Mad Mission (1982)

Mad Mission: Directed by Eric Tsang. With Samuel Hui, Karl Maka, Sylvia Chang, Dean Shek. A “James Bond” type burglar named King Kong (Sam Hui) tries to redeem himself and joins forces with Albert “Baldy” Au (Karl Maka), a bumbling police detective from the states, to try to track down a rare set of stolen luscious diamonds before it ends up in the hands of a notorious European gangster named “White Gloves.” The two unlikely duo are supervised by Supt. Nancy Ho, a masculine, fiery-tempered policewoman.

“Mad Mission, a stunt-filled Hong Kong action/comedy that proved so successful it spawned four sequels, stars Sam Hui as a daring thief who must join forces with a balding cop (Karl Maka) in an effort to retrieve a hidden cache of diamonds. But the only clues to the whereabouts of these gems are tattooed on the butt-cheeks of a couple of beautiful women…u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWith its basic plot lifted from the much more enjoyable Dick Emery film u0026#39;Ooh… You Are Awfulu0026#39;, a naff score based on the James Bond theme, some dreadfully unsophisticated slapstick comedy, and a series of unexceptional stunt sequences, Eric Tsangu0026#39;s madcap movie left me cold. It seems that once again I totally fail to understand the Chinese sense of humour.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003ePerhaps part of the problem is with the version of the film that I watched: from reading the other comments here on IMDb, it would seem that I have seen a cut that has been edited for a Western audience. I guess that there is a slim chance that the original HK cut is superior, but to be honest, Iu0026#39;m not willing to waste any more time trying to find out.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBased on the version that I have seen, I give Mad Mission 4/10.”