Devil Hunters (1989) User Reviews

Running out of ideas after 30 minutes

[unbrokenmetal · 5/10 · 20 December 2002]

"Red Force 3` a.k.a. `Megaforce 2' was now re-re-released as `Ultra Force 2' on (German language) DVD, which is not only confusing but also misleading, since there's already another `Ultra Force 2' around in Europe (starring Michelle Yeoh, and nothing to do with this one).

"Lie mo qun ying" tells the story of an aging gangster boss who is chased by the police and his own men, too - since his young rival Shing wants to become the new leader of the gang. The first half hour of the film starts rather promising, since a mysterious young woman tries to confuse the opponents and seemingly (!) is on nobody else's side in the chase. Unfortunately, after 30 minutes the movie turns into a permanent gunfight. Not really sophisticated, wasting a lot of ammunition and not telling us anything new, so finally it ends up as an average genre movie only (voted 5/10). Worth watching for fans of Moon Lee, though.

The Germany-16 rated disc runs for only 76 minutes, although the cover states 86! Must be one of those strange, purely accidental printing errors ;-) But at least the picture quality is very good for a cheapo.

Decent old piece

[suchenwi · 7/10 · 13 September 2008]

First I must say I have a liking for Hong Kong thrillers, at least for the police side of it - all those young, determined, strong persons. This movie offers quite a handful of them, with a surprisingly high share of women. On the other side of the law, there's a few strong women as well, so expect quite some girl-fu. (Shooting and bombing, too, of course).

What also made this worth watching was many scenes set in the HK mountainside or sea, as well as takes in modest dwellings (and the family angle of Shin, which I found much more convincing than all the shoot-em-ups). Compared with IA 1&2 or New Police Story (which of course are better produced), this oldie might even offer more local flavor - I loved the KCRC train, or the car chase on mountain roads, even though the plot had me confused. Still, a good experience, at least if you've been to HK in the 1980s.

Ultra Force 2

[coltras35 · 4/10 · 29 December 2022]

A transaction between two sets of mobsters is interrupted by the police headed up by Superintendent Tsang (Alex Man) and Madam Tong (Sibelle Hu). Bing (Moon Lee) also interferes, and her interaction allows them to escape. Yuet Chai (Ray Lui) helps his father who is one of the criminals to escape also. Following this event, the father is killed and Yuet Chai seeks revenge. The mastermind behind it all is Shing (Francis Ng) who plans to wipe out anyone that interferes with his efforts to become the main boss. Yin (Chan Wai-man) is forced to betray his boss who is also Bing's father when his wife and family are kidnapped. He tries to make things right in a doomed rescue attempt, but his recorded confession sets both sides up for a violent and explosive confrontation.

Rather confusing Kung fu stew that stars Moon Lee as a gangster's daughter and Sibelle Hu as a cop. Moon Lee's character motivation is kept hidden until later. A lot of things that occur are unclear. Also the story gets tedious, however the action is intense and superb. The opening sequence at the funfair stands out. Of course, the finale is frenetic with the three actors almost dying for the sake of entertainment. They got injured badly due to the explosion. They jumped out of the building and due to there being too much gunpowder they were engulfed in flames. Watch it mainly for the action!