masercot I won't lie. I LOVE Michelle Yeoh. I would watch a ninety minute movie in which she simply reads a phone book (not two hours, though...I'm not that big a fan). From the beginning of this movie to the end, they give you what you want: Michelle Yeoh, kicking butt...Her Silver Hawk costume is simply silver cloth and hotpants. The best special effect is her motorcycle. My son was immediately reminded of Batgirl.But, Yeoh is fun...smiling as she beats up villains, giggling with her female friends...far from the solemn character that she was in Crouching Tiger. Her personality was much more like Wing Chun.The martial arts sequences are good and you can see that Yeoh did a lot of her own stunts. The villain looks particularly villainous. There is very little death in this and the violence is cartoonish.A joy to watch!

ihatespike Silver Hawk is such a great movie, not overly dramatic or drudged up with too much blood or sex. In fact I don't remember seeing any of either. Michelle Yeoh is so cute and smart and funny, it's not dumb fun but it's so great to see a character who actually has lots of fun kicking butt, something which is usually seen as burdensome and depressing by most superheroes in movies and comics nowadays. Don't listen to anyone who says Michelle Yeoh is too old for this role, she doesn't look her age at all and she could've fooled me! I hate it when people think forty is over the hill, they are gravely mistaken; I think it's more of a sign of maturity and talent than the overpaid up-and-coming sluts on our silver screens today. The character is original, the costume is beautiful and not at all immodest. The music is just right and we are finally allowed the luxury of enjoying the fight scenes, totally real, beautifully choreographed and filmed so we can see it without getting a headache or feeling ripped off with up too close choppy filming. I think some of the voices are dubbed over but it doesn't bother me at all, they're all English speaking anyways. The bad guy isn't the most sinister, but he's bad enough for me, it's been so long since we've seen a villain with the classic motives of world domination and a viable method of doing so. Bad guys and superheroes don't have to be overdramatized for me to be entertained, they just have to have clear motivations and a simple sincerity. As far as any of the humor or lines coming off stale or lame-I've seen MUCH worse in movies made by people who speak English every day of the week. Silver Hawk is beautiful, strong, original, well made and modest. Ten stars and my recommendation if you like superheroine or superhero movies, martial arts and sci-fi.

Enchorde Recap: Mystic heroine Silver Hawk is both a terror for the criminals but also sought by the police. Now Rich Man is brought to Polaris to finally bring her before justice. What he hadn't counted on was her massive fan support and what he don't know is that the young famous Lulu, who he tried to impress on the flight in, is really our heroine, and that she got more tricks up her sleeve than he can count. But the peace isn't going to last. First a known scientist, specialized in AI, is kidnapped under their noses, and then the daughter of powerful industrialist, and personal friend of Lulu, is kidnapped as well. A known terrorist is behind the scheme and plans to take over and rule the world with the aid of our cellular phones. Can Silver Hawk stop him? Comments: Oh this is just plain silly. In fact, it resembles most a child's fantasy of a child that grows up to become beautiful, rich and the mystic heroine that toys with her opponents. There is absolutely no suspense, the story is thin like paper, the one-liners silly and the taunts and showing off during fights abundant. Well, the fights are abundant too, and actually there are some nice fights, if you like those choreographed dances/fights. Other than that, there isn't much to hope for...Entertainment for a rainy, dark and dull fall afternoon, nothing more.5/10

gerrythree Silver Hawk has the always great looking Michelle Yeoh playing an acrobatic superhero. The problem with this movie is that it has is no real suspense. The villain is strange without being interesting (like the villain in the James Bond misfire Die Another Day). Silver Hawk looks like a movie with too little script to run over 30 minutes, so there are action sequences put in to pad the running time. Michelle Yeoh works hard, the production values are good and the movie has a glossy, well-photographed look. Next time, maybe Michelle should play a mean hero who never smiles and who has commonplace problems, such as money problems. Rich masked superheroes in shiny uniforms don't cut it nowadays.