Zui jia fu xing (1986)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Eric Tsang

Writer:

Anthony Chan (story)

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Sammo Hung Kam-Bo	...	Eric Kidstuff
Karl Maka	...	Albert
Sylvia Chang	...	Quito
Kent Cheng	...	Fat Cat
Alan Tam	...	Top Dog
Andy Lau	...	Lambo
Anthony Chan	...	Long Legs
Billy Lau	...	Lib-Bogen
Maria Tung Ling	...	Yum Yum
Tat-wah Cho	...	Supt. Walter Tsao
Matsui Tetsuya	...	Japanese Crime Lord
Ching Wong	...	Inspector Wong
James Tien	...	Lambo's Commander
Shui-Fan Fung	...	Rawhide
Richard Ng	...	Sandy

Also Known As:

Jui gaai fuk sing (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
Lucky Stars Go Places (Hong Kong: English title)
My Lucky Stars Go Places
The Luckiest Stars

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

South Korea:12

Trivia:

The movie showing in the cinema is Long de xin (1985).

Movie Connections:

Follows Xia ri fu xing (1985)

The fourth entry in the 'Lucky Stars' series and very much the worst too.

First off no Jackie Chan or Biao Yuen. Secondly, apart from Sammo Hung, the original 'lucky stars' appear for only five minutes. Which is just as well as this is a real turkey. It's a pity Samo didn't have the same foresight as the others.

Basically it's the same plot as the other films in the series. The police mess up an undercover operation, so bizarrely they turn to Samo Hung and his unlawful for help. It's still unclear why the police would recruit five con men to help them. Samo asks his pals but they're not interested so he has to recruit five new lucky stars. Five hopeless policemen (including a young Andy Lau). They then proceed to share a house, bicker amongst themselves, a beautiful female cop moves in to train them whilst they play tricks on her to get her into bed.

This is supposed to be a comedy but it's mind-numbingly and shockingly unfunny. Jokes in bad taste like domestic violence against a wife, rape of a 50 year old housekeeper, a bizarre game of Russian roulette, even an Alsatian dog gets shot. It's pretty dire. The first half hour of the film is particularly painful watch. I cannot help but think Samo Hung must be throughly ashamed and embarrassed of this film.

The only two scenes worth watching is when we first meet Andy Lau during a combat training exercise in an abandoned building and the fight scene at the end with the young Japanese villain. Also a small scene where Samo has a fight in a padded cell.

Other than that this film is pure garbage.