Iron Angels 3

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.

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.

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.

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 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.