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Guardian Angel

Guardian Angel (1994)

November. 22,1994
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4.9
| Drama Action Thriller

Detective - turned - bodyguard Cynthia McKay (Cynthia Rothrock) is hired by a psychotic icy seductress, Nina Lindell (Lydie Denier), the same woman who killed Mckay's lover months earlier. With vendetta in her heart McKay accompanies the flamboyantly playful womanizer through the glamourous world of the super-rich as his protector. In a unique role reversal, it is the woman protecting the man from another woman, erupting into a deadly triangle of passion, suspense and action.

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Evengyny
1994/11/22

Thanks for the memories!

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Steineded
1994/11/23

How sad is this?

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Bereamic
1994/11/24

Awesome Movie

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Tayloriona
1994/11/25

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

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Leofwine_draca
1994/11/26

GUARDIAN ANGEL is one of many straight-to-video B-movie action flicks that high-kicking sensation Cynthia Rothrock made throughout the 1990s. These tended to be fun, brainless affairs, and this film is no different. Rothrock plays a cop whose lover is killed by a femme fatale; in disgust, she quits the force and becomes a bodyguard, only to find her paths crossing with the hitwoman once more. In truth, there's very little storytelling of note here; the film is instead full of one-on-one fight scenes as Rothrock takes on various strapping henchman types in fight scenes well choreographed by Richard Norton. I always love the slow motion hits in these films and GUARDIAN ANGEL doesn't disappoint in this respect, although the rest is highly predictable.

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Comeuppance Reviews
1994/11/27

Cop Christine McKay (Rothrock) is hot on the trail of a counterfeiting ring and is working the case with her partner and fiancé Nick Taylor (Teague). Behind the operation are the criminals David (Miano) and the super-evil Nina Lindell (Denier). After some tragic events perpetrated by Nina, Christine gets kicked off the force and hits the skids. She ends up living in a trailer with her dog Flash, who she has conversations with about her life. But she vows revenge on the sinister Nina at any cost. Christine ends up taking a bodyguard job for a rich, cocky playboy named Lawton Hobbs (McVicar). Nina was his ex-girlfriend and so there's a personal stake there. Christine will have to use all her skill as a Martial Artist to get to the bottom of this tangled web. Can she do it? We really enjoyed this Rothrock vehicle. PM rarely disappoints, and with a team of PM mainstays both in front of and behind the camera, you really can't lose. Director Munchkin applies the same techniques with Rothrock as he did with Don the Dragon Wilson or Jeff Wincott in the past, and the result is an entertaining movie with plenty of shooting, chases (of the car, helicopter, boat and horse varieties), Martial Arts fights, and Cynthia Rothrock getting off some cute catch phrases after she beats up her assailants.Marshall Teague gets to show off his range - we hadn't seen him play the charming cop before this. We mainly know him as the evil dojo master/teacher from the great A Dangerous Place (1995). Robert Miano pops up constantly and we know him and love him, he does his standard good job. A nice surprise was Lydie Denier as the baddie-ess. She was cold, heartless, and dastardly, and a perfect enemy for Rothrock. Christine's Captain in the movie was female but looked and dressed a lot like David Coverdale. And while McVicar did a decent job as the Hugh Hefner-like lothario, we felt Bruce Campbell could have also played that part.Guardian Angel is also filled with amazingly 90's-looking people. Some of the fashions and hairstyles are pretty impressive and are worth seeing in their own right. Most of the fight/chase scenes have some wailin' electric guitar behind them which underlines the fact that PM knows its audience and wants to give them what they want to see: 80's/90's action in its most uncut form. We definitely applaud that. But this movie also has some comments about the battle of the sexes and some points of view which keep it from getting overly dumb. Plus, Lawton Hobbs (nice name) predates Muammar Qaddafi by many years in initiating the idea of a female bodyguard. Finally, we noticed in the credits that the fight choreographer was Richard Norton. Too bad he couldn't have appeared in the film, even if it was just a cameo.In the end, there's very little NOT to like about Guardian Angel. Cynthia Rothrock is one of our favorite action stars, and here she's backed up by a competent team. You gotta love it.For more action insanity, drop by: www.comeuppancereviews.com

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kostin12
1994/11/28

this movie has a decent story in my opinion,very good fight scenes but i was a little bit disappointed by the end of the movie.i think that it was a way better if lydie denier knew karate also or if she knew to use some weapons,her character has become more interesting too and she was a decent opponent to cynthia.i think when the director filmed the final 'battle' between cynthia&denier he wanted to finish the movie earlier so he didn't care how the end was going to be.all in all i think that fans of cynthia rothrock will be very satisfied watching this movie.it's not like 'yes,madam'! or sworn to justice but it was entertainment enough and cynthia looks awesome in this movie so my rate for this movie is a solid 8/10

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glennstg
1994/11/29

A female ex-cop who was drummed out of the force for recklessness (and who could probably beat Chuck Norris in a fight) hires herself out as a private bodyguard; her first client is a worthless playboy type. It takes half the movie for her to get kicked off the force in the first place. Lots of great fight choreography but the plot is strictly by the numbers, and the acting is as wooden as the dialogue. Give this one a miss.

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