Ostensibly a cross between george millers mad max films and john carpenters escape from. An evil deformed villain controls the citys scarce water supply, exerting influence over both a popular leader and a militarist colonel. A trailer for the sequel to the venerable hk cinema classic. Also there are some movie trailers included to round out this fun dvd. In a futuristic world of postnuclear explosion, water, one of the last essentials left to humankind, is polluted, and the only existing water purification system now falls into the hands of the disfigured and wickedly ambitious black warrior. Heres the one from executioners, the sequel to the heroic trio. Instead of a superhero teamup concept, this film approaches its materials as a postapocalyptic flick with a sociopolitical slant. The heroic trio series region free dvd english language and subtitled. The main characters of the film are reunited in a sequel, another 1993 film, executioners. After nuclear explosion, black knight wong chau san, who owns the water purification plant, schemes to overthrow the ruling power. Haos only hope is that his grandson mark enters a prestigious university, but marks dream is to follow his grandfathers footsteps and become a chef and take over the family restaurant.
Executioners isnt quite as good but might be more interesting set in a postapocalyptic wasteland, filled with crazed corporate owners, assassinations, bandits, and renegade military personel, this is a film that has a lot of ambition. The viewer should really see heroic trio first to help get the story line. She has abandoned her role as a crime fighter in order to become a better mother and wife. An evil deformed villain controls the citys scarce water supply. The allfemale heroic trio are tung wonder woman, chat thief catcher, a mercenary, and ching invisible woman. Chat has taken up as a moneymad mercenary, driving trucks full of uncontaminated water into the. The heroic trio 2 executioners 1993 streaming francais. Michelle yeoh is now a cast member on star trek discovery. Maggie cheung looks so cute dressed as a hippie in the movie. The executioners is a wholly different film in attitude and tale from the first. I felt so sad when anita mui and leslie cheung died in 2003. Xian dai hao xia zhuan, is a 1993 hong kong action film and a sequel to the heroic trio, both films which were directed by johnny to, starring michelle yeoh, anita mui and maggie cheung, returning as the main characters of the first film.
Executioners is like visiting your friend and finding out that hes dying from lung cancer. Anita mui yimfong executioners michelle yeoh hk 1993. Region 2 this dvd may not be viewable outside europe. The trio of chat the thief catcher, ching and wonder woman along with her young daughter have to avert a military takeover and find clean headwaters to save the city. Compared to the comic book style of the first film the second movie does not fully integrate to the same fantasy universe and would have worked better as a standalone film. The heroic trio executioners dvd r0 michelle yeoh anita. Due to haos difficult personality, the restaurant is on the verge of bankruptcy and he finally collapses. Executioners is a decent movie from early 1990s hong kong. Executioners reunites the main characters of the heroic trio in a dark, postapocalyptic story set in a world ravaged by war, torn by social and political strife, and desperately short of uncontaminated water. Heroic trio 2 executioners movie 1993 video dailymotion. Heroic trio 2 executioners movie trailer 1993plot synopsis. I mean, the first film is wild and weird, but this one takes the series in a completely different direction. Initially, theyre on opposing sides the invisible ching is kidnapping. Related movie and tv lists best chinese movies most popular chinese movies best hong kong movies most popular hong kong movies.
The trio of chat the thief catcher, ching and wonder woman along. Executioners 1993 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Lau ching wan played a chinese indiana jones in the film. Executioners film jump to navigation jump to search. This film continues heroic trio in a darker and much more hard edged tone. Executioners1993 is the sequel to the heroic trio1993. Man yuk maggie cheung, michelle yeoh, damian lau, chau sang anthony wong yim fong anita mui, kei fung johnnie to. Set some time after the original heroic trio the city has been devastated by. But poor augustin has a morbid fear of physical contacts, so he meets ling, a nice chinese doctor. Executioners 1993 is the sequel to the heroic trio 1993. I for one only liked heroic trio as a novelty, though it was good it just lacked something. The trio of chat the thief catcher, ching and wonder woman along with her young daughter have to. Heroic trio was one of the first hk films that fell under the scififantasyhorror genre.
