# Xian dai hao xia zhuan (1993)

### reviewed by
Tim Voon

                        HEROIC TRIO 2: EXECUTIONERS 1993
                          A film review by Timothy Voon
                           Copyright 1998 Timothy Voon
                   2 :-( :-(  for a very disappointing sequel

Yes the femme fatales are back with a vengeance. Wonder Woman (Anita Mui), Invisible Woman (Michelle Yeoh) and The Thief Catcher (Maggie Cheung).

If you consider yourself male then consider yourself an endangered species in this movie. Males are good for providing temporary love interests, before being efficiently disposed off. So let's rid the movie of waste products like husbands and boyfriends, and once again THE HEROIC TRIO can remain focus on their mission – the defeat of a powerful, chemically enhanced mutant, monopolising clean water in post apocalyptic Hong Kong.

Gone is the light-hearted humour sprinkled over action packed sequences that laced the original movie. Instead this episode is filled with the dark undertones of a suffering oppressed society. So much so that our heroines are perpetually morose and depressed, not the chirpy female vixens that dressed loudly and mightily kicked arse in the original. What ultimately killed this movie for me, was when my favourite Chinese actress, Michelle Yeoh was sacrificed – that was the last straw, an unforgivable move. When this happened I lost all interest in what happened next and wished that a sequel was never made to the delightful original HEROIC TRIO, now sadly the HEROIC DUO.

Disappointing, very disappointing.

Timothy Voon e-mail: stirling@netlink.com.au http://us.imdb.com/M/reviews_by?Tim+Voon http://www.labyrinth.net.au/~bouclier/week/movies.html

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