The Heroic Trio

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In Hong Kong, babies are being kidnapped by the Invisible Woman (Michelle Yeoh) for the Evil Master (Yee Kwan Yan), who plans to raise them to become unbeatable warriors. The Invisible Woman's sister, Tung (Anita Mui), married to the police officer investigating the kidnappings, secretly fights crime as Wonder Woman. When the Invisible Woman reconnects with her sister and her childhood friend, Thief Catcher (Maggie Cheung), they convince her to team up with them to defeat the Evil Master.

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Jake Cole

Slant Magazine

Like so many wuxia classics, the film’s plot is at once unnecessarily convoluted and little more than justification for moving from one stunt set piece to the next.

Feb 18, 2024

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Joey O'Bryan

Austin Chronicle

Rated: 4.5/5

Jan 1, 2000

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Sean Gilman

The Chinese Cinema

The Heroic Trio holds up well, making for a highly entertaining generic exercised anchored by the performances of its three stars (plus Anthony Wong, who steals every scene he’s in).

Jun 10, 2024

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James Kendrick

Q Network Film Desk

It is meant to be comical and gross and sentimental and exciting all at the same time, and at various points it works like gangbusters. But, at other times it feels strained and kind of cheap

Rated: 2/4

Apr 25, 2024

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Aaron Neuwirth

Why So Blu

You can feel the glee in this one, as it aims to deliver a lot of fun and succeeds, heroically so, in fact.

Rated: 4/5

Feb 27, 2024

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Rudie Obias

Battleship Pretension

Although The Heroic Trio is a bit convoluted with its plot, it’s a wonderful showcase of action cinema with performances that shine through and through — especially when all three of the superheroines join forces to form the titular “Heroic Trio.”

Feb 22, 2024

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Audience Member

Great, as long as you appreciate it for what it is and was meant to be: sheer comic book style entertainment.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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don s

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.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

An example of what future kung fu typed of action movies should have the same style.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Audience Member

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.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Audience Member

Great for Anita fans, however it's a bit corny...

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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Spearheaded by late actress Anita Mui's powerful theme Johnnie To's futuristic political allegory "The Heroic Trio" makes for an entertaining midnight movie replete with exaggerated posturing, campy art direction, and cheesy special effects. Still, it's hard to swallow any other time of the day -- even with its optimistic appraisal of the Chinese people -- as a sound superhero flick.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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Synopsis

In Hong Kong, babies are being kidnapped by the Invisible Woman (Michelle Yeoh) for the Evil Master (Yee Kwan Yan), who plans to raise them to become unbeatable warriors. The Invisible Woman's sister, Tung (Anita Mui), married to the police officer investigating the kidnappings, secretly fights crime as Wonder Woman. When the Invisible Woman reconnects with her sister and her childhood friend, Thief Catcher (Maggie Cheung), they convince her to team up with them to defeat the Evil Master.

Director: Johnnie To
Producer: Johnnie To, Tony Ching Siu Tung
Screenwriter: Susanne Chan, Sandy Shaw Lai-King
Rating: R
Genre: Action, Fantasy
Original Language: Chinese
Release Date (DVD): Nov 19, 2002
Runtime: 1h 28m

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