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The Heroic Trio

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: It is an apealing action adventure.
Review: The heroic trio was one of the best movies I have ever seen. It is a graphic depiction of what life would be like if magic and sorcery existed. The movie consists of three Chinese superheroins who join forces to battle an anchient sorcerer. The characters are well played and the story runs along smoothly. I would not, however, recomend this movie, or it's sequal the Executioners, for the sqweemish, becaus it contains scenes blood, decapitation, and an exploding brain.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A Pleasure ffom first frame to last
Review: The Heroic trio, a dream like trip into a darkened future, an exciting rollercoaster ride.... featuring Mui Yim Fong (Anita Mui) also known as the Hong Kong Madonna (and Insult to Mui.... if you've ever seen Maddona act) Maggie Cheung (Cheung Man Yok) recently from Irma Vep and Chinese Box, Michelle Yeoh (Yeung Chi King) fresh from Tomorrow Never Dies. This movie is dark and breath taking at the same time...... If you don't see it..... you'll hate your self.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Too bizarre to take seriously (which is not a bad thing)
Review: This campy cult classic has it all: superheroes, compulsive professors-invertors, ghosts, demons and human-flesh-eating babies. "Heroic Trio" is a mix of so much and many that unless you're willing to immerse in Ed Wood-like weirdness you shouldn't watch this movie. If you like Ed Wood and/or if you enjoyed the movies like "Killer Condom", "Tromeo and Juliet," or "Batman and Robin" this movie is for you.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A Wild Ride
Review: This film is alot of fun to watch. Its full of wild stunts and very elaborate fight scenes. Plus, it stars 3 women who don't get the "falling down and crying" sickness at the slightest hint of danger; which happens in American movies all too often.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Good start for American Audiences
Review: This is a great movie for Americans who are just beginning to enjoy Chinese action films or have only seen Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee.

Anita Mui, who leads the cast, is billed as the Madonna of Asia which is an insult. I like Madonna, but the only comparison is their outrageous stage costumes. Mui is as good a singer, although in a lower range, and can really act, something she doesn't get to do in this movie.

This movie is a comic book with women heroes, and it is a great comic book. It only makes sense to you if comic books or avant garde films make sense. You don"t watch it for a great story, but for three top notch actresses, and some great wire work. If you like this, you're ready for everything Hong Kong has to offer.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Jackie Chan Copied this movie"s martial arts
Review: This is a unique martial arts movie with heavy kicks and slices.the movie is three amazing women fighting a demon under China.There are many slices and bloody hits so five year old shouldn't watch this because they might get very scared if they watch it.The plots is some times hard to swallow but the fight and weild demons make up for it.Its most definately a classic martial art movie and Jackie Chan copied this movie in some ways. The movie is getting rarer ever day get it now!!

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Michelle Yeoh fans: avoid this one!
Review: This is one of the worst martial arts movies I've ever seen. And believe me, that's saying a lot.

Like many, I grew up watching kung fu films Saturday afternoons on TV. But not even of the worst of that bunch was as bad as anything in this incoherent mess. Never mind the bad plot and bad acting (Hong Kong cinema fans are used to that) but this movie doesn't even have good martial arts action to compensate. In fact, there's barely any chop-socky action at all!

Worse, Michelle Yeoh (who stars) plays a superhero who can make herself invisible. So whenever a fight breaks out -- you guessed it -- she becomes completely invisible both to the others and to the camera, so we don't even get to see her fight. Instead, we only see her footprints on the ground as actors make believe they're getting kicked in the face by an invisible warrior! Only towards the end do we get to see the real Yeoh in action, but the movie's so [poorly crafted] that you might not hold out till then.

As for the other two stars, they get slightly more screen time, but they barely get a chance to duke it out either.

Bottom line: even movie fans who "enjoy" cheesy martial arts flicks should avoid this one. Truly a waste of time.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Best Hong Kong Movie in Years!
Review: This movie keeps the H.K. action genre alive! I did not think I was going to like it since the movie focuses on three females (no Jackie Chan, etc), but I was GLUED to the set watching this movie. This movie was better than any Chan movie I have seen. I am recommending this movie to every friend I have. END

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Fun offbeat
Review: This wacky girl power comic book of a movie was more fun than any Hollywood film I've seen all year-- both cheesy and cool. I mean how many films introduce their main character by having them run across electrical wires in a cape and mask?

Don't try to hard to follow the plot (which I believe is an alegory for the three Chinas--PRC, HK, and Taiwan), just sit back and enjoy.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: It's worth the price, barely.
Review: When Charlie's Angels was released, critics at Roughcut.com suggested that everyone go buy THE HEROIC TRIO instead of wasting money on the lackluster Angels. I took the critics' advice and purchased the movie, after all Anita Mui, Michelle Yeoh, AND Maggie Cheung together in a movie how could it be bad?

Well I was right and wrong. In classic Hong Kong movie fare, the typical high flying, building walking, deadly throwing skills are here (maybe too much?). This may have turned off a lot of fans a few years ago, but with the success of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, a lot more of you will probably enjoy this movie.

Yeoh struts her stuff in decent fight scenes, while MUI plays a building-striding super-heroine type, and Cheung does some of the best martial-art gunplay I've seen. My only gripe (and it's a big one) is the ending! ACK, the ending is so cheesy I had to fast forward past it. If you have the money, and came sit past one of the lamest endings in movie history, this is a nice DVD to own.


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