Monday, October 23, 2017

Wei Lin in TOMORROW NEVER DIES (1997)

The mysterious Chinese secret agent Wei Lin is Bond's equal in TOMORROW NEVER DIES. She is a martial arts expert. It is a refreshing to see her handling a group of thugs all by herself in an vintage bike repair shop, a front for her secret agent activities, in Vietnam. Inside the shop, she has an arsenal packed with deadly weaponsWei Lin has her life saving gadgets just like Bond does. In this scene, her bracelet can shoot a strong wire out as occasion calls for it. Her earrings can open handcuffs. Wei Lin has many action sequences in the movie. Most of them Bond and her are being chased by thugs sent by the villain media mogul Elliot Carver. In this scene they have to escape by hanging onto a giant vertical banner of Carver on the outside of his skyscraper. (8" x 10" acrylic on canvas)