1993 Hong Kong phooeyRating: 10/20 (Jen: 2/20)
Plot: Ummm. An evil magical guy is kidnapping male babies and putting them in birdcages that he keeps in the sewer where he lives. Apparently, he wants to raise one of them to be an emperor or something. Aiding his endeavors is a half-man/half-animal with a decapitating device and a woman who can turn herself invisible. The woman who can turn herself invisible happens to be married to a scientist who is putting the finishing touches on some sort of invisibility cloak which the bad guy wants to get his hands on. Wonder Woman (no, not that one) and Thief Catcher team up to stop him but realize they'll need to seek the help of Invisible Girl or the movie's title won't make any sense. Together, they form a trio of dangerous high-flying females that might be able to save the world.
Extravagantly ludicrous and hysterically funny, this is the perfect example of a terrible movie that you'll love and feel guilty for loving. Abandon everything you know about the laws of physics and suspend your disbelief and just watch attractive superheroines flitter about in spandex in absurdly quick action sequences. This rarely lets up, the exception being a comical chunk of sentimentality that has to do with lotus flowers, and the feature-length martial arts fantasy with an overabundance of special defects moves along so briskly that it feels like it's only ten minutes long. There's definitely not a lack of style, and I'd say it's a case of style-over-substance except for the fact that there isn't any substance at all. The dubbed dialogue is great fun. It also seems like the producers of this one were going for some kind of plot hole record or something. I've rarely had more fun scratching my head than I did while watching The Heroic Trio. I would, by the way, probably watch this movie twice than most American superhero movies once. Insanity!
A not-so-heroic uno (head back):
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