I Love Maria

[a.k.a. Roboforce]
Dir: David Chung
Star: Sally Yeh, John Sham, Tsui Hark, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai

[10] Another Tsui Hark "production", so it's anyone's guess who really directed it. Obviously heavily influenced by Robocop, it has the Hero gang using an ED-209 creature to try and take over the city, only to find their way blocked by the Maria of the title (definite shades of Metropolis) who was re-programmed by accident to the side of good. From here, things just get faster and faster. And faster. People, robots and cameras fly through the air with the greatest of ease, taking your breath with them, right until the climax in what looks like a power station. Wow.

8/10

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