Wonder Seven (1994)

One of my all time favorites.

Funny, strange, confrontational and subversive, this is one of the most interesting experiences you'll have at the cinema this year.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

"Wonder Seven" (aka "7 jin gong") is a fairly typical mid-1990s Hong Kong action movie. Don't get me wrong here, because that is not a bad thing. The movie is entertaining and enjoyable. With that being said, "Wonder Seven" doesn't bring anything to the genre or to the Hong Kong cinema that hadn't already been seen before.Story-wise then "Wonder Seven" wasn't particularly interesting. What kept the movie afloat was the action, gunfights and the martial arts.People in the movie were doing good jobs with their given roles and characters. I guess Michelle Yeoh was headlining on the DVD cover as she was the biggest star in the movie, despite her not being the lead actress or having the lead role."Wonder Seven" is a movie that will appeal to people who enjoy Hong Kong cinema.On a closing note, then I found the front cover of the DVD to be a bit too tacky and it doesn't really have anything to do with the actual movie.

okay.. for me without michelle's beauty this film would be wasted.. forget the plot.. forget the annoying lead star who keeps smiling.. really would rather see him fighting.. i wish he would stop smiling like a fool and leave the smiling business with michelle. i love every time they're on bike.. i love the friendship between them and cried when superman dies.. michelle on bike that should be enough. though a little bit disappointed.. not enough action for michelle.. 7 orphans trained to become secret agents.. okay i don't really like the guy to be paired with michelle yeoh. it doesn't work man.. she's way.. way too beautiful for him.. michelle play as the villain at first whose partner inlove with her eerrr worst looking than the lead star.. what a surprised it is to Li ning's character to find out that the woman who stole his heart on that bridge one night was the same woman he must capture.. well.. luckily, michelle team up with them in the end.. i forgot to mention they were actually fighting for some micro chip.. bad guys have hearts too.. michelle looks gorgeous riding a bike man.. she has this thing with bikes.. 8/10all in all.. i like this movie8/10

The usually stone-faced and solemn Michelle Yeoh smiles quite a bit in this film, and it's a wonderful sight: she's surprisingly cute, loose and playful. She also delivers a graceful physical performance, but the film on the whole is disappointingly short on martial arts action and long on gunplay. Another disappointment is that Xin Xin Xiong (probably the best martial artist in the film) and the incredibly cute Hilary Tsui are underused, and yet another one is that Michelle never appears in the fishnet lingerie that she wears on the DVD cover! Much like another Ching Siu Tung film I saw recently, Jet Li's "Dr. Wai and the Scripture with No Words", there is a lot of activity here, but not all of it is engaging and the story is confusing in spots, though there are occasional moments of inspired action (an elevator shaft launched onto a helicopter - now that is something I've never seen before!). Overall, "Wonder Seven" is not a must-see by any means, unless of course you just want to see Michelle Yeoh looking better than ever. (**)

"Wonder Seven" is a great mix of shootouts and martial arts. This movie is about a gang who consists out of seven orphans joined by one man, serving as a secret police force. Each member of the gang has his own speciality (sounds familiar: Magnificent Seven). At one mission something goes wrong and they are being accused of a murder they haven't commited. Of course you know how this story will end. But this movie isn't about the plot, it is about the action. Let me tell you, the action is very well done. And Michelle Yeoh (Tomorrow never dies) shows what she really can do (which she wasn't allowed to do in the Bond movie). This is a fastpaced, humoristic action movie.