Tin si hang dung III: Moh lui mut yat (1989) User Reviews

She is lost - and almost forgotten, it seemed

[unbrokenmetal · 6/10 · 16 May 2009]

Moon Lee plays a secret agent who joins an assassins' organization in Thailand under cover. Her boss is a lady in black with a pet crocodile. When Moon's transmitter has to be left behind, she loses contact with the Iron Angels team. They don't seem to worry much about her, though. In the middle part of the film, Moon is not on screen for 30 minutes while her colleagues attend a somewhat distracting boxing championship. Fortunately, she returns with a great fight against countless enemies, and there is a bit more ammo spent later on, so the movie doesn't forget what it is about (girls'n'guns).

"Iron Angels 3" is not the best one of the trilogy. Part 1 had the best cast (including Yukari Oshima) and part 2 the best story. Part 3, also without Elaine Lui now, brings in new guys which are rather annoying: the young man assisting Fong and an American nerd called Computer (ouch). I voted 7/7/6 for the trilogy. Note: there is a movie marketed as "Iron Angels 4" in some countries, but that one is not connected to the Iron Angels trilogy, except that Moon Lee is accidentally in it, too. You'll find it under "Jin pai shi jie"/"Princess Madam" here.

Not enough Moon!

[kimberlymhn · 5/10 · 11 August 2015]

If this movie just contained action scenes featuring the amazing Moon Lee, I would have been rated it higher. Early in the film, Moon infiltrates an organisation of terrorist assassins, taking the place of one of their number after a fight on a train and follows this with a couple energetic brawls against armies of men. Inexplicably the directors opted to hand large sections of the movie over to male leads (despite the title) and Moon more or less disappears from the film. The army of bad guys who a sensible director would have had annihilated by the feet and fists of Moon instead meet their doom at the hands of a pair of guys in ridiculous machine gun equipped jet packs. The other plus of this movie is the main villain, played by American Katy Hickman in her only Hong Kong role (she is not Saskia Van Rijswijk as some have claimed). Surely the climatic fight should have been between her and Moon, but I'm sure there must be a story behind Moon Lee's limited screen time on this feature.

"Everybody here calls him Computer"

[hwg1957-102-265704 · 6/10 · 22 April 2018]

The Iron Angels get involved with a Thai terrorist organisation who seek to assassinate four government officials. One of them, Moon, goes undercover and Alex, Kwai and Kharina with the help of Mr. Computer track her until they lose her. More complications ensue then until the final reckoning. This is the third entry in the Iron Angels series and unfortunately Moon has to alternate screen time with the annoying Alex and Kwai not to mention the nerdy Mr Computer so it is not as exciting as the two earlier films in the series. There is some goofy humour that isn't really funny.

Moon is of course played by Moon Lee and she is excellent as usual when she on the screen (raising my rating to six out of ten) but they even left her out of the long final battle. I was looking forward to her facing off at the conclusion against the assassin's leader played by the impressive Katy Hickman but that didn't happen. The other members of the cast were adequate.

It was disappointing to see the eclipse of Moon.

Weird little film

[fistjedi · 6/10 · 14 July 2008]

Midnite Angels 3- A group of special agents work to take down a group of suicidal assassins who aim to kill some world leaders. The story makes no sense, and there's supposed to be like two other films in this series. And its dubbed. But there's a lot of martial arts in the movie. Some of the craziest fights ever committed to celluloid are in this film. Even if they were acting, all of the actors fought with reckless abandon. The fights were interesting, and all of the main characters got to shine. Then there was an end gunfight that had a really high body count. People were getting eliminated left and right. Nice mindless fun with dumb gadgets.

Arguably the best in the series

[gridoon · 6/10 · 13 November 2007]

