Main Cast: Sam Hui, Karl Maka, Sally Yeh, Ronald Lacey
Release Year: 1986
Country: HK
Run Time: 98 minutes
Plot
Popular Hong Kong action filmmaker Ringo Lam (City on Fire and Replicant) reputedly directed this third of four official sequels to 1982's Aces Go Places only as a favor to star Karl Maka, and it shows. King Kong (Sam Hui) once again joins bald detective Albert Au (Maka) and his son Baldy Jr. as they fly to New Zealand to save Albert's wife (Sylvia Chang) from a gang of crooks who have kidnapped her. The crooks, led by Ronald Lacey in a send-up of his role in Raiders of the Lost Ark, are trying to get control of an experimental prism which they need for a machine which turns men into indestructible super-beings. The film is dark, violent, and not quite as funny as previous installments, and the goofy subtitles call Sylvia Chang's character "Sylvia" instead of "Nancy." Still, there is a good supporting cast of genre veterans like Sally Yeh, Kwan Tak-hing, and Cho Tat-wah to please Asian film buffs and Lam keeps the film moving at a speedy clip. The official series ended with the next installment, 1989's Aces Go Places V: The Terracotta Hit, but was revived eight years later with a new cast in the subpar 97 Aces Go Places. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide
Peter Macaully; Onno Boulee; Sandi Dexter; Roy Chiao; Annie Jones; Sylvia Chang; Sin Lam Yuk
Credit
Vincent Wai - Art Director, Ringo Lam - Director, Tony Chow - Editor, Sander Lee - Cinematographer, Dean Shek - Producer, Raymond Wong - Producer, Kevin Chisnall - Special Effects, Peter Bell - Stunts, Joe Chi - Stunts, Ringo Lam - Screenwriter, Karl Maka - Screenwriter
