Huang jia du chuan

Crass 'Police babes in training' movie starring Sibelle Hu, Sandra Ng and Amy Yip. Reason enough to watch it maybe, but the dopey (and frequently violent) humour isn't particularly appealing.

The girls are in training for an undercover mission on board a floating casino. The training is more like a series of sadistic tortures (which are supposed to be funny), but you won't feel too sorry for them, as you'll feel tortured yourself just by watching this twaddle.

The third instalment of the long-running series moves away from the action which was so noticeable in the first film towards more of a slapstick comedy. Sibelle Hu's screen time is limited here but the other actresses continue to make an impression, from Sandra Ng with her overbearing humour to Amy Yip's constant sexuality. Stanley Fung and Billy Lau are the male leads who spend the majority of the film training up the members before they're let loose on a casino ship in the last half an hour. The action is in very short supply, but as usual there's an eclectic mix of styles and cast members and Shing Fui-on gets one of his more interesting roles. How much you enjoy it depends on your tolerance for Hong Kong humour...

Part three of the "The Inspector Wears Skirts" movie series has the Banshee Squad Members, a small number of them, go undercover in a Casino Ship to nab a group of thieves responsible for stolen law enforcement and military weapons. While the movie's setting is different than the previous two films, the plot is pretty boring: lack of major action, suspense and drama. The majority of the movie is just a small group of the male and female Squad members goofing around on the ship and trying to win big in gambling.

The plot really goes all over the place, as new characters pop up here and there, serving no real purpose in the movie. Multiple subplots were inserted in the movie in attempts to make the story more exciting, but were sloppily edited, resulting in an unappealing feature.

I like certain slapstick humor, but not those filmed in a way where it is insensible, over-the-top and childish. This movie was moving towards that direction, preceding the much worst and absolutely terrible Part four. I would not recommend this film.

Grade D