This is a Hong Kong action adventure with a blend of martial arts with espionage, and a historical setting.
During war between China and Japan. The Japanese army plans to build a poison gas plant near the town. Ming-Ming, skilled adventurer and Indiana Jones-a-like, teams up with a comic relief con man and some other locals to thwart their plans and save the city. Naturally this involves quite a lot of fighting, as these things do. There's even some very good small plane stunt flying sequences.
Michelle Yeo delivers a terrific performance as Ming-Ming, showcasing her martial arts skills and overall charisma. I was a little surprised that the Japanese weren't depicted a tad more ruthlessly. For the most part they seemed to act like they were just doing boring jobs and were were perfectly happy to just leave giving the slightest excuse.
This is an entertaining adventure with pretty reasonable production values. The only odd thing... And can't say it's giving much away because you know the heroes are going to prevail... Is that they end up getting rid of the Japanese by destroying the entire town.
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