The Heroic Trio / Executioners
Key Features & Product Description
The combined star power of Maggie Cheung, Anita Mui, and Michelle Yeoh fuels these gloriously unrestrained action spectacles from director Johnnie To and legendary action choreographer Ching Siu‑tung.
The Heroic Trio and its sequel Executioners follow a new kind of justice league: three blade‑throwing, shotgun‑toting, kung fu–fighting heroines who unite to battle evil in a dystopian, noir‑tinged city. Blending dazzling martial‑arts mayhem with comic‑book lunacy, these beloved Hong Kong superhero films showcase the industry at its most inventive and exuberant.
4K UHD + Blu‑ray Special Edition Features
- 4K digital restorations of The Heroic Trio and Executioners
- Uncompressed monaural soundtracks
- One 4K UHD disc containing both films
- Two Blu‑ray discs with films and special features
- Alternate English‑dubbed tracks
- 5.1 surround Cantonese soundtracks
- New interview with actor Anthony Wong
- New interview with film critic Samm Deighan (cohost of Twitch of the Death Nerve)
- Trailers
- New English subtitle translations
- PLUS: An essay by critic Beatrice Loayza
Film Descriptions
The Heroic Trio
This outrageously entertaining cult classic introduced Hong Kong cinema’s own homegrown superhero universe.
Three legendary stars bring to life a trio of unforgettable heroines:
- Thief Catcher (Maggie Cheung)
- Wonder Woman (Anita Mui)
- Invisible Girl (Michelle Yeoh)
Together, they must confront their own troubled pasts to stop an evil, baby‑snatching eunuch terrorizing the city. Expect:
- Eye‑popping motorcycle stunts
- Bloodthirsty undead
- Cannibal infants
- Wild, wire‑assisted martial‑arts choreography
It’s wall‑to‑wall delirium and a showcase for three of the coolest women warriors ever put on screen.
Executioners
Cheung, Mui, and Yeoh return in this darker, postapocalyptic sequel. After a devastating nuclear attack, Hong Kong’s clean‑water supply falls under the control of a masked tyrant (Anthony Wong) bent on seizing political power.
The three heroines must put aside their differences and unite once more to save the city.
This follow‑up amps up:
- Gritty, dystopian atmosphere
- Cartoon‑crazy action set pieces
- Ching Siu‑tung’s whirlwind martial‑arts choreography
- A sharp streak of antiauthoritarian attitude
