I just saw the flick tonite, and yeah: Jade is uber hot, and I'll admit that I was digging the blonde nazi chic too.
The movie is funny and a bit cheezy, but it's not quite over the top. It's enjoyable.
As far as Chow goes, I thought I heard way back that when he and Woo first got Over Here that there were some contract issues that wouldn't allow them to make movies together? Now this movie, and replacement killers also, were produced by Woo, so maybe that's all crap.
I also heard Rumors of remaking Hard Boiled, but they both don't want to do it because Hard Boiled was their 'statement' about Hong Kong going back to Chinese control. I read a really good article about it, maybe I can find it. Anyways, I've also heard that both Chow and Woo are tired of doing gun-action movies. Maybe they've caved into Hollywood's 'anti-gun anti-violence' crap, or maybe they just want to try new things...