Moon Warriors
Director: Sammo Hung
Year: 1992
Rating: 8.0
Maggie Cheung, Anita
Mui and Andy Lau in a slick stylish sword fighting, flying fantasy movie
with lots of great wire work and imaginative ideas sprouting up like mushrooms
after a light rain. The movie starts off brilliantly, but then is never able
to quite recapture that magic spark during the rest of the film. The scene
where Andy is slowly surrounded by moving trees is great. It
has two factions going up against one another in ancient China and Maggie
and Anita have to protect the King. Kings just have all the luck! Lau is
a common villager who enters into the fray. A porpoise also shows up just
for the hell of it to add to the fun. The practice scenes with him and Andy
as the credits role at the end are actually quite enjoyable to watch. One
of George Lucas's favorite HK films (take that as you will). Both Maggie
and Anita look great in the film. I love Maggie's ensemble.
