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1992

Casino Tycoon II 
Royal Tramp II 
Wicked City
Zen of Sword 
Fong Sai Yuk 


 


 

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Year: 1992
Cantonese: Hap Nui Chuen Kei
Mandarin: Xia2 Nu:3 Chuan2 Qi2
Literally: Chivalrous Woman Legend
Producer: Stephen Shin Gei-Yin
Director: Yu Mang-San
Action Director: Philip Kwok Chun-Fung (Kuo Chui)
Writer: Lee Man-Choi, Leung Kim-Ho
Cast: Michelle Reis (Lee Ka-Yan), Lau Sek-Ming, Cynthia Khan (Yeung Lai-Ching), Waise Lee Chi-Hung, Lau Shun, Kara Hui Ying-Hung, Philip Kwok Chun-Fung (Kuo Chui), Lau Siu-Ming, Tam Wai-Man, Cheung Ping-Chuen
Running Time: 90 min

HO - Michelle Lee and the young man are the young prince(sse)s of two warring realms. Inevitably, they fall in love but fate and age-old hatreds are against them. Cynthia Khan is Michelle's butch-ish bodyguard. Waise Lee is Cynthia's semi-estranged ex-husband... 

LEH - Another swords-and-magic film along the lines of the Swordsman series. Well made, fairly good story. Watch out for the rotating monks! 

SS - (**) In China's dynastic 'dark age', Princess Sin Ling (Michelle Lee) and Prince Ha Hon (Waise Lee) belong to warring clans but soon fall in love. She wants peace, but the prince's aunt presses the prince into vengeance. For long stretches, the filmmakers take this 'Zen' idea way too seriously. Cynthia Khan plays the Princess's cute bodyguard. 

JMF - Some of the cheesiest fight scenes ever put on film. So packed full of cliches, stiff dialogue, bad editing, and incomprehensible action sequences it would be funny if it weren't so painful to sit through. Go watch EAGLE SHOOTING HEROES instead. At least the humor there is intentional. 

MC - Well, here's a movie that made very little impression on me. The movie starts out promising (nice look, some cool flying
action) but eventually degenerates into revenge-driven silliness. Not good, not terrible. At least Michelle Lee has some
gawk-value, and Cynthia Khan is pretty cool in this movie.