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South China Morning Post
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
How 1982 Hong Kong action comedy Aces Go Places hit on the right formula for success
The five Aces Go Places action comedies shot by production company Cinema City in the 1980s represent one of Hong Kong's most successful film series. The first film, directed by Eric Tsang Chi-wai and starring Karl Maka, Sam Hui Koon-kit and Sylvia Chang Ai-chia , took a massive HK$27 million at the box office in 1982. A record number of people, equivalent to 40 per cent of Hong Kong's population, bought tickets to see it. The film's contemporary milieu and mix of dangerous stunts, action, slapstick, James Bond -like gadgets and goofy sitcom humour were new, and viewers loved its exaggerated characterisations. Maka's fumbling but good-natured detective, Baldy, was especially popular, and he became a pop-culture icon as the series progressed. Play 'Set against the backdrop of Hong Kong's then-economic boom, the abundance of exhilarating action scenes, in particular the deadly stunts by Ko Shou-liang in flying his motorbike through the windows of a skyscraper, thrilled movie-goers,' noted May Ng Kwan-yuk of the Hong Kong Film Archive.
South China Morning Post
13-02-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Mainland China's record-breaking Ne Zha 2 to hit cinemas in Hong Kong, Macau
Blockbuster mainland Chinese film Ne Zha 2 is set to hit cinema screens in Hong Kong after the animated tale about a youthful dragon-defying deity broke box office records over the Lunar New Year holiday. The film, adapted from Chinese mythology, will be released in theatres under the Cinema City, MCL, Cine-Art House and Emperor Cinemas chains in Hong Kong and Macau, according to Beijing Enlight Media and local firm Mandarin Motion Pictures. The companies said on Thursday that the release date for the critically acclaimed film, a sequel to Ne Zha: The Birth of the Demon Child from 2019 , would be announced later. 'Mandarin Motion Pictures has collaborated with Enlight Media for many years and we are honoured to work together again to bring such an excellent Chinese animation to the Hong Kong and Macau markets, allowing audiences to enjoy it in theatres,' company director Raymond Wong Pak-ming said. The sequel explores how Ne Zha, a boy born with a demonic destiny and great strength, realises that the cosmic order has been manipulated by deity leader Wuliang Xianweng to consolidate power and the superiority of his clan. While grappling with his self-image and identity, Ne Zha and his best friend Ao Bing unite suppressed spirits in the sea to fight the system. The film was released on the mainland last month. Photo: AFP
