Aryoung is sent away from her homeland of Hong Kong by her father . Her father is a powerful gang leader that is in the midst of a major power struggle. He is worried about the safety of Aryoung and thus gives her the choice to stay in another country until things settle down in Hong Kong. Aryoung picks South Korea, mainly because her mother is Korean and now lives somewhere in that country.

Jin-gyu Cho, who directed the first My Wife Is A Gangster film, returns to direct MWIAG 3. Jin-Gyu Cho made the drastic break from the first two films, using none of the original characters, gangs, or even theme. The hallmarks of the My Wife Is A Gangster films would be a very tough female mob boss that hides her profession from the man in her life. In MWIAG 3, about the only similarities I can think of with the prior MWIAG films is that the movie features a female lead that is lethal in the martial arts and also has ties to the mafia.

Qi Shu, who you may remember from her performances in The Transporter & Millenium Mambo, stars in MWIAG 3 as the sexy but ultra-deadly Aryoung. Her performance wasn’t very impressive, mostly because she chose to play her character as a disinterested house guest, modest about her martial arts prowess, and not having much of a mean streak. Contrast this with Eun-Jin from the first two MWIAG films. Eun-Jin, although being a very attractive woman, was extremely macho and had no qualms about kicking your butt if you looked at her funny. I found that quality to be one of the most appealing aspects of the original film, so I was less than impressed with Aryoung’s character.

The first hour or so of My Wife Is A Gangster3 was surprisingly funny with the expected low brow humor that was evident in the first two MWIAG films. Once the Korean gangsters picked Aryoung from the airport, the film was consistently amusing with the Koreans not being able to speak Chinese, while Aryoung could not speak Korean. This dilemma was solved by the Korean gangsters, when they hired a Chinese translator named Yeon-Hee. When the translator arrived at her employer’s house, she was terrified to learn to her employers were gangsters. Consequently Yeon-Hee took substantial liberty with her translations between the gangsters and Aryoung. Once the timid translator learned of Aryoung’s lethal martial art skills, the timid translator became more of the bossy translator.
Although she still took liberty in translating Aryoung’s words, it was now to threaten the gangsters, whereas before she tried to appease the gangsters. Her transformation provided for many more amusing moments.

During the second half of the film, MWIAG 3 slowly got worse as the Hong Kong gangsters came to Korea to kill off Aryoung. The story turned into a predictable action film with zero surprises. A “been there and saw it” feel certainly felt palpable throughout the second half of the film. Furthermore, the chemistry between Aryoung & Ki-Chul was non-existent. Beom-Su Lee (Singles/The City Of Violence/Project Makeover) played Ki-Chul. He did reasonably well in the more humorous scenes, but failed to deliver any type of believable romantic interests for Aryoung. On a sidenote Ki-Chul had more of the appearance of an aging heavy metal fan, rather than a gangster.