I'm a devout Yukari Oshima fan, and it's a mixed blessing for me that this was one of the first films I saw her in. Good because we're talking about Yukari; bad because...well, this film could've been a lot better! This is a B-movie, pure and simple, with plenty of exploitation elements to keep the viewer from getting bored.

The film centers on Yukari's character at first, who goes on vacation to HK to see her mom. But suddenly, the film takes a hard turn into a seemingly unrelated plotline and focuses on an ex-triad member (Dick Wei, in a rare good guy role) who goes to HK to find his missing sister. His sister has been kidnapped by a Frick-and-Frack pair clearly influenced by Richard "Jaws" Kiel from the James Bond movies! These two, it turns out, work for a triad leader's second-in-command (Phillip Ko) who not only has ambitions to take over his boss' business, he likes to kidnap his own boss' prostitutes.

But here's where things get interesting...or a little TOO coincidental, depending on your point of view. Yukari's character is in fact an Interpol officer (who really is on vacation), but her vacation is put on hold by her superiors to investigate the prostitution ring and find some missing prostitutes (many of whom are from Japan, and the authorities in Hello Kitty Land are concerned that they may come back to transmit AIDS!). Yukari is partnered with a HK officer (Ha Chi-chun, who also teamed with Yukari in FINAL RUN and after this movie in BRAVE YOUNG GIRLS) who's seen a few too many Dirty Harry movies. Yukari discovers that the owner of the club where her mother manages is the leader of the prostitution ring, the club itself is a front for these ladies, and her mom is a pimp! Meanwhile, Dick Wei's character hooks up with a former brother who - you guessed it - is the club owner, and he's the one Phillip Ko wants to do a MacBeth number on! How coincidental!

Okay, the plot turns run questionable-to-downright-dumb, and the budget is probably lower than a year's minimum wage salary, but seriously. The only reason anyone has to see this film (besides Ha Chi-chun and Dick Wei, and maybe Phillip Ko being more dastardly than usual) is first and foremost Yukari Oshima. Every time she's on the screen she honestly elevates this movie, and you know she's meant for better than this. Watch, but don't take it seriously!

(Note: the English dubbed version available through Tai Seng is half-awful, half-hilarious, especially considering some of the English voice actors also did the dubbed version of HARD BOILED!)