1985 · action-comedy · lucky-stars · ensemble
My Lucky Stars
Directed by Sammo Hung Kam-Bo1h 36m1985
Two Hong Kong cops are sent to Tokyo to catch an ex-cop who stole a large amount of money in diamonds. After one is captured by the Ninja-gang protecting the rogue cop, the other one gets his old Orphanage gang, dubbed the "Five Lucky Stars," to help him. They don't like this much, but they do it.
Our read: My Lucky Stars (1985) reads as a cosy, breathless, grounded action-comedy · lucky-stars · ensemble entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Cosy, breathless, measured action-comedy / lucky-stars, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- cosy
- kinetic
- funny
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