THE BLACK PANTHER WARRIORS
(黑豹天下)
Dir. Clarence Fok Yiu-leung, 1993
Hong Kong. 91 min.
In Cantonese and Mandarin with English subtitles.

TUESDAY, JULY 2 – 7:30 PM
FRIDAY, JULY 12 – MIDNIGHT
MONDAY, JULY 22 – 10 PM
SATURDAY, JULY 27 – 10 PM

Black Cougar (Alan Tang) is a professional thief for hire whose skill level is unmatched. When a mysterious stranger offers a huge some of money to recover a top secret file from the local police headquarters, Cougar assembles a group of elite superpowered mercenaries— including the dart-throwing Madam Rose (Carrie Ng), sharpshooter Fai Mang-po (Tony Leung Ka-fai), gravity-defying gambler Black Jack Love (Simon Yam), computer genius Robert Parkinson (Dicky Cheung), and seductive swordswoman Ching-ching (Brigitte Lin)— to help pull off the ultimate heist, unaware that a double agent acts among them.

From Clarence Fok (NAKED KILLER, CHEAP KILLERS) comes this go-for-broke actioner in which all laws of physics and standards of good taste are thrown out the window. An orgy of wuxia wirework, gun fu, sparklers, and crude sex jokes, featuring a Suicide Squad-like gang of gimmicky rogues, and topped off with the violent energy of a Tex Avery cartoon. A film is so over-the-top and manically paced that it feels like flipping through a comic book made up entirely of splash pages. Borderline incomprehensible at times but a total blast throughout.