Catch the Heat (1987)

Catch the Heat is a 1987 star vehicle for Tiana Alexandra. Alexandra's family fled Vietnam for America in 1966. As a young woman, she met and trained under Bruce Lee, who introduced her to his friend and her future husband Sterling Silliphant. Silliphant got her a bit part in The Killer Elite (which he wrote), starting a minor acting career. The year before this movie, she created the "Karatecize" fitness program. A few years after this movie, she directed a documentary called From Hanoi to Hollywood that won some awards and aired on HBO. Obviously, she contains multitudes.

This is not a very good movie, but I found it oddly charming...

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