Fuk sing go jiu (1985)

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   Arkantos

   That restaurant mime gag was hilarious 2 months 1 week ago
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   Tulpa Temporal

   A.K.A. My Lucky Stars 7 years 10 months ago
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   Siskoid

   Because My Lucky Stars is one of four Jackie Chan movies to come out in 1985 (including Police Story), you can well understand why he only shows up for the action scenes and is otherwise missing from the picture. But if he's in a scene, then you know it will be good. If he's not... ehh. Technically the second "Lucky Stars" film (a series of seven movies only connected by their cast, not their characters or plots), this one has director-actor Sammo Hung assemble his old gang from the orphanage to help Jackie save his partner who's a prisoner of a Tokyo crime gang. The comedy is broad, as you can expect from Chinese films of the era, but there are a lot of performers I like in there including Richard Ng, Eric Tsang, Yuen Biao and Bolo Yeung in a cameo role. However, the humor is also cringy as hell, with extended sexual harassment scenes after the boys meet Sibelle Hu's lady cop. The middle of the film sags as a result. But in terms of action, the so-called "Little Fortunes" really deliver. There's a Five Venoms joke I dearly love and the action beats, especially in the final confrontation, have a lot of ingenuity. This was a massive success in 80s Hong Kong, but in my 2020s living room, it hasn't aged so well. 1 month 2 weeks ago

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