The Inspector Wears Skirts (1988)

Director: Wellson Chin

Stars: Sibelle Hu, Cynthia Rothrock, Stanley Fung Shui-fan, Sandra Ng, Alex To, Kara Hui Ying-hung

Featuring: Bill Tung, Regina Kent, Billy Lau, Jeff Falcon, Amy Yip

In The Inspector Wears Skirts, Sibelle Hu plays Wu, a cop who gets the attention of her superiors after she foils a plot by some ninjas to assassinate a visiting dignitary. Wu is placed in charge of training a group of female cadets, who the top brass will become a tough commando team. Of course, no one on the new team gets along at first, but they soon bond together and manage to foil a plot to steal a set of expensive jewels from a fashion show.

With Jackie Chan as a producer (and his stunt team handling the action) and a fairly star-packed cast, you would think the end results would be pretty good. Well, you would be wrong in this instance. Like many Hong Kong action films of the period, there’s just way too much time devoted to stupid comedic sequences. The Inspector Wears Skirts digs itself further into a hole by having an extremely annoying and unnecessary musical number that almost caused me to hit the eject button just to stop the misery. To its’ credit, things do pick up near the end when Cynthia Rothrock shows up as an Interpol agent who helps the ladies stop the jewel heist, but by then, it’s too little, too late. The Inspector Wears Skirts isn’t a horrible movie, but there are many, many other “girls with guns” films that are more deserving of your time.

Film Review by: John Skelton

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