ming (michelle yeoh) is a pilot, adventurer and mercenary, who travels to kaal city which is occupied by the japanese. the japanese, are applying pressure on youda (lowell lo), the lord of the city, and they want to build a poison gas plant there. luckily youda has been working with agent sky 001 (derek yee), a chinese agent, who is working to oust the japanese. ming, along with a wandering con-man (richard ng) and youda's girlfriend, chin chin (chindy lau), joins agent sky in his struggle...

david cheung, best known as a cinematographer, only directed a handful of films; two of these, 'it's a drink, it's a bomb' and 'i love maria' are rather silly favourites of mine, as is his less silly 'royal warriors', the first of the 'in the line of duty' series. here, cheung teams up with michelle yeoh again and, although the film isn't as good as 'royal warriors', there's plenty of fun to be had.

the action comes thick and fast; michelle uses here unquestionable martial arts talents, a whip, various traditional weapons, a variety of guns and explosives in her battle against the japanese. chindy lau and derek yee provide adequate support with their fighting talents, whilst lowell lo and, in particular, richard ng provide the comedy relief.

the plot is pretty straight forward, but the relentless action makes up for any deficiencies.

a fun watch...