With michelle yeoh, anita mui, maggie cheung, damian lau. The heroic trio is a 1993 hong kong action film directed by johnny to, featuring an all star cast including michelle yeoh, maggie cheung and the late anita mui as the titular trio. The film borrows ideas from the day after1983 as well as stock footage. The series primarily consists of a trilogy of science fiction action films beginning with the matrix 1999 and continuing with two sequels, the matrix reloaded and the matrix revolutions both in 2003, all written and directed by the wachowskis and produced by joel silver. The heroic trio is a film squarely designed to plug into its appeal. Wonder woman anita mui is the traditional superheroine, like batman or the american wonder woman.
Wreckers transformers cinematic universe heroes wiki. Before becoming an renowned auteur, a favorite of critics and film festivals the world over, johnnie to was known primarily in the west for the two films he made in 1993 in collaboration with director and action choreographer ching siutung. Founded in january 2010, heroic television is a television production and development company consisting of john may and suzanne bolch. Anita mui is a sword slinger, mask wearer, and crime fighter who is also married to a police inspector. This can be due to lack of interest or the knowledge that they.
Heroic trio is more like an mindless action movie, a mummy meets charlies angels type film. Executioners is like visiting your friend and finding out that hes dying from lung cancer. Johnny tos girl power banger heroic trio brings together wireflying wuxia and john. The girls seem to be more likely to have trouble dealing with mooks in this film, although its justified in wonder womans case since she hasnt done much superheroing since her daughter was born biglipped alligator moment.
Their shows have aired on ytv, family channel, abc3, cbc, bbc kids and the disney channel in canada. Initially, theyre on opposing sides the invisible ching is kidnapping newborn male babies for her evil master, tung is trying to solve the crime rather more effectively than her policeman husband, who is unaware of her secret identity, and chat, who was formerly employed by. To his credit, like most good directors, he does a great job of making his stars michelle yeoh, maggie cheung, and anita miu, look cool and sexy. The heroic trio dung fong saam hap 1993 rotten tomatoes. The viewer should really see heroic trio first to help get the story line. The film features three of the top hong kong actresses anita mui, maggie cheung and michelle yeoh and all at their most alluring. I think this was the first johnnie to film i saw when it come out on vhs here around 96, although it took me some 3 years to connect it to the milkyway guy. Johnnie tos the heroic trio breaks every rule i thought applied to film. With everything on the line, its up to the heroic trio of shadow fox, mercy and invisible womanto rise up and stop him. An evil deformed villain controls the citys scarce water supply, exerting influence over both a popular leader and a militarist colonel. Executioners, is an awfully lame, melodramatic and messy sequel of heroic trio that i have not seen. A superhero known as wonder woman mui begins to investigate on her own, as another one known as thief catcher cheung takes on the case for the money. The company produces childrens television series for live action, animation and all the in between.
Sure, you could say that this movie has too much going on for its own good, but to do so would be missing the point. Film series are created when a film becomes a success. A government soldier with super strength shows up at the end, smacks the girls around, and then gets killed off. The heroic trio is a 1993 hong kong action film directed by johnnie to, starring michelle yeoh. Heroic trio is a liveaction comic book, and captures the quirky spirit and. The trio of chat the thief catcher, ching and wonder woman along with her young daughter have to avert a military takeover and find clean headwaters to save the city. I mean, the first film is wild and weird, but this one takes the series in a completely different direction. The plotline was very gripping, and actually made sense. The heroic trio and executioners star michelle yeoh, maggie cheung and anita mui as superheroes in a pre and then. The heroic trio collection changes the movie database. The heroic trio toronto international film festival.
Heroic trio is more like a mindless action movie, a mummy meets charlies angels type film. Maggie cheung, michelle yeoh, anita mui, lau ching wan, anthony wong, johnnie to. This film continues heroic trio in a darker and much more hard edged tone. This film is essentially a comic book brought to life, from hong kong directors siutung ching and johnny to. Tung and ching were both adopted by the same master. The heroic trio try to free the people by looking for fresh water.
Age of extinction and they returned as minor protagonists in transformers. Even though the dubbed voice isnt her own, i still really liked her character. The heroic trio 1993 is an action, fantasy movie starring anita mui and michelle yeoh. Michelle yeoh and anita mui stand out in their roles and maggie cheung also turns in a fine performance. Cora cheng, johnnie to, siutung ching, jack maeby, sandy shaw. Dark of the moon and disbanded before transformers. The heroic trio has great action courtesy of ching siutung, and the story and cinematography are enjoyable in an urban fantasy sortofway. Which has as story someone is snatching hospital maternity children across the city. Instead of a superhero teamup concept, this film approaches its materials as a postapocalyptic flick with a sociopolitical slant. I really enjoyed the action, though i didnt like the.
