Original
Hong Kong/Chinese title: YUE GUI ZHI LANG [Mad Wolves]
director:
Phillip Ko and Bao Kao
starring: Yukari Oshima · Lin Pei-Chun · Hsu Shuang-Hsia · Chi Kuan-Chun
· Phillip Ko
This
entertaining hodge-podge-of-a-movie is actually a composite of an unfinished
Philip Ko | Yukari Oshima project from the Philippines and a Taiwanese
actioner featuring three kick-ass female assassins, originally called
Lian Se Liang [Bright Eyes] directed by Bao Kao in 1992.
Normally these 'patchwork' productions should be avoided for obvious reasons,
but this one manages to satisfy any fan of girls-with-guns action. There
are also several sex scenes in the movie, more graphic than usual for
the genre.
The story
begins with the stylized Yukari Oshima segments, concentrating on internal
conflicts between Interpol and the Hong Kong police as both attempt to
stop a ring of international drug smugglers. The real plot deals with
three female Interpol agents who have a 'license to kill' and take out
one criminal after another on their way to the big boss. However, one
of the girls - Rosa (Chi Kuan-Chun) - is having serious misgivings about
her profession would like to be released from the assassin squad. Her
boss, the ambitious Captain Chan, refuses Rosa's request and pushes the
girl to keep the body count on the increase.
Note: This disc contains
both the Uncut English language version and the Hong Kong/Chinese print
with the usual Chinese/English subtitles.
A Hong
Kong/Filipino/Taiwanese production, two versions (English language and
English/Chinese subtitled);
174 minutes total running time; DVD encoded for ALL REGION NTSC WORLD
FORMAT;
extras include original trailer.
Violence/Nudity/Sexual
Brutality/Drugs
for Mature Audiences
