Executioners DVD
Universe Laser
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Laufzeit:
101 Minuten
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Indiziert
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EAN:
4895024706386
Sprache:
Kantonesisch/Mandarin
Land:
Hong Kong
Jahr:
1993
Executioners
A nuclear holocaust more or less wipes out civilization and non-contaminated drinking water becomes a scarce commodity. Throw in a lot of social upheaval, the inevitable corrupt government officials, the re-united Heroic Trio, and you get this film, where Maggie Cheung, Anita Mui, and Michelle Yeoh get together one last time to set things right. Sort of. Just be warned this film is syrupy even for Hong Kong Cinema, with lots of cloying sentimental singing over the scenes, crying little girls, destitute people, and butchered martyrs. On the brighter side, it has some truly hellish fights, with one of the three musketeers buying the farm in a manner that's grisly even for standard setting H.K. cinema. The villian is a real heavy who looks like Mankind, the professional wrestler and has a penchant and dispositon for slaughter that makes Freddy Kreuger look like a girl scout in comparison. If you're just getting into Honk Kong Cinema, this film might scare you away, if you're a devoted follower of the genre, you'll probably like it, if you're sitting on the proverbial fence, try something else like one the Chinese Ghost Story films, preferably III. All in all, I didn't really like it myself, although Michelle Yeoh never fails to impress, Anita Mui looked very sultry, and Maggie Cheung never looked better, even if her character was 99.999% attitude problem. Maggie also teaches us how to say "asshole" in Cantonese, which might come in handy in certain Chinese resteraunts where the service is really rude.
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Bad-Taste vor 19 Jahren
Executioners, die back to back gedrehte Fortsetzung zum Partykracher The Heroic Trio, ist ungleich düsterer und ernsthafter ausgefallen als sein Vorgänger. Konnte dieser sein Storywirrwarr noch durch zahlreiche abgedrehte Einfälle und sehr gelungene Sets weitestgehend übertünchen...