No hoi wai lung

When a movie pairs up the beautiful and graceful Cynthia Khan with the athletic and charismatic Yuen Biao, you expect something better than what "Tough Beauty and the Sloppy Slop" turns out to be. This movie is a frantic, disjointed mess, way over-the-top for a "modern" action flick (people jump off tall buildings, get thrown 30 feet away and sometimes even float in the air). What's worse, the subtitles are not only grammatically awful but also often unreadable (against white backgrounds), which makes the viewing experience painful. Thankfully, we at least get an action-packed climax, with some very entertaining fight sequences which FINALLY remind us what made HK cinema so popular in the first place. The last 15 minutes almost make up for the rest of the movie. (**)