Aces Go Places (film series)

Aces Go Places
Aces Go Places
	Aces Go Places 1–5 film Blu-ray box set
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)

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Cast and characters

Character	Film
Character	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

[1] Aces Go Places at imdb.com

[2] Aces Go Places at chinesemov.com

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v t e Films by Tsui Hark
Films directed	The Butterfly Murders (1979) We're Going to Eat You (1980, also writer) Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind (1980, also writer) All the Wrong Clues for the Right Solution (1981) Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983) Shanghai Blues (1984, also produced) Aces Go Places 3 (1984) Working Class (1985, also produced) Peking Opera Blues (1986, also produced) A Better Tomorrow III: Love & Death in Saigon (1989, also produced) Once Upon a Time in China (1991, also writer and produced) King of Chess (1991, uncredited, also produced) Once Upon a Time in China II (1992, also writer and produced) The Master (1992, also produced) Green Snake (1993, also writer and produced) Once Upon a Time in China III (1993, also writer and produced) The Lovers (1994, also writer and produced) Once Upon a Time in China V (1994, also writer and produced) The Blade (1995, also writer and produced) The Chinese Feast (1995, also writer and produced) Love in the Time of Twilight (1995, also writer and produced) Tristar (1996, also writer and produced) Double Team (1997) Knock Off (1998) Time and Tide (2000, also writer and produced) The Legend of Zu (2001, also writer and produced) Black Mask 2: City of Masks (2002, also produced) Seven Swords (2005, also writer and produced) Missing (2008, also writer and produced) All About Women (2008, also writer and produced) Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010, also produced) Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (2011, also writer and produced) Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon (2013, also writer and produced) The Taking of Tiger Mountain (2014, also writer) Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back (2017, also writer and produced) Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings (2018, also produced)
Films written	A Better Tomorrow II (1987; also produced) A Chinese Ghost Story III (1991, also produced) Swordsman II (1992, also produced) New Dragon Gate Inn (1992, also produced) The Wicked City (1992; also produced) The East Is Red (1993; also produced) Once Upon a Time in China IV (1993; also produced) The Magic Crane (1993, also produced) Iron Monkey (1993; also produced) Black Mask (1996; also produced) The Era of Vampires (2002, also produced) Sword Master (2016; also produced) The Thousand Faces of Dunjia (2017)
Films produced only	A Better Tomorrow (1986) A Chinese Ghost Story (1987) The Big Heat (1988) I Love Maria (1988) The Killer (1989) A Terra-Cotta Warrior (1990) The Swordsman (1990) A Chinese Ghost Story II (1990) Shanghai Grand (1996) Once Upon a Time in China and America (1997) The Climbers (2019)
Collaborating director	The Banquet (1991) Twin Dragons (1992) Triangle (2007) Septet: The Story of Hong Kong (2020) The Battle at Lake Changjin (2021) The Battle at Lake Changjin II (2022)