Inspector Wears Skirts 4: Quick Takes

Box-office numbers started to decrease and the situation for Inspector Wears Skirts IV turned even worse, hence ending a film series that had relatively little going for it anyway (the Jackie Chan action of the first remains one of the sole highlights). Despite, Wellson Chin still doesn't venture far from his "winning" formula of broad comedy and action (yes, there is a sing and dance number and gym fight in this one as well) but this 1992 production does contain ingredients that at times make it fly. Those ingredients are action starlets Cynthia Khan and Moon Lee who does get a chance to let it rip at the end in an energetic tussle with Chui Jing-Yat. At other times, the film is quite unbearable (in particular a painfully unfunny Police Story parody featuring the other Sandra Ng by the name of Sheila Chan) and is just assorted skits strung together via the bad guy plot. It sure beats installment number two then and does feature small, quirky delights, including mini bombs placed inside people and Khan possessing extravagant gear straight from the Q-headquarters. Also with Kara Hui, Sandra Ng, Billy Lau, Wu Fung, Peter Chan and Paul Fonoroff.