Chicken rejoins the Hung Hing gang and Nam's girlfriend regains consciousness after being sent into a coma but is left amnesiac. Soon the Tung Sing gang, led by a psychotic man named Crow, starts taking over some of Hung Hing's territory and opens a club next to a bar run by the Hung Hing gang and trouble ensues. Later on in Holland, Hung Hing boss Chiang gets whacked by Crow and Camel Lok from the Tung Sing gang and Nam from the Hung Hing gang gets blamed for it and is once again being framed and has to hide himself from everyone who wants to see him dead. Crow kills his boss and uses the funeral to kill anyone who might challenge his claim to power. Will Nam be able to prove his innocence, and can Crow be stopped?
While Young and Dangerous 2 took a different turn compared to the original movie and had a totally different story to it, this third installment goes back to the roots of the first movie and looks quite similar. Again Nam is being framed and has to prove his innocence, and instead of Ugly Kwan in the first movie who framed him and wanted to be a Triad leader, we here have a guy named Crow to do exactly the same thing instead. So there's a lack of originality for sure, but doesn't really matter since the movie manages to be quite entertaining.
There are a lot of old familiar characters in part 3, but we are also introduced to some new ones as well. Crow, who leads the Tung Sing gang is new and is a man that is easy to hate, but who makes it all become quite entertaining. Also new is Karen Mok who plays the priest's daughter and Chicken's love interest. Anthony Wong shows up again and even though he's a good actor, he was way better in part 2. Here he seems to have calmed down a bit and is not nearly as disgusting as in part 2 either. Too bad, I liked him that way. We get to see a little more of Banana Skin, the guy who joined the Hung Hing gang in the second movie, but we never really get to know the guy on any deeper level, and that goes for all the characters.
The plot is quite simple, and like I said before, even though it lacks originality it still manages to be entertaining. If you're a fan of the two previous movies, you'll probably have a good time watching this third one as well. Even though the story is simple, it's very easy to get hooked into it as it is fast-paced, entertaining and makes the movie interesting to watch. There are of course some fights every now and then, but not too many and even though some are good, they're not quite as mental as in the first flick. The second movie suffered the same problem. In the end of the movie there's a huge fight that is somewhat ok but a little messy for one to be able to fully enjoy.
One thing that this movie has though is a big surprise with someone who dies. That someone was part of both previous movies and it came as a big surprise watching that person die. The whole scene is actually quite brutal, but I won't reveal anything else as I don't want to spoil anything. Although for fans of the series this will probably come as a big and sad surprise.
It's easy to get caught in it and it's easy to know who to root for. This third movie in the series looks an awful lot like the first movie, but manages to be really entertaining and that has a story that is easy to get into. If you liked the two previous films, you'll probably like this one as well. Recommended.
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ALTERNATIVE TITLE: Gu huo zai san
MOVIE YEAR: 1996
DIRECTOR: Wai Keung Lau
WRITING CREDITS: Mei Ngo Hui
GENRE: Crime, Action, Drama, Triad
CAST: Ekin Cheng, Jordan Chan, Gigi Lai
COUNTRY: Hong Kong
RUNTIME: 98 min
RATING: 8/10
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