YES MADAM! A SERIOUS SHOCK! is an unwieldy addition to the girls-with-guns genre which was wowing Hong Kong audiences from the mid 1980s onwards. By the time of the 1990s the budgets for these films were dropping along with the quality, and it certainly shows in this one. It should be irresistible, with a cast comprising a trio of high-kicking heroines in the lithe forms of Cynthia Khan, Yukari Oshima and Moon Lee, and a plot indebted to Hollywood's psycho-thriller genre. But the execution turns out to be entirely pedestrian, and there are lots of scenes in the middle which simply add nothing to the production except confusion and disorientation (mostly those involving Waise Lee's character). The action is in short supply, too, only picking up at the very end. On the plus side the actresses are always fun to watch and there are supporting turns from genre personalities like Eric Tsang, Fung Hark-on and Ku Feng, but given the talent involved this should have been so much more.
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