They Call Her Cleopatra Wong (Bobby A. Suarez, 1977 Filipino Cult Action!) DVD NEW/SEALED

“She purrs like a kitten… makes love like a siren!” Outrageous pan-Asian actioner starring Singaporean beauty Marrie Lee as the high-kicking disco diva, weapons expert and secret agent Cleopatra Wong. While on holiday in Manila, Cleo uncovers a major currency counterfeit operation, and immediately her kindly but sleazy Interpol chief orders her on the trail. Clad in orange hotpants and white boots, shooting through thin air on a turbo bike and taking on thirty balding wrestlers at once, its little wonder fanboy Asian fetishist Quentin Tarantino cites Cleo as a major inspiration for his Kill Bill series.

Cleopatra Wong is a landmark film in Filipino cinema for a number of reasons – the first international hit from an all-local production as well as start of the hugely successful Cleo Wong series (Dynamite Johnson, Devils Angels). Canny exploitation genius Suarez gleefully mixes equal parts black chick superhero Cleopatra Jones, the gadget-laden internationalism of James Bond films, and the still-popular antics of Bruce Lee. Never has Filipino cinema been so gloriously derivative, so cheesily Seventies, or so much goofy, jaw-on-the-floor fun. (Andrew Leavold)

DIRECTOR Bobby A. Suarez CAST Marrie Lee, George Estregan, Dante Varona, Johnny Wilson, Franco Guerrero

CONDITION New/Sealed
COUNTRY OF MANUFACTURE Australia
REGION 4 (please ensure your machine will play the disc)
LABEL Monster Pictures
NUMBER OF DISCS 1
RUNNING TIME 90 mins
SPECIAL FEATURES None
LANGUAGE(S) English
SUBTITLES None
ASPECT RATIO 1.33:1
RATING PG