The film is for many parties a vehement and acrobatic dance. So, i would say, if youre in the mood for a silly, campy action film with a lot of eye. Sequels, prequels and spinoffs can turn a group of films into a real cash cow franchise. The allfemale heroic trio are tung wonder woman, chat thief catcher, a mercenary, and ching invisible woman. So, i would say, if youre in the mood for a silly, campy action film with a lot of. The heroic trio series region free dvd english language and subtitled. A series of bizarre kidnappings of newborn babies is terrorizing hong kong. Metrograph is a new manhattan movie theater devoted to screening. The wreckers are a group of autobots in the 2011 film transformers. The heroic trio is a flashy kung fu superheroine adventure full of solid production values but marred by some disturbingly gratuitous plot elements. The opening scene with michelle yeoh driving a medical supply through a bleak environment is what sets the tone for the filmdownbeat and. It remains on the very best films he did before setting on his own. The invisible womans sister, tung anita mui, married to the police officer investigating the kidnappings, secretly fights crime as wonder woman.
Johnnie to the heroic trio series dvd executioners. The executioners is a wholly different film in attitude and tale from the first. This film is essentially a comic book brought to life, from hong kong directors siutung. From the opening credits it warns me not to take it seriously, with the surprisingly catchy theme song taking me on a trip backwards through time to the 1980sish land that apparently was 1990s hong kong. Xian dai hao xia zhuan, is a 1993 hong kong action film and a sequel to the heroic trio, both films which were directed by johnny to, starring michelle yeoh, anita mui and maggie cheung, returning as the main characters of the first film. The heroic trio 1994 in hong kong, babies are being kidnapped by the invisible woman michelle yeoh for the evil master yee kwan yan, who plans to raise them to become unbeatable warriors.
The heroic trio 2 cantonese engsub hong kong movie. Its hard to believe johnnie to, the gritty crime director, hong kongs martin scorsese, directed this campy, superhero movie. The heroic trio series region free dvd english language and. Lau ching wan played a chinese indiana jones in the film. That said johnnie tos talent isnt fully wasted here. Cast and roles michelle yeoh chingsaninvisible woman. The wreckers, leadfoot, roadbuster and topspin were a trio of engineering geniuses who came to earth aboard the autobot spaceship xantium. Center stage film the twin dragons film green snake. With kungfu movie acrobatics, the heroic trio doesnt try to hide its comicbook conventions in order to suspend disbelief, unlike american superhero adventures such as batman, the crow, and. The ending is everything you could want from such a film i promise you wont feel let down. Johnny tos girl power banger heroic trio brings together wireflying wuxia and john wooesque gunfu into a heady cocktail of aerial acrobatics thats close to a liveaction cartoon. The third installment of the sharmeen obaidchinoys 3 bahadur film series has been announced and it looks like rise of the warriors will pit the heroic trio against bigger baddies than before new characters include ghonchu the monkey who looks like trouble, but they seem to have made a powerful friend in erma. This film is an example of hong kong wuxia, wire fu, and heroic bloodshed.
The heroic trio is a 1993 hong kong action film directed by johnnie to, starring michelle yeoh, maggie cheung, and anita mui as the titular trio. Tiff is a charitable cultural organization with a mission to transform the way people see the world, through film. Maggie cheungs bounty hunter thief catcher teams with michelle yeoh and anita mui to take on the evil master, a scheming eunuch plotting to revive the ming dynasty by kidnapping babiesas if he stands a. Set some time after the original heroic trio the city has been devastated by nuclear attack. The main characters of the film are reunited in a sequel, another 1993 film, executioners. Ive had some requests recently to reupload my old heroic trio video that i made, but i no longer have that video. However, the film detours near the end for some disturbing violence thats far from necessary.
The heroic trio ended up being way better than i thought. The screenplay and situations are muddled and stupid, like for example tung tung drinking rat blood in a moment and removing the door of her cell later. Initially, theyre on opposing sides the invisible ching is kidnapping newborn male babies for her evil master, tung is trying to solve the crime rather more effectively than her policeman. The heroic trio johnnie to, 1993 seattle screen scene. This isnt a perfect transfer by any means, but this is by far the best looking version i have seen of the movie. With kungfu movie acrobatics, the heroic trio doesnt try to hide its. An invisible woman is kidnapping newborn babies who are destined to be emperors and delivering them to the mysterious. Initially, theyre on opposing sides the invisible ching is kidnapping newborn male babies for her evil master, tung is trying to solve the crime rather more effectively than her policeman husband. Creative wire work courtesy of ching siu tung, heightened emotion, some intimations of. The source prints shows some grain and wear, but not to an extreme degree and the compression is almost flawless.
With maggie cheung, michelle yeoh, anita mui, damian lau. The movie is about an invisible woman who is stealing babies that are supposed to become emperors and taking them to a supernatural evil master. Dvd heroinas new the heroic trio asian series fast. Executioners isnt quite as good but might be more interesting set in a postapocalyptic wasteland, filled with crazed corporate owners, assassinations, bandits, and renegade military personel, this is a film that has a lot of ambition. I bought it because it was a michelle yeoh film, and i am a major fan of hers.
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