No matter how the world changes, no matter where Hong Kong people flee, Hong Kong cinema will always have its kung-fu. Members of China's elite corp are dispatched for overseas duties for disciplinary action. But the post-Communist eastern European countries are in tatters and under military dictatorship. Then there are terrorists from Japan's cult religions. What is to be done? The answer lies in Zhao's kicks. Ching Siu-tung's martial arts direction makes a brilliant flying circus. Together with massive location shooting in Eastern Europe to broaden the film's horizon, they make the ridiculous story and inert plotline easier to stomach.
Review of Another Meltdown
