This fun and surprising sequel to They Call Her… Cleopatra Wong kicks off with a blisteringly awesome theme song followed by one of the greatest lines ever uttered on the silver screen: “Imbeciles! How are we going to push drugs if we don’t have any pushers?” This line of dialogue is spoken by the evil drug dealer who has one of the best names in cinema history: Lucifer Devlin (Johnny Wilson). AKA: “The Devil”. Devlin barks orders at his men so much that they finally have enough of his shit and kidnap his daughter. If he doesn’t cough up a million dollars and fork over his entire drug operation to them, they will kill her. Naturally, there’s only one person Devlin can trust to get his daughter back: His arch nemesis, the badass Interpol agent Cleopatra Wong (Marrie Lee)!
Cleo makes Devlin agree he’ll turn himself over to the authorities once his daughter is home safe and sound. Cleo can’t do the job alone though, so she turns to Tony (Franco Guerrero), a cop who was kicked off the force for being gay, and a three-hundred-pound psychic named Madame Rotunda (Florence Carvajal) for help. The unlikely trio make a great and unique team as everyone underestimates them at every turn. However, the question lingers, will Devlin renege on his agreement once the job is done?
Devils Three is surprisingly inclusive for what on the surface looks to be a mindless made-in-the-Philippines actioner. Not only is our heroine an ally to the LGBTQIA+ community, but she also spreads the message of body positivity as well. You go, girl!
Despite the addition of Cleo’s unorthodox compatriots, the action in Devils Three isn’t quite up to snuff with what we saw in They Call Her… Cleopatra Wong. Still, there’s plenty of good moments here to keep you completely entertained. There’s a fight in an ice factory, a briefcase that doubles as a bazooka, and an unlikely stunt when our three heroes hop on a motorcycle, give chase to the bad guys, and jump over a speeding car on the highway. I mean, you don’t see that every day.
There’s a wealth of great dialogue too, with my favorite line being, “How would you like to get fingered by Captain Hook?”
AKA: Mean Business. AKA: Pay or Die. AKA: Devil’s Three: The Karate Killers. AKA: The Devil’s Angels. AKA: Devil’s Angels/Devil’s Three.
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