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Rating:

5

Year of release: 1988

Genre: action/comedy

Director: Wellson Chin

Action director: Jackie Chan's Stuntman Team

Producer: Jackie Chan

Writer: Abe Kwong

Music: New Note Music Production

Editors: Chang Yao Chung, Kung Chu Tak

Cinematography: Lau Wai Keung

Stars: Sibelle Hu, Cynthia Rothrock, Regina Kent, Kara Hui, Ann Bridgewater, Sandra Ng, Stanley Fung, Alex To, Jeff Falcon, Shing Fui-On, Mars, Ken Lo, Bill Tung, Ricky Hui

Not rated; contains IIA-level violence

DVD Information

Company: Universe

Format: widescreen

Languages: Cantonese, Mandarin

Subtitles: Chinese, English

Extras: stars' files, trailers

Notes: Your typical early Universe disc, complete with a mushy Dolby re-mix.

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The Inspector Wears Skirts

In The Inspector Wears Skirts, Sibelle Hu plays Wu, a cop who gets the attention of her superiors after she foils a plot by some ninjas to assassinate a visiting dignitary. Wu is placed in charge of training a group of female cadets, who the top brass will become a tough commando team. Of course, no one on the new team gets along at first, but they soon bond together and manage to foil a plot to steal a set of expensive jewels from a fashion show.

With Jackie Chan as a producer (and his stunt team handling the action) and a fairly star-packed cast, you would think the end results would be pretty good. Well, you would be wrong in this instance. Like many Hong Kong action films of the period, there's just way too much time devoted to stupid comedic sequences. The Inspector Wears Skirts digs itself further into a hole by having an extremely annoying and unnecessary musical number that almost caused me to hit the eject button just to stop the misery. To its' credit, things do pick up near the end when Cynthia Rothrock shows up as an Interpol agent who helps the ladies stop the jewel heist, but by then, it's too little, too late. The Inspector Wears Skirts isn't a horrible movie, but there are many, many other "girls with guns" films that are more deserving of your time.