Rating: *
Review Date: 6/18/22
Cast: Cynthia Khan
Ugh. Why do I continue torturing myself with low budget drek that desperately tries to rekindle the spirit of late 80's Hong Kong filmmaking? The genre is dead and it's never coming back. This time my excuse was to see a 50 year-old Cynthia Khan come out of retirement to play Madam Yang one more time, but much like Jade Leung's recent roles, she's nothing but a stone-faced drill sergeant. The version of the film that I saw wasn't subtitled, but even so, it's obviously a misguided and misdirected mess. It opens with five vignettes that introduce five bad-ass babes who get recruited into Madam Yang's special unit. Whether this is a promotion or a punishment is unclear. They're also joined by a stereotypical chubby girl and a trans girl, who offer comedy relief and then inexplicably disappear in the second half. Similar to the "Inspectors Wear Skirts" series, there's also a horny male unit that wants to get into the girls' pants, but their role isn't entirely clear and a botched training exercise leaves them absent for most of the film. After much tomfoolery, one of the girls is sent to infiltrate a terrorist group that's been planting bombs around town, and when her cover is blown, the rest of the girls (including Madam Yang) come to her rescue.