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Women on the Run

Women on the Run

19934.71h 29m

Overview

A young woman named Yin dreams of leaving her modest village life for a chance to try to make it big as a martial arts movie star. Leaving for the big city with her boyfriend, life takes a turn for poor Yin when she soon finds herself addicted to drugs and being pimped out by her boyfriend. After a violent altercation forces Yin to flee to Hong Kong, it's not long before she ends up on the radar of the police. Without any other options, Yin makes a deal with the police to go undercover with one of their straight-laced female detectives, Hung, in order to try and bring down a notorious drug dealer nicknamed "King Kong." Victimized by the men in their lives, the two unlikely friends must team up to protect each other from the criminals out to get them and work together to get revenge on those who have betrayed them.

Directed by David Lai Tai-Wai
Written by Calvin Poon Yuen-Leung
Produced by David Lai Tai-Wai, Corey Yuen
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Top Cast

F

Farini Cheung Yui-Ling

Hung

Tamara Guo

Tamara Guo

Li Siu-Yin

Won Jin

Won Jin

King Kong

Corey Yuen

Corey Yuen

Officer Pun

David Lai Tai-Wai

David Lai Tai-Wai

David Cheung

Wong Wai-Tak

Wong Wai-Tak

Brother Chiu

Chan Sek

Chan Sek

King Kong's Right Hand Man

J

Johnny Cheung Wa

King Kong's Thug

Benny Lai Keung-Kuen

Benny Lai Keung-Kuen

King Kong's Thug

A

Adam Chan Chung-Tai

King Kong's Thug

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Themes & Keywords

martial arts

About Women on the Run

Women on the Run is a action, thriller film released in 1993 exploring themes of martial arts. Directed by David Lai Tai-Wai, it stars Farini Cheung Yui-Ling, Tamara Guo, Won Jin. A young woman named Yin dreams of leaving her modest village life for a chance to try to make it big as a martial arts movie star. Leaving for the big city with her boyfriend, life takes a turn for poor Yin when she soon finds herself addicted to drugs and being pimped out by her boyfriend. After a violent altercation forces Yin to flee to Hong Kong, it's not long before she ends up on the radar of the police. Without any other options, Yin makes a deal with the police to go undercover with one of their straight-laced female detectives, Hung, in order to try and bring down a notorious drug dealer nicknamed "King Kong." Victimized by the men in their lives, the two unlikely friends must team up to protect each other from the criminals out to get them and work together to get revenge on those who have betrayed them.

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