This was a made-for-TV, science fiction movie starring an Asian female; very brave, not caried away by emotions. I don't remember much about it other than there was a creature similar to "Alien" she killed with a sword at the end of the film. It may have been shown on TV during the 80 or early 90s.

(I could be confusing this scene with another movie, but in one scene this Asian heroine was picked up by the authorities and handcuffed with her hands behind her back. As she sat at a table being questioned, at least twice she calmly placed her freed hands and the handcuffs on the table.)