It takes a while to figure out exactly what
the plot is all about (perhaps due to poor dubbing) but eventually it turns
out that a syndicate is trying to kill Michiko Nishiwaki in order to receive
the contents of her father's will. She and a female assistant (Wang Hong)
along with Alex Fong take on an endless supply of Ninjas and stocking masked
killers in this action packed but not particularly great film. Her father
has just died in Japan and left nearly everything to her. Suddenly, she keeps
getting attacked wherever she is. She suspects the Japanese half-sister but
there are other forces at work. This part of the film with the action is
decent. Then along comes another path of the dreadful comedy. Alex Fong and
two of his friends are house painters working on Michiko's office suite.
They are basically lunkheads betting on who can date Michiko and other juvenile
chatter. They take up a good chunk of the film and are like a giant thorn
in my shoe. Alex does eventually get involved with the action so he is forgiven.
Wu Ma is here as Alex's father through adoption, Lam Wei is the husband of
the half-sister and he is always suspect and Huang Cheng-lin is a bad guy
as always. The dubbing is atrocious with annoying or emotionaless voices
and make it hard to get into the film except when they are fighting.
Thankfully, there is a lot of it with three
women doing most of the punishment.
