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Maggie Cheung, Michelle Yeoh, Anita Mui, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Damian Lau ... see more see more... , James Pak

In this cartoonish live-action martial arts feature, three female super-heroes battle the forces of evil in the form of a woman who has hatched a plot to create China's next ruler. Over the years, she... read more read more... has stolen over a dozen children from their families. She hopes to raise them in a way that will make them into ruthless supermen. Among other things, the children are "hardened" by feeding them with human flesh. Thief-Catcher, Invisible Woman, and Wonder Women use their incomparable kung-fu skills to battle their nemesis and even some of the more seriously ruined children in order to protect the world from being taken over by them. Along the way, two of the women discover that they are sisters who were separated as infants. The film contains some scenes showing cruelty and violence being handed out to infants and children, and these may be distasteful for many. Viewers should also note that the Wonder Woman in this film is not based on the American comic-book character portrayed by Lynda Carter, but is a home-grown Chinese invention. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 22 min.

Directed by: Johnnie To

Release Date: February 12, 1993

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DVD Release Date: December 12, 1997

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  • DragonEyeMorrison
    September 9, 2007
    DragonEyeMorrison
    Holy monkey jebus, where to start:

    -Ching Tun Sung (i'm spelling it bad for sure) is the action director here, so fast and wild fights are a safe bet
    -Anthony Wong plays the bad guy sidekick. He uses none other than a flying guillotine as main weapon, and his entire role cons... read moreists of him growling and doing crazy poses
    -Not since Hard Boiled so many babies were used as props for action sequences
    -There is a fight sequence involving the 3 main actresses and a skeleton doll. I shit you not.
    -Rad theme song
    -Jhonnie To was the director, way before he started to develope his now trademark style
    -Do i even need to mention that Yeoh, Mui and Cheung look boing-tastic trough tthe whole movie?
    -Did i mention that i'm still hard?

    In other words, this movie shouldn't even exist at all, probably ended up here from some strange bizarro dimension where kick-assness is part of everyone's daily meal. That this movie hasn't made our universe implode is a damn miracle.

    Damn, i miss the good ol days of the HK movie industry, where things like this were the bread and butter of every day. So, in other words, this movie is camp+cheese+radness+hot women+political criticism (women saving male babies in China!) all role into one brain-smasher cocktail. You either drink it or it drinks you.
  • deano
    October 12, 2006
    deano
    An outrageous action movie, showcasing three of Hong Kong's most talented actresses.
  • DrStrangeblog
    May 24, 2011
    DrStrangeblog
    Utterly ridiculous comic book-style popcorn movie filled with insane laugh-out-loud action sequences. Will test your tolerance for campiness and inappropriately bouncy keyboard-driven soundtracks. People ride barrels propelled by dynamite, motorcycles become twirling projectile... read more weapons, indescribable worlds exist beneath manhole covers, heads are severed with throwable bladed chainmail beekeeper helmets, bodies stripped to muscle and bone continue to fight, papers blow around in enclosed laboratories, and hospitals are the most frequent locations for violent crime. And that's just for starters.

    Amid all this crazed silliness they somehow assembled the ultimate Dream Team of female Hong Kong talent: Anita Mui, Michelle Yeoh, and Maggie Cheung! Unbelievable, on top of unbelievable! I watched this because it ranked #47 on YesAsia's Top 100 Hong Kong Films of the Nineties list, and it decidedly earns its place for the casting alone.

    There's an enormous amount of dementia in this movie's DNA to overcome but in the end I had fun. I will allow that I would probably add a half-star if I saw a subtitled version instead of this juvenile dub, but at least it was widescreen.
  • cacutshaw
    September 15, 2007
    cacutshaw
    Awesomeness abounds in this amazing superhero film. Anthony Wong is great as Beast, a man raised to be a monster. The action is fantastic and there is enough baby killing to keep anyone happy. Great villains, great heroes, great movie.
  • rageofsadako2008
    December 24, 2008
    rageofsadako2008
    One of the better, more polished "superhero" movies to come out of HK in the early 90s. You have a triple threat of hotties: Michelle Yeoh, Anita Mui, and Maggie Cheung, with Cheung easily being the hottest here. Johnny To was also the director of Heroic Trio, making it a must se... read moree for any fans of his later works.
  • paladin98133
    April 28, 2008
    paladin98133
    Despite low-budget special effects, it is a fun, exciting superhero film with some darker elements to it that you wouldn't see out of Hollywood.
  • msross27
    February 19, 2007
    msross27
    when i first saw this on tnt(now spike tv) i didn't know what the heck i was watching, but it turned out to be this wierd mix of martial arts meets super heros/action drama flick. pretty cool

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Critic Reviews

Jeffrey M. Anderson
March 13, 2003
Jeffrey M. Anderson, San Francisco Examiner

A vicious Hong Kong dazzler with a great cast.

Jeremy Heilman
May 15, 2002
Jeremy Heilman, MovieMartyr.com

An unforgettable, chaotic experience that's decidedly unlike any domestic superhero movie. Full Review

Emanuel Levy
August 8, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

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Philip Martin
July 8, 2005
Philip Martin, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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Spence D.
January 29, 2004
Spence D., IGN Movies

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Walter Chaw
June 9, 2003
Walter Chaw, Film Freak Central

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Bryant Frazer
December 21, 2002
Bryant Frazer, Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus

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Joey O'Bryan
January 1, 2000
Joey O'Bryan, Austin Chronicle

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Jeffrey M. Anderson
September 22, 2007
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Derek Adams
February 9, 2006
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