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This was my second Jade Leung film and it was like watching a completely different Jade Leung from "Black Cat." She plays a tough as nails police detective but also shows her feminine side. I'm now officially a Jade Leung fan.
The story is basically "Lethal Weapon" with a twist: Leung plays the Mel Gibson part. She plays a no-holds-barred HK cop whose husband was murdered on their wedding night, so she has no fear of death. She's enlisted to stop an illegal arms smuggling ring by the Singapore police and is teamed up with Honey (Anita Lee)who, at times, steals some scenes from Leung with her own beauty and fighting expertise. Leung tries to woo a young lawyer protecting the evil Gwailo gun smuggler but loses love again in a gun battle and takes the fight in a air-borne helicopter stunt-fest. While sensual in some scenes, the film skirts the Cat III brand because of no graphic nudity, but Leung is enough to fill the screen with her beauty and grace.
The story is basically "Lethal Weapon" with a twist: Leung plays the Mel Gibson part. She plays a no-holds-barred HK cop whose husband was murdered on their wedding night, so she has no fear of death. She's enlisted to stop an illegal arms smuggling ring by the Singapore police and is teamed up with Honey (Anita Lee)who, at times, steals some scenes from Leung with her own beauty and fighting expertise. Leung tries to woo a young lawyer protecting the evil Gwailo gun smuggler but loses love again in a gun battle and takes the fight in a air-borne helicopter stunt-fest. While sensual in some scenes, the film skirts the Cat III brand because of no graphic nudity, but Leung is enough to fill the screen with her beauty and grace.
The film begins with a preface: (paraphrasing) "This film has been rated "R"...so please sit back and enjoy it in total darkness." I have to admit that this film is one of my guilty pleasures but not a tape to show at a family gathering--even though the film deals with the idea of family loyalty. Fudou, the teenage son of a tough Yakuza boss thwarts his father's plans by assembling his own group of killers and assassins (some kids, a pair of school girls and a huge guy name Aizone. Fudou is taking revenge for his father killing his older brother 10 years earlier because the sibling was making things tough for all old Dad. Just as things were going well for young Fudou, his father--still unknowing as to who is working against him--enlists the help of a bastard son he sired in Korea. Now Fudou and his gang is on the run.
A lot of traditional (Japanese) scenes are turned upside down; young children firing automatic pistols; complimentary coffee girls at gas stations giving away poison and Fudou conducting his empire by cell-phone during class.
One of the girls turns out to be a hermaphrodite---someone born with both sex organs--which is re-occurring theme in some Japanese films. She falls for a female school teacher which makes for an interesting love scene.
Reportedly, a dubbed and subtitled version will be available in the U.S. within the year.
A lot of traditional (Japanese) scenes are turned upside down; young children firing automatic pistols; complimentary coffee girls at gas stations giving away poison and Fudou conducting his empire by cell-phone during class.
One of the girls turns out to be a hermaphrodite---someone born with both sex organs--which is re-occurring theme in some Japanese films. She falls for a female school teacher which makes for an interesting love scene.
Reportedly, a dubbed and subtitled version will be available in the U.S. within the year.