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Impossible as it may seem, someone managed to make a Hong Kong version of the justly forgotten "Band Of The Hand". In a world where they can make a movie for the hearing-impaired called "Deafula" (about a signing you-know-what), I suppose such a thing shouldn't really come as a shock. Basically, folks, you haven't lived until you've seen this ridiculous, but nonetheless charming, entry for the ol' time capsule, to be filed somewhere between Alan Hunter and Electric Boogaloo. All the cliches you hated from the 80s are piled on here in abundance: villains that won't stay dead ("Jason" to "Lethal Weapon"), rocky-quarry climaxes (Cannon Films only), deus ex machina "saviour" weapons (Tango & Cash, Death Wish 3), and worst of all, Harold Faltermeyer-style scores (Beverly Hills Cop, Fletch).
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Here's the story: Early in the New-Romantic-doused '80s, Michelle casually hangs out in Pat Benatar duds at a Tokyo street celebration, taking pictures of a cheesy 80's synth pop band. Nearby, a foot chase breaks out as some criminals hunt down a stool-pigeon gang member. Michelle joins in and dispatches the thugs with her amazing martial arts prowess. It turns out that Michelle is a Hong Kong cop. Michelle boards a flight home along with a HK gangster being transported back with two armed escorts. Michelle meets Michael on board, a cheery and flirtatious airline security agent (think of an Asian Kyle Maclachlan), and Yamamoto, a Japanese detective (think of an Asian John Stamos) ready to retire with his troubled wife and adorable daughter. The three are immediately forced into action when the gangster's undercover cronies attempt to rescue him mid-air from the authorities. The criminals are overpowered and killed by our clever team, but not without substantial loss to innocent lives. The gangsters seek revenge on the trio, and Yamamoto's family is brutally killed with a car bomb that leaves the retired cop craving retribution. Two ex-soldiers, who had made a lifelong pact during "the war" (Vietnam?) with the deceased gangster, are making the remarkably complicated hits. As Michael tries to win Michelle's heart, the veterans, soon to be revealed as a TRIO and not just a duo, stage several bloody public battles to try to take the cops down. Michael pays with his life, Michelle gets some high-tech help from her father's lab, and Yamamoto gets his revenge.
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