Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars


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Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars

UK DVD cover
Directed by Sammo Hung
Produced by Leonard Ho
Eric Tsang
Raymond Chow
Written by Barry Huigh
Barry Wong
Lo Kin
Szeto Chuek-Hon
Starring Sammo Hung
Jackie Chan
Yuen Biao
Richard Ng
Charlie Chin
Eric Tsang
Sibelle Hu
Rosamund Kwan
Release date(s) 1985
Country Hong Kong
Language Cantonese
Preceded by Winners and Sinners
My Lucky Stars
Followed by Lucky Stars Go Places
Return of the Lucky Stars
How to Meet the Lucky Stars
(see Lucky Stars)
Screenshot from Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars
(l-r: Sammo Hung, Michael Miu, Richard Ng, Stanley Fung & Eric Tsang)

Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars (Chinese: 夏日福星; lit. "Summer time Lucky Stars") is a 1985 Hong Kong action comedy film directed and co-written by Sammo Hung. It is the third instalment in the Lucky Stars series, following Winners and Sinners (1983) and My Lucky Stars (1985). As with its prequels, the film features Jackie Chan in a supporting role.

The film was released under several different titles in other regions, including:

  • "Winners & Sinners 3: Twinkle, Twinkle, Lucky Stars" (Europe)
  • "My Lucky Stars 2: Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars"
  • "Seven Lucky Stars" (Japan)
  • "The Target"
  • "Powerman II" (Germany)

The film is notable for a fight scene featuring Andy Lau, alongside Jackie Chan and Yuen Biao. It also features Michelle Yeoh's first on-screen fight scene, as a Judo instructor teaching the Lucky Stars.

Contents

Plot

The team are released from prison to play detective in order to stop a ruthless gang from ruining their reputations, taking their lives, and that of a key witness in an upcoming trial. They must battle their way through and with the help of Muscles, take down the bad guys.

Box office

The film grossed HK $28,911,851 at the Hong Kong box office.

Cast

The film sees the return of John Shum. In Winners And Sinners, Shum had played one of the Five Lucky Stars, "Curly". However, he was absent from the second film, My Lucky Stars, due to his commitments as a political activist and was ostensibly replaced by Eric Tsang. Tsang retains his role as "Roundhead" in this film, whereas Shum plays a supporting role as an actor working and living alongside Rosamund Kwan's character.

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