Tough Beauty and the Sloppy Slop (1995)
Reviewed by: hkcinema on 1999-12-08
A standard, low budget retro-eighties action film that's basicallya knock-off of POLICE STORY 3: SUPERCOP. That said, it's also good, dumb fun. Yuen Biao stars as an HK policeman who works undercover in the Philippines to stop the flow of counterfeit money and drugs between HK, the Philippines, and Mainland China. Cynthia Khan plays a Mainland cop who joins him undercover in the Philippines. She befriends the wife of big brother (Waise Lee) in order to bring him down. Yuen Biao and Cynthia Khan take an instant dislike to each other and spend the majority of the film kicking each other's butts, to great comedic effect. Lots of great kung fu, plus humor and an enthusiatic, believable cast keep this movie from being mediocre.

[Reviewed by Lori Saltis]