEM!}}
17. ^Lott, p.152. 2004
18. ^Schubart, 2007. p.126
19. ^Meyers, 2011. p.185
20. ^Meyers, 2011. p.186
21. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/yes-madam%21-v177185/releases|work=Allmovie|accessdate=24 February 2013|publisher=Rovi Corporation|title=Yes, Madam!}}
22. ^¹{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2002/02/11/police_assassins_1985_dvd_review.shtml|work=BBC|accessdate=24 February 2013|title=Police Assassins DVD (1985)|author=Haflidason, Almar}}
23. ^{{cite web|title=Yes Madam! Blu-ray - Huang jia shi jie|url=http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Yes-Madam-Blu-ray/24750/|publisher=blu-ray.com|accessdate=25 February 2013}}
24. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.hkfaa.com/winnerlist05.html|script-title=zh:第5屆香港電影金像獎得獎名單|work=Hong Kong Film Awards|accessdate=24 February 2013|language=Chinese}}
25. ^¹Charles, 2000. p.347