Dung fong saam hap (1993)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Johnnie To

Writers:

Sandy Shaw (written by)
Jack Maeby (English version)

Release Date:

12 February 1993 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Action | Fantasy

Plot:

The all-female Heroic Trio are Tung (Wonder Woman), Chat (Thief Catcher), a mercenary, and Ching (Invisible Woman)...

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman | Blood | Bullet Catching | Levitation | Severed Head

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Michelle Yeoh	...	Ching / Invisible Woman / Number 3 (as Michelle Khan)
Anita Mui	...	Tung / Wonder Woman / Shadow Fox
Maggie Cheung	...	Chat / Thief Catcher / Mercy
Damian Lau	...	Insp. Lau
Anthony Wong Chau-Sang	...	Kau (as Anthony Wong)
Paul Chun	...	Chief of Police (as Pei Chun)
James Pak	...	Inventor
Shi-Kwan Yen	...	Evil Master (as Yee Kwan Yan)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Zhuoxin Chen
Haowen Jiang
Siu-Kei Lee	...	Leader of robbers at chemical factory (as Zhaoji Li)
Zhaoxiang Ruan
Yut Fei Wong	...	Car thief (as Yifei Huang)
Tao Xu
Ruisheng Zheng
Mimi Zhu

Also Known As:

Dong fang san xia (China: Mandarin title) (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
Eastern Three Heroes (International: English title) (literal title)
The Heroic Trio (Hong Kong: English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence.

Runtime:

88 min | USA:86 min (edited version)

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:15 | Argentina:16 | Finland:K-16 | Germany:18 | Hong Kong:IIB | UK:18 | USA:R

Company:

China Entertainment Films Production

Quotes:

Tung: So you're a woman.
Chat: So you're a bitch.

Movie Connections:

References Xue di zi (1975)

Chinese super chicks save the day

It is nice to see women in leading roles saving the day! This time the men have to be saved! If you expect serious stuff this movie will not be for you! This movie contains over the top action with the use of special effects only Hong Kong movie makers can pull off! The story is ridiculous! The acting is average! But overall it is fun! Heroic Trio can be seen as a parody of other super heroes! The only difference is that the women do take their jobs seriously! I know that it is required of them but it looks very silly! Still,everything is enjoyable and not frustrating as some of these type of movies can be! Maggie Cheung was offered a role in X2 but declined because she had pride and could not face the 1,6 billion Chinese people if she did! I don't know what she was talking about! X2 is a far superior to Heroic Trio! So how could it be shameful to be part of it! My guess is she forgot that she ever made Heroic Trio and was referring to her serious work that she made after Heroic Trio! Also if she would have taken the role she could have shown what Chinese people are capable of in the acting department worldwide! There is no shame in that! Heroic Trio is mindless fun and great action!