The Heroic Trio

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DanTheMan 2 Aug 3 Offering wall-to-wall delirium, The Heroic Trio is certainly bursting with creative energy and pulpy comic book visuals, compensating for a confusing and cloyingly over-sentimental story by serving as an irresistible showcase for three of the coolest women warriors ever to hit the silver screen. Even with all the eye-popping motorcycle stunts, bloodthirsty undead, cannibal infants, and kinetically choreographed wirework, the whole film feels like it's about to come apart at the seams despite hitting the ground running with such a tantalising hook. Style may be more plentiful than substance, but thanks to Johnnie To's consistently stunning visual eye with sweeping camera movements, wind machines, and an abundance dry ice, it matters little—especially when combined with the supernatural fight sequences, choreographed by Ching Siu Tung, that are dark, violent, and bursting with all imaginative dynamism you'd expect from this era of Hong Kong cinema. Although I wish the film had embraced the darker and more disturbing aspects of its tone throughout. It's hard to fault any of the performances from the leads; Maggie Cheung, Michelle Yeoh, and Anita Mui are all fabulous company, even if the latter two have been saddled with straighter roles as everyone else goes off the chain or hams it up, especially the likes of a near-mute Anthony Wong, severing heads with a lip smacking glee. Despite all of The Heroic Trio's inspired lunacy, the artificial trappings tend to make the film feel set-bound and confined, but ultimately, none of that diminishes the overall entertainment value the film possesses in spades. See more 09/22/2017 Great, as long as you appreciate it for what it is and was meant to be: sheer comic book style entertainment. See more don s 11/03/2013 Basically a Chinese super-hero movie featuring 3 lovely martial artists out to kick a demon's tale. The story is a jumbled mess - I didn't get the demon part until the end - but the choreography for the fight scenes is well done, and any movie featuring Maggie Cheung is a winner in my eyes. Decidedly different but enjoyable. See more 08/11/2013 An example of what future kung fu typed of action movies should have the same style. See more 06/30/2013 A genra bender. Superheroes, kung fu, gun fu, the supernatural, all taking place in a world similar to that of Tim Bruton's Gotham. Quite a ride. My only complaint was the wires, they didn't even try and hide them. See more 12/24/2012 Great for Anita fans, however it's a bit corny... See more Read all reviews

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