Aces Go Places | |
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Traditional Chinese | 最佳拍檔系列 |
Simplified Chinese | 最佳拍档系列 |
Hanyu Pinyin | Zuì Jiā Pāi Dǎng Xì Liè |
Jyutping | Zeoi3 Gaai1 Paak3 Dong3 Hai6 Lit6 |
Directed by | Eric Tsang (1-2) Tsui Hark (3) Ringo Lam (4) Lau Kar-leung (5) Chin Ka-lok (5) |
Screenplay by | Raymond Wong (1-3, 6) Karl Maka (4) Chan Kwok-tse (5) |
Produced by | Karl Maka (1, 4-5) Dean Shek (1) Raymond Wong (2-3, 6) |
Starring | Sam Hui Karl Maka |
Cinematography | Joe Chan Chun-kit (1, 3) Paul Yip (1) Manny Ho (1) Arthur Wong (1-2) Johnny Koo (2) Peter Ngor ((2) Abdul M. Rumjahn (2) Bill Chan (3) Sander Lee (4) Paul Chan (5) Joe Chan Kwong-hung (5) Hung Hin-shing (5) Herman Yau (6) |
Edited by | Tony Chow (1-4) Wong Ming-kong (4) Wong Ming-lam (5) Robert Choi (6) |
Music by | Teddy Robin (1-2, 5) Sam Hui (1-3) Ha On-chia (2) Noel Quinlan (3) Tang Siu-lam (3) Tony Lo (4) Richard Lo (5) Mak Chun Hung (6) |
Production companies | Cinema City & Films Co. (1-5) Hong Kong Action Stunt (1) Eastern Bright Motion Picture (6) Hoi Ming Company (6) |
Distributed by | Cinema City & Films Co. (1-5) Mandarin Films (6) |
Release date | 1982-1997 |
Running time | 565 minutes |
Country | Hong Kong |
Language | Cantonese |
Box office | HK$136,393,124 |
Aces Go Places, known as Mad Mission in the United States, is a series of Hong Kong action comedy films that are parodies of the James Bond film series.
The films star Sam Hui as King Kong, a master thief and martial arts expert who is aided by his bumbling sidekick, Detective Albert "Baldy" Au, portrayed by Karl Maka.
The series began in 1982, with the first two films directed by Eric Tsang. Subsequent films were directed by Tsui Hark, Ringo Lam and Lau Kar-leung respectively.
Lucky Stars Go Places, a crossover with the Lucky Stars film series, was released in 1986.
A sixth film, 97 Aces Go Places was made in 1997 with a different cast.
Titles in the series
- Aces Go Places (Mad Mission 1, 1982)
- Aces Go Places 2 (Mad Mission 2: Aces Go Places, 1983)
- Aces Go Places 3 (Mad Mission 3: Our Man From Bond Street, 1984)
- Aces Go Places IV (Mad Mission 4: You Never Die Twice, 1986)
- Aces Go Places 5: The Terracotta Hit (Mad Mission 5, 1989)
- 97 Aces Go Places (1997)
Cast and characters
Character | Film | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
King Kong | Sam Hui | |||||
Albert "Baldy" Au | Karl Maka | |||||
Nancy Ho | Sylvia Chang | |||||
Giglo Joe | Dean Shek | |||||
Ding Dong | Carroll Gordon | |||||
Uncle Wah | Cho Tat-wah | |||||
Mad Max | Chan Sing | |||||
Squealie | Hon Kwok-choi | |||||
Police officer | Fung King-man | Fung King-man | ||||
Albert's 9th floor neighbor | Fung King-man | |||||
Ballet Director | Tsui Hark | |||||
F.B.I. | Tsui Hark | |||||
Police officer | Tsui Hark | |||||
Priest in taxi | Raymond Wong | |||||
Reverend in wedding | Raymond Wong | |||||
Senior Police Officer | Raymond Wong | |||||
Army officer | Lee Pang-fei | |||||
Police officer | Lee Pang-fei | |||||
White Gloves | Robert Houston | Glen Thompson | Brad Kerner | |||
Nurse | Yu Mo-lin | |||||
Ambulance Driver | George Lam | |||||
Bull | Yasuaki Kurata | |||||
Bull's thug | Billy Lau | |||||
Fattie | Eric Tsang | |||||
Mr. Wu | Charlie Cho | |||||
Mr. Cho | Charlie Cho | |||||
Rickshaw | Sai Gwa-Pau | |||||
Baldy Junior | Cyrus Wong | |||||
Puffer Fish | Ricky Hui | |||||
Police chief | John Shum | |||||
Train engineer | Lowell Lo | |||||
Mr. James Bond | Jean Mersant | |||||
Tom Collins | Peter Graves | |||||
Agent 701 | Naomi Otsubo | |||||
Sally Bright | Sally Yeh | |||||
Interpol Ice hockey coach | Shih Kien | |||||
HK Police Ice hockey coach | Kwan Tak-hing | |||||
Professor | Roy Chiao | |||||
Brother Thief | Leslie Cheung | |||||
Sister Thief | Nina Li Chi | |||||
Chinese Rambo | Conan Lee | |||||
Ellen | Ellen Chan | |||||
Prisoner | Danny Lee | |||||
Murderer King | Roy Cheung | |||||
Woman at window | Maria Cordero | |||||
God Mother | Maria Cordero | |||||
Thai horse rider | Lau Kar-wing | |||||
Thai horse rider | Hung Yan-yan | |||||
Ho Sik | Alan Tam | |||||
Ho Sik's father | Alan Tam | |||||
Drunk Gun | Tony Leung Chiu-wai | |||||
Mandy Ling | Christy Chung | |||||
Mandy Li | Donna Chu | |||||
Lui Yu-yeung | Francis Ng | |||||
Lung | Ben Lam | |||||
Yu-yeung's killer | Billy Chow | |||||
Yu-yeung's sidekick | Moses Chan | |||||
Ching Yue | Simon Lui | |||||
Mr. Chan | Dayo Wong | |||||
Driver admiring Sik's car | Chin Siu-ho | |||||
Fatty Fok | Vincent Kok | |||||
Fatty's man in black | Chin Ka-lok | |||||
Fatty's man in black | Dion Lam | |||||
Retarded man | Joey Leung | |||||
Police special force | Collin Chou | |||||
Police special force | Timmy Hung | |||||
References
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