Aces Go Places 3
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| Directed by | Tsui Hark |
| Produced by | Raymond Wong |
| Written by | Raymond Wong |
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| Edited by | Tony Chow |
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| Distributed by | Cinema City |
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94 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
| Box office | HK$29,286,077 |
Aces Go Places 3 (Chinese: 最佳拍檔女皇密令) is 1984 Hong Kong action comedy film directed by Tsui Hark. A sequel to the 1983 film, Aces Go Places 2, the film starts in Paris, where King Kong (Sam Hui) is kidnapped by a British secret agent (Jean Marchent) whose mission is to retrieve one of the Crown Jewels which has been stolen and is located in a Hong Kong Police Headquarters vault.
Aces Go Places 3 was the highest-grossing film in Hong Kong on its release in 1984 and was the highest-grossing film in the series. The film was released in an English-language dub titled Mad Mission 3 which features 20 minutes cut from the original film.
Aces Go Places 3 riffs off the plots of the James Bond series and features cameos from actors in various English-language spy features. These include Peter Graves from the Mission: Impossible television series and Richard Kiel who played Jaws in the The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker. The film also features an actor who resembles the character Oddjob.
Aces Go Places 3 was released on 26 January 1984. The film was a success with audiences, becoming the highest-grossing film in Hong Kong in the year end box office and was the highest-grossing film in the Aces Go Places series. An English-dubbed version of the film was released under the title Mad Mission 3. This version removes about 20 minutes of footage including scenes from the original film with Karl Maka's Albert, the baby and a maid and scenes with Sylvia Chang's character, Ho, in the hospital. This version includes additional comedy scenes with Peter Graves' character.
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