The Cleopatra Wong films are renowned for bringing together elements pertaining both to the Western spy movie genre and to the Asian martial arts film genre, with the use of numerous gadgets and a variety of exotic locations, as well as for the central character to display top class skills with men, motorbikes, automatic pistols, and even longbow armed with dangerously explosive arrows.
Cleopatra Wong's original tagline in 1978 was: She purrs like a kitten... Makes love like a siren... Fights like a panther.
Cinematically, Cleopatra Wong has been an influence within the spy as well as martial arts genres, becoming an icon of popular culture.
Moreover, Cleopatra Wong's influence extended beyond film, reaching out to the music industry, when Australian musician and composer Amanda Brown, following the breakup of The Go-Betweens, formed with former Go-Betweens drummer Lindy Morrison as well as with Michael Armiger on bass guitar, Colin Bloxsom and Mark Moffatt, a band called Cleopatra Wong which was active from 1991 to 1992.
[3] Marrie Lee "will never forget" the Singapore film critic who wrote that she was "Cleopatra Wrong".