Magnificent Warriors (1987)
Reviewed by: sharkeysbar on 2006-12-24
Summary: great fights, less so the storyline
I enjoyed this 1987 film, mostly for the great fights of Michelle Yeoh with whip in hand. However the storyline is quite weak and it left me feeling a little disappointed as the story line has great potential but fails to deliver. Michelle playing a rebel and carefree aviatrix flying around China's borders could have added more to the story, but that was only used to set up the fights in the isolated city. Actually the walled city is a great effect as it put a spin on a rather common story line.
The film suffered from the usual silly things, like "30 seconds before their execution" confessions and an endless supply of Japanese imperial soldiers coming out of nowhere (and were they driving US jeeps and Chinese Jiefang trucks?).
Yet despite all the shortcomings, it is still a very enjoyable adventure with a lot of great action, don't expect (and who would?) high brow art house, hehe.
Reviewer Score: 6