Heroic Trio 2: Executioners

Director: Johnnie To, Johnnie To, Johnnie To, Johnnie To

1993 / 101min / DCP

In To’s outré, post-apocalyptic sequel to his The Heroic Trio of the same year—the Hong Kong industry moves fast when it has a hit—the Holy Trinity of Maggie Cheung’s Thief Catcher, Michelle Yeoh’s Invisible Girl, and Anita Mui’s Wonder Woman return, this time to a city rendered almost unlivable thanks to nuclear war and water shortages, the scanty supply controlled by Anthony Wong’s misshapen strongman dictator—which calls for a revolutionary uprising. A radical, ambitious, and markedly gloomier departure from the original film that still retains its stunning triple-threat star power, awesome action, and striking cinematography.