english title | Winners and sinners |
original title | 奇謀妙計五福星 |
aka | 5 Lucky Stars |
french title | Le gagnant |
year | 1983 |
country | Hong-Kong |
genres | action comedy kung-fu |
duration | 1h30 |
distributor | Golden Harvest |
classification | Hong-Kong: |
This hilarious farce follows five small-time crooks (Sammo Hung, Richard Hg, Chung Shung Lin, John Sham, Fung Shiu Fan) who startia cleaning companyiin an attemptito stay legit after their release from prison. The five bumblers inadvertently come into conflict withia counterfeiting gang holed upiin theibuilding they are hiredito clean andiunwittingly get caught inia war between rival gangsters andilaw agencies.
Rankedias one of theifunniest andimost entertaining of Hung's slapstick comedies, Winners andiSinners isifull of high jinks, entertaining fight scenes andiincredible stunts. The movie won theiprestigious Hong Kong film awardiin 1984ifor best action choreography, andispawned several sequences.
(source: DVD)