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The Nextlander Watchcast 060: Righting Wrongs (1986)
🕑 Added 2023-09-19 20:40:55 +0000 UTCFor the second half of September we're checking out a pair of top flight Hong Kong action flicks, kicking off with our second Cynthia Rothrock classic, Righting Wrongs!
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening.
(00:00:32) - Intro.
(00:02:22) - Our film for this week: Righting Wrongs!
(00:09:43) - Some background on the film's production.
(00:17:54) - On the subject of multiple endings.
(00:21:19) - Launching into the movie proper.
(00:25:26) - Meanwhile, in Hong Kong: let's blow up some kids.
(00:31:27) - Yuen Biao becomes Batman, and Cynthia Rothrock arrives.
(00:35:35) - Hello Stink Egg.
(00:45:09) - Staring at computer terminals for a while.
(00:47:04) - Break!
(00:47:23) - We're back, here's this criminal kid. He's going to die.
(00:49:13) - The parking garage scene.
(00:53:45) - Torturing a train metaphor to death.
(00:56:22) - This child is an idiot, and the reveal of the Big Bad.
(01:02:23) - If you're suspected of murder, why is court the first place you'd think to go?
(01:05:17) - Melvin Wong is going to obliterate this kid. But first he's going to obliterate his grandpa.
(01:14:05) - The assassin returns, now with high-waisted jeans.
(01:17:11) - More child assassination? More child assassination!
(01:22:03) - Another innocent dead. To the airplane hangar!
(01:27:40) - The final confrontation.
(01:33:59) - Final thoughts.
(01:35:56) - Outro.
Comments
Andrew
So far, every HK cinema Watchcast episode has coincided with me traveling to HK for one reason or another.
Mike Johnson
Awesome, thank you!
nextlander
We watched the original HK cut but we also talk about the alternate endings from the other versions.
Mike Johnson
Sorry, which cut is this? I don't want to listen until I've refreshed myself on the movie...
