Rating: *
Review Date: 10/19/24
Cast: Sandra Ng, Stanley Fung, Billy Lau, Sibelle Hu, Amy Yip,
Wei Ying Hung, Shing Fui On, Choi Jeong-il
Madam Wu (Sibelle Hu) has retired from the police force and settled into the role of domestic housewife with Inspector Kan (Stanley Fung). A failed SDU mission forces Kan to reluctantly reassemble the SKIRTS squad and send them undercover on a floating casino. For whatever reasons, he wants them to fail, so their training regimen is more akin to torture. The humor is even more mean-spirited and distasteful in this film and the action is exceedingly sparse. Madam Wu finally comes to the rescue during the film's climax, and while her action scenes are enjoyable, they can't save the film. Choi Jeong-il's fight scenes are very good, but Wei Ying Hung is criminally underutilized.
The film's main feature is that it lampoons "God Of Gamblers" (1989), with Amy (Sandra Ng) somehow channeling the God Of Gamblers. This gives Ms. Ng an excellent opportunity to flex her acting skills and show off her talent and range. Her performance is excellent and dominates the film. Everyone else seems to be playing it for laughs, and Billy Lau gets slapped in the face a record number of times. If I ever watch the film again (which is doubtful), I'll have to count.
I didn't think the series could get any worse after part 2, but I was wrong. That's probably why Golden Harvest passed on continuing the series and director Wellson Chin had to look elsewhere for funding. As a result, this is the most obscure film in the series and represents somewhat of a holy grail for me because it was so hard to find. I'd spent over thirty years looking for it and never came across any copies, even in the bootleg market. The only Hong Kong film that's harder to find is the unedited version of "Super Lady Cop" (1992). When 88 Films came out with the Blu-ray, I was completely shocked. They handled the other films in the series and the quality is great. It's just unfortunate that the film itself is so poor.