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ACES
GO PLACES 3: OUR MAN IN BOND STREET
AKA:
Mad Mission III: Our Man From Bond Street
Year:
1986 Reviewer: Andrew
Saroch
This
third chapter in the series hands the reins over to new-wave
director Tsui Hark and his first modification was the scope of
the film. Previous parts had remained in Asia, but this opens
in Paris and features cameos from a number of iconic
westerners including Peter Graves and Richard Kiel.
Once
again, jewel thieves and the various characters of the Hong
Kong underworld take centre stage. Alongside this familiar
narrative is the constantly disarming duo of Samuel Hui and
Karl Maka and they of course continue to show great comic
timing and interplay in the familiar roles of Sam and Kodijack.
Tsui Hark's attempt to westernise the film (an attempt to mix
the east with the west - something which he continues to this
day) tends to take the emphasis off plot and pace and switch
it to parodies of James Bond and Mission Impossible. This
means that 'Aces...3' lacks the spark which made the previous
two so energetic.
Therefore,
this is enjoyable, but patchy.
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