Character Relationship Map: Martial Angels

Characters

• Cat (played by Shu Qi) — protagonist

  Cat is a professional thief who has gone straight and works for a company whose security software becomes the focus of a ransom demand. When her former lover is kidnapped, she is forced to steal the t...

• Octopus (played by Kelly Lin Hsi-Lei) — supporting

  Octopus is one of the women in Cat's circle of six old friends from their orphanage days. The group consists of feisty women with a shared history as burglars, and they reunite when Cat asks for help...

• Goldfish (played by Teresa Mak Ka-Kei) — supporting

  Goldfish is one of the six feisty women who share an orphanage past with Cat. She is among Cat's old friends and fellow women burglars who come together when Cat seeks help after her former lover is k...

• Monkey (played by Sandra Ng Kwan-Yu) — supporting

  Monkey is one of Cat's six old friends from their orphanage days. The women are described as feisty former burglars, and Monkey joins the group that Cat calls upon after her former lover is kidnapped....

• Pigeon (played by Rachel Ngan Wing-Sze) — supporting

  Pigeon is one of the women among Cat's six old friends from the orphanage. As part of the group of feisty women burglars, she is drawn into Cat's effort to save her kidnapped former lover. Their share...

• Zi-Yang (played by Julian Cheung Chi-Lam) — supporting

  Zi-Yang is Cat's former partner and lover, whose kidnapping brings Cat back into the criminal world she had left behind. His abductors demand the top-secret security software from the company where Ca...

• Bone (played by Terence Yin Chi-Wai) — supporting
• Fred (played by Wong Jing) — supporting
• Paracov (played by Ron Smoorenburg) — supporting
• Peacock (played by Rosemary Vandebrouck) — supporting

  Peacock is one of the six feisty women who are old friends of Cat from their orphanage days. The group has a history as female burglars, and Peacock is among those Cat calls on when her former lover i...

• Spider (played by Amanda Strang) — supporting

  Spider is one of Cat's six old friends from their orphanage days and part of the group of feisty women burglars. When Cat's former lover is kidnapped, she calls on these friends for help. Spider is in...

• Barry, henchmen (played by Max Ruddock) — minor

Story Analysis

A reformed thief assembles a female crew to rescue her kidnapped lover by stealing high-value corporate secrets.

Plot Progression

1. The Thief's Return — Cat navigates her reformed life while reconnecting with her criminal past. She assembles a crew of female burglars and prepares for a new job.
2. The Kidnapping Crisis — Cat's former partner is abducted, and kidnappers demand company security software. Cat recruits her orphanage friends to mount a rescue operation.
3. The Heist & Shifting Alliances — The team infiltrates the company to secure the software and a top secret product. Internal betrayals and external threats complicate the mission.
4. The Final Confrontation — Alliances fracture as the ransom exchange goes wrong. Cat leads a decisive assault to rescue the hostage and defeat the antagonists.