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List Price: $9.99 | | Label: Miramax
Salesrank: 18873
Released: November 19, 2002 |
| Our Price: $4.99 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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| Features:
Anamorphic Color DVD Subtitled NTSC | |
Editorial Review:
Michelle Yeoh (CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON, TOMORROW NEVER DIES), Anita Mui (Jet Li's THE ENFORCER, RUMBLE IN THE BRONX), and Maggie Cheung (SUPERCOP) form an unstoppable combination as three powerful martial arts experts -- each with her own secret superhero identity -- who band together to battle the ultimate evil! Their foe is a demented but powerful wizard who believes that if he kidnaps all the babies in China he can build a demonic ruling class and eventually dominate the world. With everything on the line, it's up to the Heroic Trio -- Shadow Fox, Mercy, and Invisible Woman -- to rise up and stop him! A big screen adventure that's like CHARLIE'S ANGELS meets THE TERMINATOR, you're sure to love all the hard-hitting fun in this action-packed martial arts fantasy!
Description of The Heroic Trio:
A Hong Kong combination of Batman and The Three Musketeers, The Heroic Trio is a winning mix of action, sci-fi, fantasy, and police caper starring three outstanding Hong Kong actresses. Former popular singer Anita Mui is Tung/Wonder Woman, a mysterious crime fighter who aids the police whenever needed. Michelle Yeoh is Ching/Invisible Woman, an unwilling disciple to an age-old Evil Master, and Maggie Cheung is Chat/Thief Catcher, a runaway enlisted by the Evil Master who is now a bounty hunter for hire. When baby boys are being stolen for a horrific plan, Tung assists in the investigation while Chat plans to make some bucks off of catching the culprit. The baby thief is none other than Ching, who is carrying out the kidnappings for the Evil Master with the aid of her lover's invention--an invisible robe. But the good in her wins out, and she joins forces with Tung and Chat. This is a superhero film, to be sure. Fantastic sets and impressive wire-strung fight choreography make The Heroic Trio extremely fun to watch. Wonder Woman enters the picture by running full-tilt atop power lines while Chat rides a motorcycle and wields a shotgun like the Terminator. The outlandish and complicated plot seems right at home here, heightened by the moody lighting and the combined screen presence of Mui, Yeoh, and Cheung. All three give fierce and touching performances in a hyperbolic and enjoyable film. --Shannon Gee
The Heroic Trio Reviews:
Completely over the top Hong Kong Sci-Fantasy Kung-Fu Police Drama 
2009-12-11 - Dodgy sets, iffy acting, crazy stunts, bizarre characters, and a plot stretched to the breaking point and well beyond. What's not to love? It's supremely strange, deliciously silly, and utterly irrepressible. There are a couple of DVD releases, frankly with this sort of source material, find one that's inexpensive and don't worry about the transfer quality or the soundtrack.
Heroic Trio
2009-04-15 - I love to collect these type of movies and a big fan of Michelle Yeoh. I love the movie and had no complaints about the DVD. The DVD was in excellent shape. I receive the DVD as quickly as possible after I ordered it. Great customer service. I am willing to buy from this seller again. Thanks!
Love Sci-fi Kung Fu 
2009-02-18 - I had seen this movie on HBO at 3AM when i was 13... I've been looking for it ever since!
now, 10yrs later, i finally find it and am able to get it!
One of my many fave Michelle Yeoh flicks!
Now, I just need to get the second one ... in english (can only find the original Chinese version)!
Good story! Love the action (considering when it was made), and i love the 3 actresses in this movie- they were in a lot of other action and action-comedy movies.
Actually, I think each actress has been in at least one movie with Jackie Chan!!
Classic! Great buy!
"Is My Face Still Looking Good?" 
2008-10-22 - Note: Chinese with English subtitles.
Synopsis: Join Shadow Fox (Anita Mui), Invisible Woman (Michelle Yeoh) and Mercy the Thief Catcher (Maggie Cheung) as they unite forces to do battle with an emissary of evil with supernatural powers dwelling in a Hades-like world created beneath the city. Newborn male children are disappearing into the shadowy Underworld below, nineteen at last count and the heroic trio is the only force that may be able to bring an end to the abductions and destroy the supernatural wizard who intends pick a new king from amongst the children and use the rest as demonic killers to do his bidding. Can three femme fatales succeed in their almost impossible mission? What do you think?
Critique: The '92 Hong Kong release `The Heroic Trio' is a mixed bag containing a combination of occasional comedic elements, cheesy melodrama and adequate martial arts sequences all used to counterbalance some surprising and unexpectedly harsh, even grotesque scenes involving the deaths of some of the young ones that will more than likely disturb some in the viewing audience. Fortunately you have the choice of bypassing these darker portions of the film by viewing the American release which has cut them out. However if you're one of those viewer like myself who likes to watch a film in its original language without the additional editing get the -Region 0- import and enjoy!
One more thing before I close, I'd like to answer the question posited in my title for this review. Yes Maggie (Mercy) your face is most definitely still looking good!
My Rating: -3 1/2 Stars-.
Luscious Low-Brow Cheeziness and I loved every minute of it
2008-04-01 - what more can be said. Low-brow stuff...gotta love Maggie Cheung as the little pyro "Happy New Year Everybody!" as she blows up the sewers.