The Iron Angels (Alex Fong, Moon Lee, Kharina Sa, Fong's new male partner, and another guy called "The Computer" - no sign of Elaine Lui this time) go to Thailand to stop some terrorists. That's pretty much all the plot you need for this one. For pure fighting fans, this is probably the best film in the series. Moon Lee has more fight scenes than in the previous films and looks pretty lethal: one of her best moves is when she jumps on a guy, wraps her legs around his waist, flips backwards, lands on top of him and punches him straight on his face! And Fong has an extended Muay Thai ring match against a local fighter. But shootout fans won't be disappointed, either; a gunfight near the end has an INCREDIBLE body count that easily rivals that of most war movies. The girls-with-guns factor is brought down a little by the absence of Elaine Lui, and the fact that Kharina Sa is given nothing to do, but goes up again with the addition of several female baddies, the leader of whom is a pretty muscular blonde. There are also notable Bond references: we get the female version of the Bond vs. Red Grant train fight in "From Russia With Love" as Moon Lee takes on a Japanese killer lady (who even has shoe-knives!), the blonde villainess pets (not a cat but) a baby croc, and at the end the heroes attack the terrorists on jetpacks like the one Connery used in "Thunderball" - only these are equipped with inexhaustible machine guns! (**1/2)

It's OK... but

[jddog130 · 1/10 · 20 February 2015]

I had higher expectations for this film after reading some of the good reviews, unfortunately it was a big letdown for me.

For those of you, like me, that like classic fu movies, you probably won't especially like this. I should have paid more attention to some of the other reviewers comments about "scenes taken from Bond movies" and "jetpacks with endless ammo machine guns".

Surprising to me, this movie has a higher rating than Lady Whirlwind and other female lead role fu films. I would rather watch The Lady Constables...

I would give this 3 stars just for making it all the way through. Then again... I doubt I would ever watch it again. I found it boring.

Moon Lee is great, the action is good, the story is pretty bad

[evilfrog-2 · 6/10 · 12 March 2021]

Well choreographed fighting is the only real highlight here, as the story is a pastiche of cliches. Worth a look if you're a hardcore fan of the genre, otherwise avoid.

Iron angel 3

[coltras35 · 5/10 · 23 December 2022]

In this third installment of Teresa Woo's seminal Girls with Guns franchise, only Moon Lee, Alex Fong and Kharina Sa return from the previous film (with only the former two having starred in all three films) as the titular 'Angels', an elite task force that rids the world of assassins, dictators and terrorists. This time, Moon has to infiltrate a terrorist organization bent on starting a war between Thailand and Vietnam. She succeeds but has to leave her tracking device behind, so that Alex & Kharina, assisted by Thai agent Kwai (Ralph Chen) and a bony gweilo nicknamed Computer, are left running across Bangkok trying to locate her.

Moon Lee is oddly sidelined in this sequel, but with whatever scenes there are of her, she lays waste to countless machete or fan-dab sword-wielding opponents with her bare hands or a nunchaku. She's a particularly fast-mover, and Alex Fong is no slouch in that score - there's an arresting yet protracted Muay Thai fight in the ring. The plot itself is simple, a little weak, and it's not too engaging, but it's still passable enough. Check out the finale, it's really OTT with so much carnage and the heroes coming down via jet pack indicates it's oddness.

A Bond chop-sockie with babes and Bond touches

[jimbo97-1 · 7/10 · 19 December 2011]

Katy Hickman (who is brunette... I've no idea why she is billed as "The Blonde") is the baby crocodile-loving archvillainess who also gets a nude rubdown from her henchgirl and battles Alex Fong in the climax, which proves the bullet is quicker than the knife.

The opening sequence with the heroes riding from the airport in a broken-down cab is hilarious. The cabbie has promised "air conditioning", "power windows" etc. which are only in his mind.

A fun movie.

Really. :-)

Pretty Good Z Movie With A Budget.

[mikecanmaybee · 3/10 · 16 December 2020]

It was Ok, with the humor scenes missing by a mile while the action scenes were well done.The leading man was well dubbed, but his side kick was such a relentless pain in the backside that it almost ruined the movie. Definitively an upgrade from the Godfrey Ho films coming out at that time. There are a few excellent battles and a couple of Kung Foo scenes that go on too long of course, but it is definitely worth watching with the lady's being so so at best.

Perfect example of what a "Girls with guns" movie should be like

[chrichtonsworld · 8/10 · 7 November 2007]

This rare title is very difficult to get hold off. I saw this almost 18 years ago on tape. "Iron Angels 3" belongs to the "Girls with Guns" genre. Typical HK action flicks in which women kick ass big time! Wonderful shootouts and excellent martial arts. Pay special attention to the scene in the train that obvious is a tribute to the famous fight scene in "From Russia with Love". But personally I liked this better because you have the pretty Moon Lee fighting this other beautiful(killer) woman. As with most of the movies in this genre the plot is simple and not very important. It is all about the action and which you get plenty off. "Iron Angels 3" is without a doubt one of the best titles that this genre has to offer! That's why it is very strange that they did not mass produced this on DVD. Warning: Do not confuse this movie with "Charlie's Angels". "Iron Angels 3" also consists of humor but the action scenes are definitely hardcore.

