Magnificent Warriors

This was Yeoh's final action-oriented role before her marriage to producer Dickson Poon (and five-year "retirement" from the HK film industry before returning in 1992 with the excellent Police Story 3: Supercop) and is a great showcase for her talents. Her character (roughly based on Indiana Jones) has a knack for beating up people in inventive ways using bullwhips and ropes, which provides the means for some great fight sequences. Magnificent Warriors does have its faults, though -- the script is fairly poor, mostly serving as a bridge between the action bits. This is not bad in and of itself, but when some character development is attempted, it comes off as heavy-handed and only serves to slow the movie down. Thankfully, there's not too much of it, as this film is chock full of good action sequences, which are marred only slightly by some choppy editing and a bland soundtrack that repeats itself throughout the movie.

If you're a fan of Michelle Yeoh, you should enjoy this movie, since it's really more of a showcase for her talents than anything else.

Review Courtesy of Neil Koch