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Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars
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Rosamund Kwan and John Sham
  
Chinese: 夏日福星
Year: 1986
Director: Sammo Hung Kam-Bo
Producer: Sammo Hung Kam-Bo
Writer: Barry Wong Ping-Yiu
Action: Sammo Hung Kam-Bo, Lam Ching-Ying, Yuen Biao, Yuen Wah
Cast: Sammo Hung Kam-Bo, Jackie Chan, Yuen Biao, Richard Ng Yiu-Hon, Eric Tsang Chi-Wai, Stanley Fung Shui-Fan, Andy Lau Tak-Wah, Miu Kiu-Wai, Rosamund Kwan Chi-Lam, Sibelle Hu, Richard Norton, John Sham Kin-Fun, Yasuaki Kurata, Walter Tso Tat-Wah, James Tien Chun, Sandra Ng Kwun-Yu, Dick Wei, Michelle Yeoh, Moon Lee Choi-Fung, Wu Ma, Chin Siu-Ho, Deannie Yip Tak-Han, Alfred Cheung Kin-Ting, Leung Ka-Yan, George Lam Chi-Cheung, Chan Bak-Cheung, Lin Wei, Philip Chan Yan-Kin, Billy Lau Nam-Kwong, Mang Hoi, David Chiang, Austin Wai Tin-Chi, Charlie Chin Chiang-Lin, Philip Ko Fei, Tai Bo, Cher Yeung Suet-Yi, Anthony Chan Yau, Chung Fat, Melvin Wong Kam-Sum, Kenny Ho Kar-King, Pauline Wong Siu-Fung
The Skinny: More hit-or-miss Lunar New Year fare with better-than-average fighting.
 
Review
by Kozo:

The Lucky Stars return whether we missed them or not. Sammo Hung and pals Stanley Fung, Eric Tsang, and Richard Ng return for more puerile comedy. They’re assigned to protect Rosamund Kwan because some bad guys are out to get her. Naturally, they spend time trying to grope her and sneak peeks at her in wet lingerie. Meanwhile, Jackie Chan, Yuen Biao, and Andy Lau fight people. Somehow the two gangs of stars intersect to take on Richard Norton and Yasuki Kurata. But first there’s some time out for Richard Ng to harass Michelle Yeoh (in a cameo as a judo instructor). Also, there’s an aborted romantic subplot involving Sammo Hung and Sibelle Hu, who’s returning from the first film as Miss Woo. 

More or less the same as the first, but this sequel just isn’t as good, mainly because there isn’t enough fighting to make up for all the annoying antics. You don’t need fast-forward for this movie - you need chapter search. That said, the fighting in question is well-choreographed and fun, but wading through everything else to get to it can be trying. A who's who walk-on of cameos rounds out the movie. (Kozo 1998)

 
Awards: 6th Annual Hong Kong Film Awards
Nomination - Best Action Design (Sammo Hung's Stuntmen Association)
 
Availability: DVD (Hong Kong)
Region 3 NTSC
Joy Sales (HK)
16x9 Anamorphic Widescreen
Cantonese and Mandarin Language Tracks
Dolby Digital 5.1 / DTS 5.1
Removable English and Chinese Subtitles
Various Extras
*Also Available on Blu-ray Disc
Also see: Winners and Sinners (1983)
My Lucky Stars (1985)
Lucky Stars Go Places (1986)
Return of the Lucky Stars (1989)
Ghost Punting (1992)
How to Meet the Lucky Stars (1996)
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