The Heroic Trio is a 1993 Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

 action film directed by Johnny To, starring Michelle Yeoh

Michelle Yeoh

Michelle Yeoh Choo-Kheng is a Hong Kong-based Malaysian Chinese actress, well known for performing her own stunts in the action films that brought her to fame in the early 1990s....

, Maggie Cheung

Maggie Cheung

Maggie Cheung Man yuk is a Chinese actress from Hong Kong. Raised in England and Hong Kong, she has over 70 films to her credit since starting her career in 1983...

, and Anita Mui

Anita Mui

Anita Mui Yim-fong was a popular Hong Kong singer and actress. During her prime years she made major contributions to the cantopop music scene, while receiving numerous awards and honours. She remained an idol throughout most of her career, and was generally regarded as a cantopop diva...

 as the titular trio. Other cast include Damian Lau

Damian Lau

Damian Lau Chung-yan is a Hong Kong film and television actor, executive producer and film director. Lau has starred in many television drama series of various genres, produced by Hong Kong's TVB and ATV.-Early career:...

, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Paul Chun

Paul Chun (actor)

Paul Chun Pui is a Hong Kong based actor.He is the brother of actor David Chiang and half-brother of actor/ director Derek Yee Tung-Shing. His son Benji Chiang and his daughter Lesley Chiang are duo in the pop group "Benji and Lesley". Paul started his acting career at the age of three...

, James Pak and Yan Yee Kwan. The main characters of the film are reunited in a sequel, another 1993 film, Executioners

Executioners (film)

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 and Maggie Cheung, returning as the main characters of the first film...

.

Cast and roles

• Michelle Yeoh
  Michelle Yeoh
  Michelle Yeoh Choo-Kheng is a Hong Kong-based Malaysian Chinese actress, well known for performing her own stunts in the action films that brought her to fame in the early 1990s....
  
   - Ching/San/Invisible Girl
• Anita Mui
  Anita Mui
  Anita Mui Yim-fong was a popular Hong Kong singer and actress. During her prime years she made major contributions to the cantopop music scene, while receiving numerous awards and honours. She remained an idol throughout most of her career, and was generally regarded as a cantopop diva...
  
   - Tung/Wonder Woman
• Maggie Cheung
  Maggie Cheung
  Maggie Cheung Man yuk is a Chinese actress from Hong Kong. Raised in England and Hong Kong, she has over 70 films to her credit since starting her career in 1983...
  
   - Chat/Thief Catcher
• Damian Lau
  Damian Lau
  Damian Lau Chung-yan is a Hong Kong film and television actor, executive producer and film director. Lau has starred in many television drama series of various genres, produced by Hong Kong's TVB and ATV.-Early career:...
  
   - Inspector Lau
• Anthony Wong Chau-sang - Kau
• James Pak - Doctor/Scientist
• Paul Chun
  Paul Chun (actor)
  Paul Chun Pui is a Hong Kong based actor.He is the brother of actor David Chiang and half-brother of actor/ director Derek Yee Tung-Shing. His son Benji Chiang and his daughter Lesley Chiang are duo in the pop group "Benji and Lesley". Paul started his acting career at the age of three...
  
   - Chief of Police
• Yen Shi-Kwan - Evil Master
• Chen Zhuoxin
• Jiang Haowen
• Lee Siu-kei
  Lee Siu-Kei
  Lee Siu-kei is a Hong Kong actor, film director, scriptwriter and producer. He is a former triad member and has served as consultant for many Hong Kong triad movies.-Selected filmography:* God of Gamblers II * Fist of Fury 1991...
  
   - Leader of robbers at chemical factory
• Pamela Franklin - Chief of Police's Wife

Synopsis

An invisible woman is kidnapping newborn babies who are destined to be emperors and delivering them to the mysterious subterranean supernatural Evil Master. The police are powerless, and the city must be saved by three very different women who share a terrible past. Anita Mui plays the mild-mannered wife of a police inspector who's also the mask-wearing, sword-slinging and knife-throwing crime fighter, Wonder Woman. Maggie Cheung plays the shotgun-toting, hard-boiled bounty hunter, Thief Catcher. Michelle Yeoh is Invisible Girl, the troubled but determined strong right arm of the Evil Master.

Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman is intelligent and helpful. Her true identity is Tung, long-time wife of Police Inspector Lau. Wonder Woman has a recurring dream in which she fails to save her sister from falling off a cliff when they were little girls; in the dream, it is unclear whether the sister has survived or not. This worries Tung and she feels that she must find her; at the same time she hears that newborn babies are being kidnapped, and that one baby has been taken by the Thief Catcher. She is played by Anita Mui

Anita Mui

Anita Mui Yim-fong was a popular Hong Kong singer and actress. During her prime years she made major contributions to the cantopop music scene, while receiving numerous awards and honours. She remained an idol throughout most of her career, and was generally regarded as a cantopop diva...

, in the film

Ching

Ching is the sister of Tung. In the film, she tells Tung that she is leaving home and not coming back. It is also seen that she has been in contact with a villain named the Evil Master. Though the Thief Catcher is her childhood friend, the two are only reunited as adults. Ching is responsible for the kidnapping of the babies. She uses an invisible robe which is given to her by the Evil Master to carry out the kidnappings. Ching is known to the Evil Master as "San". She is portrayed by actress Michelle Yeoh

Michelle Yeoh

Michelle Yeoh Choo-Kheng is a Hong Kong-based Malaysian Chinese actress, well known for performing her own stunts in the action films that brought her to fame in the early 1990s....

 in the film.

Thief Catcher

Thief Catcher is an irresponsible detective who is attracted to the Chief of Police. She takes one of the babies as bait for the kidnapper and heads for a remote cottage. In the ensuing struggle, the baby is accidentally killed. Afterward, she meets with Ching and asks why the Evil Master wants the babies. She later is hired to rescue the Police Chief's baby, but in doing so, she almost gets caught. She teams up with Wonder Woman to rescue the babies and to stop the Evil Master's men attacking the hostages at the train station. She is played by Maggie Cheung

Maggie Cheung

Maggie Cheung Man yuk is a Chinese actress from Hong Kong. Raised in England and Hong Kong, she has over 70 films to her credit since starting her career in 1983...

.

The Evil Master

He is the main villain of the film. He compels Ching to steal newborn babies as part of his supernatural scheme to provide China with a new king. Ching has worked for him for many years. The Thief Catcher likes to refer to him as "Damned Old Monster!" as she strongly dislikes him.

External links

• The Heroic Trio at Superheroes Lives