Righting Wrongs
Righting Wrongs
執法先鋒
Overview
"A brilliant, idealistic prosecutor becomes disillusioned with the justice system when key witnesses are murdered by a drug syndicate. He becomes a vigilante, executing the criminals who escape the law, but his actions draw the attention of a tough female police inspector determined to stop him."
Iconic Tracked Scenes
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Disillusioned Prosecutor Hsia executes a known criminal in a parking garage, using incredibly fast, precise kicks and acrobatics to overwhelm him.
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Inspector Cindy engages in a blistering, fiercely competitive brawl against a suspect inside an airplane hangar, showcasing powerful kicks.
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Hsia desperately attempts to stop the escaping crime boss by literally leaping onto a moving airplane and hanging from its exterior.
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Why It's Remembered
- ★The prosecutor executing a criminal in an underground parking garage with terrifying efficiency.
- ★The brutal fight in an airplane hangar featuring Cynthia Rothrock.
- ★The jaw-dropping stunt involving Yuen Biao hanging from a flying airplane.
Cultural Context
- ◈Considered one of the absolute pinnacles of modern-day, stunt-heavy Hong Kong action.
- ◈Features Yuen Biao in his darkest, most intense role, moving with physics-defying speed and precision.
- ◈Notorious for its incredibly bleak iterations of endings (some versions feature almost the entire cast dying horribly).
About the Action Elements
Righting Wrongs is widely celebrated among martial arts cinema fans for sequences involving vigilante, parking garage, execution, precise, kicks. One of the most memorable sequences features Yuen Biao naturally executing vigilante parking garage execution, where the choreography and unique set pieces become the unexpected highlight of the film.