Lucky Stars Go Places (1986)
Reviewed by: Kncklz2000 on 2001-06-26
Summary: Everything here is worth mentioning
The Lucky Star series is back, only this time with a new casts. You would think that no actors could uphold the original lucky star’s style, but the new generation of actors did a wonderful job.

The movie starts out with the villain buying weaponry from some white guy. Throughout the exchange we do get to see some action - great exchange of punches and kicks from the fighters.(but it was a bit short)

So now the cops need someone to go and clear things up. They call upon Sammo to do it. He tries to get his old orphanage gang together again, but they refuse. VERY LITTLE comedy here- it was a bit boring, I have to admit. So Sammo begins to find new people for the job. Every one of the recruits was set up, and therefore, had no choice but to go along with the mission. Oh, when Andy Lau is introduced, we get to see some action. Pretty interesting stuff here (there is an awesome fight with Andy against a bunch of guys who were hiding under big Japanese umbrellas).

Also, there are comedic parts before Sammo starts recruiting- he and Maka constantly fight (humor wise) over Maka’s wife (played by Sylvia Chang).

The perverted jokes are more hilarious than those from My Lucky Stars. The tubby guy (played in Crime Story and Once Upon A Time In China) screws a 68-year-old woman, except he thinks that it’s the young female trainer in disguise. There is also a scene where the boys are being taught self defense- some REALLY funny stuff here.

Although the boys aren’t ready for their mission, they must go anyways. They dress up us Arabs. Some funny stuff. Later on they get caught in a vault where the diamonds are hidden, but Alan Tam is the only one that didn’t go inside the vault. So now it’s up to him to go find Sammo and get the police. Alan goes into a movie theater, and he’s supposed to laugh during the movie so Sammo knows whom it is. The movie that is playing at teh time is “Heart of Dragon”- and it’s on the most dramatic part. So Alan starts laughing, and behind him are 3 big guys that are crying (one of them being Bolo Yeung- last guy from Bloodsport).

So Sammo goes to the superintendent and tells him to help the gang in the vault. Instead, the superintendent sends Sammo into a Mental Hospital. Alan must rescue the guys on his own. While Sammo is there, Karl Maka finds out, and goes to visit Sammo. There is a real funny fight here, with some unique choreography from Sammo. Also, Maka runs on the corner of the wall (4 steps –CRAZY). I say it was a wonderful job done by Maka’s stuntman.

Alan goes and tries to rescue the gang, and here we have a great performance from Andy Lau. He really is awesome in his fighting performance. I would also like to give props to Andy’s stunt double. Oh, and of course you have your goofy fighting from the other members against some black guy (the on Van Damme knocked out in a few seconds in the movie “Bloodsport”) So then Andy fights the boss (the Japanese guy). The fight goes into a duel between the Japanese Katana and the Chinese (I forgot the name- it’s very flexible) sword. SO Andy gets his ass kicked a LITTLE and Sammo comes in to save the day. When I saw Sammo, I was so glad. He does an AWESOME job here. Although the fight is only 1 minute and something long, it’s just awesome- one of the few fights you'll see with Sammo where it's mostly leg work as oppsed to Sammo's hand to hand combat.

Maka comes in with the cops and clears the place of everyone except for Sammo. They play Russian Roulette- funniest shit I’ve seen. With this in mind, you wonder who gets Sylvia Chang. And the movie ends.