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THE HEROIC TRIO
Hong Kong, 1993
Directed by Johnnie To
Starring Michelle Yeoh, Maggie Cheung, Anita Mui
Approx. 87 min. DCP.
“Superheroines of the near future battle ancestral evils in labyrinthine caverns beneath city streets. This is quintessential Hong Kong pulp fiction, conflating elements of sci-fi, horror, noir, thriller, the supernatural, action-adventure and instant pathos. The plot involves kidnapped boys, one of whom will be chosen as puppet monarch of some imaginary China, the rest turned into zombie cannibals.” – Time Out
Presented with support from The Reginald S. Reinhardt, Ling-Makekau Fund for Asia-Pacific Films
Reviews
“Its design and mise-en-scene are expansive and occasionally exhilarating … [with] moments of genuine horror-comic poetry.”
– Tony Rayns, Sight & Sound
“A heady mix of aerobatic martial arts and superheroine fantasy.”
– David Bordwell, Artforum
“Can sugary romance, high-kicking martial arts, grotesque infant deaths, wild stunts, crazed melodrama, and Peter Jackson style gore sequences all peacefully co-exist in the short space of 87 minutes? Incredibly, the answer is yes, and with very entertaining results.”
– Joey O’Bryan, The Austin Chronicle