movie mixed scissor scenes 
by dmg
Woman Avenger 1979 


NAME: Woman Avenger 1979 (it's also on video with the titles "Killer B's" or
"Fatal Claws & Deadly Kicks")

STARRING: Kwan Lee Hsia (AKA Kuang-Li Hsia or Jiangli Xia) she was a Taiwanese
opera star who went on to star in quite a few films in this genre.
ACCESS:video only, but look at the bright side. you've got three titles to
search for.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION: an epic tale of a woman's metamorphosis from helpless
rape victim to empowered avenger. her odyssey begins after her loving husband
is murdered and she is raped, stabbed, and left for dead by a gang of four
men. she is saved by an abbess who teaches her kung fu. later a woman who had
been crippled by the same gang teaches her the "Deadly Kicks" technique. the
training scenes were very entertaining, and they even included leg
strengthening exercises using what looked like some kind of a homemade
thighmaster!

SCISSORS SCENES: 1)our heroine steps in to save a merchant being beaten by a
gang of men. she defeats them using a technique wherein she injures them by
twisting their joints (wrists, elbows, and knees) until they are painfully
disabled. at one point she leaps up onto a table. one of the men throws a
punch which misses and she clamps her legs on his elbow. she sings out, "i
call this twisting the arm." she then slaps him in the face before releasing
him and nailing him with a straightarm to the face. she easily beats the four
while maintaining a light, superior attitude throughout.

2) this one occurs during the film's climax as she fights the leader of the
gang. (need i mention that she wiped out the other 3? 2 by strangling them
with her bare hands, and the third with a kick to the temple.) at the end of a
long fight she lures him under a post from which two ropes are hanging.
hoisting herself up she does a mid-air somersault and clamps her calves on the
sides of his head as her feet press down on his shoulders. he pulls at her
legs as she seems to vibrate them back and forth. she releases the scissors
and digs both hands into his shoulders, making him cry out in pain. she then
swings down in front of him facing away. she then performs the kick that made
Cynthia Rothrock famous. she swings her right leg up and kicks the man's face
which is just behind her left shoulder. she does it 9 times(!) in quick
succession. he grabs the rope and hangs in the air for a second, and she
finishes him off with a vicious back kick.

POSITIVES: the lead actress is uncommonly beautiful and athletic, and the
quantity of f/m dominating fights is outstanding. even her training sequences
were great to watch.

NEGATIVES: the fighting was not bad, but it was over choreographed and
unrealistic. she was obviously a terrific dancer, but you came away from every
fight knowing that the real skill had been for those stunt men to keep missing
her. also they were trying out slow motion fx but these only underlined the
fact that nobody was really getting hit. also, less clothing would have been
greatly appreciated.

OVERALL RATING: **