China O'Brien is a 1990 action movie directed by Robert Clouse and starring Cynthia Rothrock as China O'Brien, a police officer and martial arts expert. In a night shootout China kills an armed person who appears to be a teenager. Deeply shocked by this, she retires from service and swears never again take a gun. China returns to her native Midwestern town where her father is a sheriff, but she finds the town under the power of a crime boss Sommers. When Sheriff O'Brien tries to confront gangsters, he and his deputy are killed by car bomb. Sommers plans to give the sheriff's star to his devoted man but China runs for sheriff herself and wins the election. With the help of her friend Matt Conroy (Richard Norton) and Native American biker Dakota (Keith Cooke) she starts cleaning up the town. The movie was followed with a sequel China O'Brien II.
The following weapons were used in the film China O'Brien:
When China O'Brien retires from police service, she puts her service Smith & Wesson Model 15 revolver. Corrupt Deputy Marty Lickner (Patrick Adamson) also carries a Model 15. Same looking revolver is briefly seen in hands of a teenager whom China kills in the opening scene.
Sheriff O'Brien (David Blackwell), China's father, carries a Smith & Wesson Model 67 (or possibly a nickel plated Model 15). In the final scene same looking revolver is used by crime boss Edwin Sommers (Steven Kerby).
An M16 Carbine in CAR-15 style is used by several Sommers' henchmen, passing from man to man. In the climactic scene Dakota (Keith Cooke) disarms Lickner (Patrick Adamson) and uses the carbine. It is possibly a customized civilian semi-auto rifle that has A1 upper receiver, full fence lower receiver, collapsible stock, a flash hider in 4.25" Moderator style, and a bayonet lug.
