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Rating: 6.5 stars

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Aces Go Places (1982)

Directed by Eric Tsang

Action | Comedy | Crime

Overview

King Kong, a clever thief who steals a cache of diamonds from some gangsters, frames another thief called White Glove for the crime. That’s when the bald detective Albert Au, who has been chasing King Kong for quite some time, pairs with the volatile female Superintendent Ho to bring him to justice. King Kong ends up joining the good guys to defeat White Glove and another bad guy dubbed Mad Max, and recover the diamonds from the hiding place where they were left by King Kong’s dead accomplice.

Length 93 minutes

Actors

Samuel Hui | Karl Maka | Sylvia Chang | Goo Ga-Lau | Dean Shek | Sing Chen | Tsui Hark | Walter Tso Tat-Wah | Anna Ng Yuen-Yee | Lindsay Chan Ling-Chi | Hon Kwok-Choi | Sze Kai-Keung | George Lam | Raymond Wong | Gam Biu | To Siu-Ming | Robert Houston | Jimmy Shaw | Andrew Miller | Glen Thomson | Fung Ging-Man | Lee Pang-Fei | Chik Ngai-Hung | Shing Gwan-On | Lai Kim-Hung | Tai San | Wong Chi-Wai | Cheung Kwok-Wah | Chow Gam-Kong | Pang Yun-Cheung | Fung Yun-Chuen | Cheng Siu-Ping | Yu Miu-Lin | Ho Pak-Kwong | Man Ngai-Tik | Ng Hon-Keung | Carroll Gordon | Veronica Mudd | Ng Yan-Chi

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Funny, light HK action comedy with some terrific stunt work particularly the motorcycle chase through the mall. Not great but pretty good humor and the dub isn’t bad (actually one of the detectives sounds like Dick Miller). Looking forward to checking out the rest of the sequels.

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