Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars

(1985) Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars (In Chinese with English subtitles) ACTION/ COMEDY Third "Lucky Star" film which is not as funny as "My Lucky Stars" and doesn't show Jackie performing as many stunts as his previous films since while doing another film, pulled a muscle or an injury which is why it was adapted that the bad guy succeeded in shooting Jackie on the shoulder. Jackie's presence is rather lacking compared to the previous films which he was shown only on the beginning and towards the end. The beginning showed a pretty good all out fight in a warehouse that includes Jackie, Yuen Baio and Andy Lau taking on a bunch of goons leading the way frequent martial art baddie Dick Wei. This film is more of a Sammo Hung movie than anything with a memorable fight with real life martial artist and bodyguard of Linda Ronstadt Richard Norton that involves tennis rackets.

The entire movie feels like you're constantly channel-surfing between a terrible comedy and a fantastic crime/action/martial arts movie. The difference between this movie at its worst and this movie at its best is unbelievable. I'd genuinely recommend fast-forwarding anything that's not an action scene, and watching all the action stuff if you're a fan of Jackie Chan and/or Sammo Hung. You might feel like you're missing something, if you watch Twinkle, Twinkle, Lucky Stars this way, but trust me... you're not. It's been a while since I watched the first movie in this series, and I don't think I've seen any others... but my memory of the first was similar, in that the action was top-notch, and the comedy was pretty bad.

Lucky stars brand of humor mixed with some excellent action. The Pepsi factory battle is a highlight and features one of the coolest kicks in HK action cinema courtesy of the incredible Yuen Biao. 7 out of 10!

After one of his informers is murdered by a Thai gang boss, lawman Muscles (Jackie Chan) calls in his former orphanage pals, 'The Lucky Stars', to go undercover and infiltrate the boss's underworld establishment. The unorthodox Kidstuff (Sammo Hung) and Ricky (Yuen Biao) soon prove their worth, and are ultimately joined by Muscles for an explosive martial arts finale. Jackie Chan and Yuen Baio are sidelined this time, making room for more buffoonery from the Lucky Stars, who, as usual, are lusting over women - Rosamund Kwan is the main centre of their attention - and it's funny to a point, but eventually it can get tedious and the line between humour and perviness is blurred, especially with the buffoons trying to cop a feel and leer. Having said that, it's entertaining film, and the fights scenes standout with some lethal foes. The use of badminton against swords is an inspiring idea. Richard Norton is one tough dude. Not as good as My Lucky Stars, but still a good one.