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Truly Dreadful Film

For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

Here we go again: another early-90's low-budget Hong Kong action film where the action is great and the film is sloppy. The good news is that the fight scenes (choreographed by Yuen Woo Ping) are fast, intricate and very well-performed; the bad news is that while you're waiting for them, you are subjected to a story that is not only uninteresting but often doesn't even make sense from scene to scene, and to humor that, more often than not, misses the mark. It doesn't help any that the English subtitles (on my World Video version at least) become just about invisible against white backgrounds, which means that any non-Chinese-speaking viewer is losing entire sentences of dialogue. On the bright side, Cynthia Khan looks very beautiful, plays a fearless character, and is in top fighting form. Kara Hui spends most of the film being seductive, but also gets a couple of fights near the end; however, this is mainly a showcase for Cynthia and Anthony Wong, and they are both up to the challenge. In short: enjoy the fights, but prepare to be scratching your head in-between them. (**1/2)

A young lady and her father are threatened by a gang named the Five Fingers. Private eye Charlie comes to the rescue. A movie with a couple of funny moments (mostly to Charlie's credit) and a great fight scene with Cynthia Khan and a gangster hanging from the scaffolding of a construction site with one hand or one leg and somehow still managing to continue the fight! The problem is the middle part of the film where most of the time is spent talking about the father and if he should marry again. After a speedy beginning, the movie is losing so much drive in the middle that it is a bit hard to sit through, but the final action sequences made it worthwhile still. Voted 5/10.