Way before comic book movies completely took over the cinematic world. The Heroic Trio beat them all to the punch with this action packed and crazed plot. The film has something to do with a villain called "Evil Master" who is kidnapping babies in order to find a descendant of the Emperor who will return and rule Asia I guess. To stop him comes The Heroic Trio.
The trio is played by some of Hong Kong's top 90's actors. Anita Mui aka Wonder Woman, Michelle Yeoh aka Invisible Woman and Maggie Cheung aka Thief Catcher. I also recognized perennial Hong Kong actor Anthony Wong in yet another villain role.
The director Johnnie To keeps the action coming fast with one crazed action set piece after another. The stunt work is up to the Hong Kong cinema's usual high standards. The women are easy on the eyes and the whole film for the most part seems to be aware of it's outrageous plot line.
The Heroic Trio did have a sequel called The Executioners which I have seen but don't recall much of. the film runs a quick 83 minutes and was written by Sandy Shaw
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