Martial arts action galore!

[OllieSuave-007 · 7/10 · 1 October 2017]

This is a somewhat thrilling final sequel to Hong Kong's "Iron Angel/Fighting Madam" series. It features Alex Fong and Moon Lee once more as the Iron Angels, martial arts-trained agents, this time tasked to take on a terrorist organization in Thailand.

There's some fun stuff here with action galore mixed in with humor and suspense. My favorite action scene is where Moon Lee takes on a band of the terrorist soldiers, while also showing off her impressive nunchuks skills. There's also a boxing match between Alex Fong and a ruthless, angry Thai boxer - also pretty riveting and intense. Have to say, though, that the ***spoiler ahead*** finale was overkill and those Thai government officials the Angels were supposed to protect were rather clueless and ignorant to say the least. And, for some reason, Moon Lee and another fellow Iron Angel, Kharina, were absent. ***spoiler ends***

The plot is simple, action is intense, but again, overkill.

Grade B-

Cheap and cheerful Hong Kong action with a Thai setting

[Leofwine_draca · 6/10 · 18 July 2016]

MIDNITE ANGELS 3, aka IRON ANGELS 3, is the third title in the popular girls with guns series made in Hong Kong. This one sees a returning Moon Lee teaming up with a bunch of new guys in order to tackle a terrorist threat in Thailand. It's definitely cheaper and more slapdash than the previous entries in the series, although the direction by popular Jackie Chan director Stanley Fong remains fresh and invigorating.

The film kicks off with an expertly-staged assassination scene before moving through various cheap and cheesy situations. There's a random fight on a train which is quite poorly played out and seems to have been included as a homage to FROM Russia WITH LOVE! Moon Lee goes undercover in the terrorist organisation and then the film slows down for half an hour with a bizarre interlude involving Muay Thai boxing and other, uninteresting characters.

Thankfully things pick up for a bizarre, action-focused climax which has to be seen to be believed. These guys really go in for the overkill with a blitz of violence involving a huge body count and a guy on a jet pack going around machine-gunning an army of bad guys! There are martial arts bouts too, although the badly-acting villains are undistinguished and only Lee stands out amid the performers. The two things that spoiled this film for me were the awful dubbing and the full-screen print which cuts off much of the action on either side of the screen; I can only hope that I get to see a widescreen subtitled print one day at which point I'm sure my enjoyment of the film would increase.

More of the same, but loads of fun.

[BA_Harrison · 8/10 · 21 June 2019]

A third world terrorist group plan to put a stop to Thailand's rapid economic growth. Special agents The Angels are assigned to prevent them from doing so.

The premise for Iron Angels 3 is about as formulaic as it gets, but that doesn't deter director Stanley Tong from pulling out all the stops to entertain his audience, his film packed from start to finish with amazing fight scenes and incredible ballistic action.

The lovely Moon Lee returns as agent Moon, who goes undercover to get to a knife-wielding, croc-stroking villainess, while Alex Fong as Alex Fong (the film gets no prizes for original character names) immerses himself in the Muay Thai boxing scene, for reasons that I can't remember (not that it matters, this plot-line existing solely to allow for a hard-hitting match between Alex and a very tough opponent).

After loads of well choreographed and expertly executed martial arts scenes in which our heroes square up against countless bad guys, the film closes with a rollicking finale that sees Alex and comedy sidekick Kwai (Ralph Chen) take to the sky on jetpacks with mounted machine guns to mow down scores of henchmen, while Moon battles the villainess to the death.

Also adding to the fun is the silly Bond-style computer expert called-you guessed it-Computer (played by Mark Steinborn), whose high-tech gadgetry is hilarious (check out his impressive bank of diode-blinking computers and the silly mini-bomb detector), an African despot who harshly punishes his inept henchmen (and who goes unapprehended by the end of the film), plus quite a lot of bloodshed, including countless bullet squibs, a spurting knife wound, and a juicy gunshot to the head.

7.5/10, rounded up to 8 for IMDb.