2019, Sasie Sealy, USA, 100 min. With Tsai Chin, Ha Hsiao-yuan

Hilariously shrewd and breathtakingly resourceful, widowed Grandma Wong (Chin of THE JOY LUCK CLUB) is a stonefaced harridan-from-hell to those who cross her. After acquiring an ill-gotten fortune, she hires a lovably clueless bodyguard (Ha) to protect her from Chinatown gangs, but she proves more than capable of handling the dirty work herself. This first feature delightfully turns the stereotype of the maverick action hero on its head. In English, Mandarin, and Cantonese with English subtitles. DCP digital. (BS)