After the events of the heroic trio the city has been destroyed by nuclear attack. Johnny to and ching siutung codirected this futuristic sequel to heroic trio set several years after a nuclear meltdown has contaminated the water supply with deadly radiation a reference to. Our heroines, the heroic trio, return and fight to overt. With maggie cheung, michelle yeoh, anita mui, damian lau. Executioners, a film that takes a dark turn in tone from its predecessor. Its full of sillyass moments that severely undermine the bleak, harsh atmosphere that it. Executioners heroic trio 2 is a film directed by johnnie to, ching siutung with michelle yeoh, anita mui, maggie cheung, damian lau, year. Maggie cheung, michelle yeoh, anita mui, damian lau, anthony. The ending is everything you could want from such a film i promise you wont feel let down. Gotta love the stunts,the macabre storyline about an evil demon emperor that captures children to become his demon army,and the characters are soooooo cool. Executioners jin doi hou hap cyun china entertainment films production, paka hill productions, hong kong, 1993. The heroic trio 2 executioners 1993 streaming complet vf. Indeed, for more than twothirds of this film, there is nothing of the masked superheroines and fantastical martial arts sequences that there were in the first film. Id also viewed it as a continuation of the story of the heroic trio in which civilization has taken a downward turn.
As a sequel to heroic trio, this movie far surpassed my expectations. With markus waldow, michelle yeoh, henry lau, chin han. Unless you count the matrix, its hard to think of one, because those prologues are usually necessary and movie directors find them irresistable. Johnnie to the heroic trio series dvd executioners. The nuclear explosion left the city in complete ruins. Executioners heroic trio 2 is a film directed by johnnie to, ching siutung with.
Starring michelle yeoh, anita mui and maggie chung. He still wants to be an actor and, this time, he moves to the chinese borough in paris because he has decided to play in kungfu movies. Set some time after the original heroic trio the city has been devastated by nuclear attack. The executioners 1993 region 0 hk import 101 minuted. Actually, this is a little better than its predecessor, i think, but thats not saying much. Cory hosted a screening of the 7th voyage of sinbad at the 2018 erie library comic con to a crowd of one person. If you find a dead link, just leave a com on the post reups and requests and ill try to fix it as soon as possible. Executioners is a 1993 hong kong action film and a sequel to the heroic trio, both films which were directed by johnny to, starring michelle yeoh, anita mui. Also, forest learns that if his mother had followed her dream of becoming a nun, he wouldnt exist. The bravados classic western, full movie, gregory peck, english free full western films. Other cast include damian lau, anthony wong chausang, paul chun, james pak and yan yee kwan. The heroic trio chat cheung, wonder woman mui, and san yeoh. Hangsang poon, johnnie to, siutung ching, ahchik, sandy shaw, susanne chan.
Siutung ching in this seque, the heroic trio meet another severe test. Chat has taken up as a moneymad mercenary, driving trucks full of. The wonder woman is now the mother of a young girl, named in the english dubbed version charlie. Michelle yeoh, anita mui, and maggie cheung return to action as the three female superheroes, who are now faced with a postapocalyptic world and an evil megalomaniac named mr. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page. Also when the heroic trio returns to full force in the end, the otherwise good fantasywuxia action mismatches the otherwise semirealistic style. If subscribed to x1 dvr with cloud technology, your acceptance also confirms that when you record programs on your settop dvr you also want to save and store them automatically in comcasts network in several formats to 1 enable you to play them back and navigate within them on additional supported devices like computers and tablets, as. In the film, a power hungry man wants control of a city after a nuclear holocaust. The heroic trio and executioners 2 disc special edition. Michelle yeoh and anita mui stand out in their roles and. Finally, after 75 minutes of the 101minute running time, the film does eventually explode into action. Executioners, is a 1993 hong kong action film and a sequel to the heroic trio, both films which were directed by johnny to, starring michelle yeoh, anita mui.
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