Aces Go Places () also known as Mad Mission in the United States, is a series of Hong Kong action comedy films created by Raymond Wong. 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. A sixth film, 97 Aces Go Places, was made in 1997 with a different cast.
Lucky Stars Go Places, a crossover with the Lucky Stars film series, was released in 1986.
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) Lucky Stars Go Places (1986) Aces Go Places 5: The Terracotta Hit (Mad Mission 5, 1989) 97 Aces Go Places (1997) Aces Go Places at imdb.comAces Go Places at chinesemov.com
Cast and characters Character Film 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
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