Angelfist
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Cirio H. Santiago
| Angelfist | |
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| Directed by | Cirio H. Santiago[1] |
| Written by | Anthony L. Greene[1] |
| Produced by | Roger Corman Cirio H. Santiago |
| Starring | Catya Sassoon Michael Shaner Melissa Moore |
| Cinematography | Joe Batac |
| Edited by | Edgardo Vinarao |
| Music by | Stephen Cohn |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Concorde-New Horizons[1] |
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Running time | 80 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Angelfist is a 1993 martial arts film starring Catya Sassoon, Michael Shaner, and Melissa Moore. Directed by Cirio H. Santiago, the film was produced by Santiago and Roger Corman.
An assassination in the Philippines is caught on film by kickboxer Christy, which leads to her death at the hands of radicals intent on disrupting peace talks. Her sister Kat, a Los Angeles police officer, comes to Manila to try and bring the people responsible to justice. She enters a kickboxing tournament in order to get closer to the murderers, and begins unravelling the twisted plan while narrowly evading the wrath of the Death Brigades.
Reception
In his book on martial arts in American cinema, M. Ray Lott said Angelfist was "much more interested in showing [Catya Sassoon] as a sexual object" than would be the case in a film with Cynthia Rothrock, the usual figure in that subgenre. Her nude appearance resulted in her being "almost launched as soft-porn action heroine". Lott called the film itself "a titillating exploitation vehicle for undiscriminating action audiences" and acknowledged that "[i]t knows its target audience".[1]