My Lucky Stars

My Lucky Stars
UK DVD cover
Directed by	Sammo Hung
Produced by	Leonard Ho
Written by	Barry Wong Szeto Chuek-Hon
Starring	Sammo Hung Jackie Chan Yuen Biao Richard Ng Eric Tsang Sibelle Hu
Release date(s)	10 February 1985 (1985-02-10)
Running time	90 mins
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese
Preceded by	Winners and Sinners
Followed by	Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars

My Lucky Stars (Chinese: 福星高照 - literal: Lucky Stars Superior Shine) is a 1985 Hong Kong action comedy, directed by Sammo Hung. It is the second film in the Lucky Stars series. The film is a semi-sequel to Winners and Sinners, with many of the same actors returning as the "Five Lucky Stars" troupe, albeit with different character names and slightly different roles.

The film was also released under the following alternative titles:

• Tokyo Powerman (Germany)
• Le flic de Hong Kong (France)
• Winners & Sinners 2 (Sweden)
• Winners & Sinners 2: My Lucky Stars

Plot summary

Undercover cop Muscles (Jackie Chan) enlists his childhood friends, the "Five Lucky Stars", to travel to Japan to help him catch a Yakuza group.

Cast

Despite being billed as one of the stars, Jackie Chan's role in the film is relatively minor until the final half hour. The major star of the film is Chan's longtime associate and former member of the Peking Opera School, Sammo Hung. The film also features another of that troupe, Yuen Biao.

In the first film, Winners and Sinners, Stanley Fung played an undercover policeman who was posing as the leader of the Lucky Stars gang. In My Lucky Stars and the third film, Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars, Hung's character is the nominal leader, and Fung's character is not a cop.

John Shum ("Curly" in Winners and Sinners) was notably absent from the gang in this film, due to his commitments as a political activist. He is ostensibly replaced in this film by Eric Tsang.

As with Heart of Dragon, Sammo Hung's real-life brother makes a cameo appearance as a henchman.

• Sammo Hung - "Eric" / "Kidstuff" / "Fastbuck"
• Sibelle Hu - "Barbara Woo"
• Richard Ng - "Sandy"
• Charlie Chin - "Herb"
• Eric Tsang - "Roundhead"
• Stanley Fung - "Rawhide"
• Jackie Chan - "Muscles"
• Yuen Biao - "Ricky Fung"
• Cho Tat Wah - "Supt. Walter Tsao"
• Michiko Nishiwaki - Japanese Fighter

Box office

During its Hong Kong theatrical run, My Lucky Stars grossed HK $30,748,643. It was the first film to pass the HK $30 million mark in Hong Kong.

Awards and nominations

• 1986 Hong Kong Film Awards
  • Nomination: Best Action Choreography (Yuen Biao, Lam Ching-Ying)

External links

• IMDB entry
• My Lucky Stars at Allmovie