Martial Arts Crime Comedy with Cynthia as a US FBI agent on the trail of counterfeiters
from San Francisco to Hong Kong. The film has a lot of burlesque (annoying) comedy
and is more lowbudgeted than her earlier Hong Kong films as "Yes, Madam!" or "Righting
Wrongs" BUT I still have it as my favourite Rothrock movie due to some amazing fights
and stunts. Especially the short but very intense fight between Cynthia's Cindy and one
of the bad guy Ronny Yu's underlings - The Thai Guy!

Even today (i'm writing this in March 2026) no-one know his name, Not Cynthia Rothrock
and supposedly Nor the director and martial arts choreographer Mang Hoi (R.I.P.) ?
The Thai guy had some impressive posture and you could feel the pain from his powerful
leg-kicks through the TV screen .... ouch!
Who was he? A 1988-1989 Thai Champion, in unknown weight class. He shouldn't be
that hard to find. Someone in Thailand involved with Muay Thai should recognize him.

(I thought he could be Changpuek Kiatsongrit Thai and World Champion as he looks a
bit like him, but he's a famous fighter and surely the film producer would've used his
name in promotion of the film if so ? He won the legendary fight against US Rick Roefus)
He's not mentioned in credits and Cynthia refers to him and it as "The Thai Guy" scene.
She tells us that he was a Thai National Champion in Muay Thai and that he couldn't
speak any english nor any cantonese or mandarin and that he kicked hard, very HARD.

Above: The Booklet

My Top Three films of Cynthia is No. 1 - Blonde Fury/Lady Reporter No. 2 - Righting
Wrongs No.3 - Yes, Madam ! The Apex films of her career.
How could a "Western Chick" be a big filmstar in a chinese genre ? Well, due to her
prowess in Kung-Fu, high-energy persona and unique charm i guess. Every guy
falls in love with her so she had (and still does) that Something.

She made her own stunts and due to the most basic of securities she often had
bruises over her whole body at the end of the day. She sometimes wanted to leave,
but when she saw the results on the screen dailies she changed her mind, the pain,
it was worth it because it looked absolutely fabulous.
This dangerous wild ways of doing action martial arts movies are No More in HK
and in Hollywood-USA no-one of her films reached her HK levels of crazy.
These 1980's movies with Cynthia and Michelle are unsurpassed Female Power.

Above: Reversible sleeve

The Film:

The San Francisco based US FBI agent Cindy (Cynthia Rothrock) goes undercover
as a journalist in Hong Kong to crack a counterfeit money syndicate led by Wong
Dak (Ronnie Yu). Cindy's cover is working as a journalist at the newspaper "Asia
Post" and she lives with Judy Yu (Elisabeth Lee) the daughter of a prosecuter.
She's secretely assisted by Ah Hoi (director Mang Hoi) a journalist from the crappy
fake news paper "China Daily" as he badly needs a real news item.

Film presented in 1.85:1 widescreen and with DTS-HD MA mono and either the:
1. 88 minute Hong Kong theatrical version Cantonese original audio (or mandarin
dub) with english subtitles, or
2. 90 minute English language export version

Extras: Audio commentary by Frank Djeng for the Hong Kong version
No Mediocre Action: Interview with Cynthia Rothrock (14 minutes 2024)
Playing the Villain: Interview with Vincent Lyn (21 minutes)
Cantonese theatrical trailer, English trailer, Image gallery
16 page Booklet

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Above: The Old Deltamac 2003 DVD of Blonde Fury

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The Mystery of the Lost Muay Thai Champion ?

The probably hardest fight Cynthia Rothrock ever had on film she had
with an uncredited Thai fighter and she only won due to the Stiletto
heel in his thigh (lucky her, his deadly kicks would have ended her)
He's not credited at the end and no-one remembered his name and when
writing this in March 2026 he's still unknown. IMDB doesn't know.

When I first watched "Blonde Fury" some 23 years ago in the above
Deltamac DVD edition I thought it could maybe be Thai MA legend
Panna Rittikrai uncredited .... but no doesn't look like him.
Then, in 2003, the only hint that he was Thai was that Cynthia said
something about a Thai massage and his general looks.

Later, with interviews with Cynthia, more info was unfolded, Not his
name as she couldn't remember but the fact that he was a Thai Muay
Thai champion in (probably) 1988 and he couldn't speak any chinese
or english. He kicked so hard that Cynthia and the other fighters had
to wear special protective gear. Who is he?

I looked at old Youtube videos from the second halves of the 1980's
and found one that looked a bit like the fighter in the film but he's
probably not the one as he's rather famous within the Muay Thai
community. - Changpuek Kiatsongrit AKA Somchai Ropkwaen,
a multiple world champion in Muay Thai - Kickboxing in the Light
Heavyweight. He was called "Elephant Power" due to his powerful
legkicks and in 1988 he defeated US champion Rick Roefus in a
legendary fight where Changpuek put Muay in the spotlight.
Strange, someone in the Thai Muay Thai community should know
what the name of this great guy was.