| This little known gem from 1982 stars Sammo Hung and Frankie Chan as two out of luck petty crooks who have developed pickpocketing into an art form.
When the two of them accidentally get involved with the mob and some stolen diamonds, they find themselves running from the gangsters and the local police and end up in a life and death struggle to clear there names and save there lives.
With the success of the TV series Martial Law more people are seeking out Sammo's earlier Hong Kong movies and this one , with the action by the Sammo Hung Stuntmen Club is excellent.
Some of the standout action scenes are a fight in a disco, and an encounter with baseball bats.
What is amazing about this film is the way it switches from light comedy to extreme violence something you only seem to find in a Hong Kong movie.
The main fight is at the end aboard a disused ship. Sammo and Frankie fight loads of thugs and dispatch them with axes, metal poles and even in one scene a metal spike in the groin!
Blood is not spared and Sammo's end fight with the excellent Dick Wei is superb.
Another classic from Sammo and he and Frankie Chan work well together. Recommended. |