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Risible film which attempts to be an action, comedy, fantasy film, but fails miserably on all counts. Yukari Oshima, who has sadly wasted her talent on dross like this for much of her career, stars as one of two futuristic policemen chasing a gang of triads. Just when the plot is in danger of making sense, two feuding martians arrive to continue their battle on earth. The police officers decide to help the 'good' martian and defeat his enemy, bringing peace back to the streets of Hong Kong. For some reason, Philip Ko tries to emulate the very worst films of Wong Jing. Both directors can make good films, but so often they feel the need to put dreadfully poor, bad taste comedy into an already strained narrative. One to avoid, even if you're a fan of the Osh. | | LOG IN TO COMMENT ON THIS REVIEW! |
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Unbelievably bad. Two aliens from Mars (a cop and a criminal) show up on Earth and catch the attention of a local police unit investigating arms smuggling. Philip Ko and Yukari Oshima are two of the officers trying to track down the aliens and are helped by a goofy scientist, a gay man with AIDS (who the aliens are terrified of), and an instructional tai-chi swordplay manual. Yes, it's worse than it sounds. (maybe it should have been titled "Ultracrap 2000" instead) The only semi-bright spots in the film are seeing Ms. Oshima run around in SWAT fatigues (she doesn't even have any good fights!) and some impressive, but brief, swordplay by Philip Ko. Not nearly enough to justify watching the film again - or in the first place. | | LOG IN TO COMMENT ON THIS REVIEW! |
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