Elsa Yeung and Brigitte Lin star in this movie, and have practically no fight scenes (a shove here and there doesn't count). Let me repeat this: Elsa Yeung and Brigitte Lin, two female action stars, have practically no fight scenes in an action movie. I don't know whose bright idea that was, but if there was a Movie Police, he should be arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment. As a matter of fact, there is very little action of any type in "Phoenix The Raider", which means there is little to compensate for the incoherent, boring screenplay (by the extremely prolific Godfrey Ho) and the poor direction. In other words, this plays like a typical cheap action film, but with all the good parts taken out. At least we get to hear Ennio Morricone's classic "Once Upon A Time In The West" theme again! * out of 4.
