Magnificent Warriors

Michelle yoeh plays a fearless soldier of fortune in world war ii mongolia heroically trying to save a small village from the approaching japanese army. Optional subtitles including cantonese english japanese korean malaysian vietnamese idonesian and thai. Studio: Tai Seng Entertainment Release Date: 06/19/2001 Starring: Michelle Yoeh Richard Ng Run time: 92 minutes Rating: Nr Director: David Chung

Action heroine Michelle Yeoh burst onto the Hollywood scene in the James Bond flick Tomorrow Never Dies. Her new fans should pursue her Hong Kong movies for a fuller dose of the beautiful, dynamic Yeoh--and Magnificent Warriors, one of her earliest movies, is a good place to start. The very young Yeoh plays an independent adventuress with a bright yellow biplane who gets hired by the Chinese government to rescue the kindly but spineless ruler of a city in Mongolia that's been overrun by the invading Japanese. Yeoh swings a mean whip against rogue villagers and Japanese agents, culminating in the entire city battling the gun-wielding Japanese army with spears and stones. Not a great movie, but even mediocre Hong Kong movies feature stunts and fights that put Hollywood to shame; Magnificent Warriors is no exception. Yeoh's background as a dancer lends an elegance to her high-kicking combat. --Bret Fetzer