Japanese director Kinji Fukasaku (THE GREEN SLIME, BATTLE ROYAL etc.) made SHOGUN'S SAMURAI back in the 70s and this is Hong Director Frankie Chan's 80s sorta remake of that. I don't think I've ever seen Kinji's version so I'm not sure how similar this one is plot wise but I do know that instead of being a samurai flick set in feudal Japan though this is a modern-day(or at least modern-day for the 80s) Hong Kong gangster flick. Full of wall-to-wall action including kung-fu, gun-fu and even some car-fu battles this one is pretty enjoyable throughout. It's also all a pretty epic tale of backstabbing double-crossing in the life of a crime family. Yukari Oshima and a few other ass-kicking ladies have some great fight scenes to give it some variety. The one unique, and sometimes frustrating, aspect of this one is that who we are supposed to root for to ultimately be victorious seems to shift from scene to scene. If you can, like myself, appreciate those grey areas and not having any clear-cut heroes to attach yourself to this one is good asian action flick to check out.
Apparently this was released under the snazzy title MEGAFORCE in France!:
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