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The Dominator reviewsThe Heroic Trio(Full Uncut Version)Distributed by Made In Hong Kong
Directors:
Ching Siu Tung (The Heroic Trio II, A Chinese Ghost Story) Cast:
Thief Catcher : Maggie Cheung (Irma Vep, Heroic Trio II, Moon Warriors, Barefoot Kid) Invisible Girl : Michelle Yeoh (Heroic Trio II, Wing Chun)
The Heroic Trio unites three of Hong Kong's top battling babes in an orgy of bloodlust and violence as they aim to rid the city of the Invisible Master who has stolen eighteen babies in the past three months, and doesn't plan to stop there, as he needs to find a son to succeed the king.
The film sports so many incredible action set pieces, it's a good job there's
enough chapters on the disc to keep up with them. One of the first sees
Thief Catcher taking over a terrorist-hostage situation, sitting on a
barrel, putting what looks like a stick of dynamite inside which upon detonation
lifts her up into the air and through a window into the hideout, whereupon she
calmly executes each of the bad guys with a shotgun. Later on, she and
Wonder Woman do battle with the Master's right-hand man, Kau in
the train station where one has run off the tracks and they've got to get
everyone out before it goes one stop too far. However, it still leaves them
plenty of time for a flying sideways somersault across the station
which has to be seen to be believed, and is still quite hard to take in...
Picture quality is very good, and the soundmix is mono. The chapters are plentiful although the back cover states 19 on side one, and 10 on side 12. There are actually 28 though (split 17/11), although the chapter titles do apply to the sides they are listed on. Effectively, chapter 17 comprises of the three named titles at the end of side one (Poisoned/Train Station Carnage/ To The Rescue), and side two seems to blend Deep Fried/Challenge to the Master into one chapter (24), moving the rest down a number. The Heroic Trio is one of four PAL laserdiscs released by Made in Hong Kong, the other three being, Black Cat, The Killer and City on Fire. Review copyright © Dominic Robinson, 1997.Check out Made In Hong Kong 's Web site !
DVDs reviewed by the editor are watched on a Panasonic TXW32R4 32" widescreen TV connected to either a Creative Dxr2 DVD-ROM player or Microsoft Xbox and played through a Sony STR-DB930 amplifier. PC games reviewed by the editor are on:
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