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Mad Mission
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1hr 35min
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1982
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Anchor Bay
Synopsis: A hugely successful crime-comedy from Cinema City and director Eric Tsang, Aces Go Places set records at the box office and made a star of Sam Hui. Hui plays King Kong, a clever thief who steals a cache of diamonds from some gangsters, framing another thief called White Glove for the crime. That's when the bald detective Albert Au (Karl Maka), who has been chasing King Kong for quite some time, pairs with the volatile female Superintendent Ho (Sylvia Chang) to bring him to justice. King Kong ends ... Full Synopsis
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This endearingly bizarre action comedy from Hong Kong plays like a hybrid of Smokey and the Bandit and The Naked Gun, with a sprinkling of the gadgets from the James Bond movies. It is silly beyond words, but that's also a key part of its charm. Raymond Wong's screenplay occasionally flags in its pacing and starts to run out of steam near the end, but its eccentricities and inventiveness make up for ... Full Review
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'King' Kong, Sam
Baldy
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