Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars

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Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars
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Directed by	Sammo Hung
Produced by	Leonard Ho Eric Tsang Raymond Chow
Written by	Barry Huigh Barry Wong Lo Kin Szeto Chuek-Hon
Starring	Sammo Hung Jackie Chan Yuen Biao Richard Ng Charlie Chin Eric Tsang Sibelle Hu Rosamund Kwan
Release date(s)	1985
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese
Preceded by	Winners and Sinners My Lucky Stars
Followed by	Lucky Stars Go Places Return of the Lucky Stars How to Meet the Lucky Stars (see Lucky Stars)
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Screenshot from Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars
(l-r: Sammo Hung, Michael Miu, Richard Ng, Stanley Fung & Eric Tsang)

Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars (Chinese: 夏日福星; lit. "Summer time Lucky Stars") is a 1985 Hong Kong action comedy film directed and co-written by Sammo Hung. It is the third instalment in the Lucky Stars series, following Winners and Sinners (1983) and My Lucky Stars (1985). As with its prequels, the film features Jackie Chan in a supporting role.

The film was released under several different titles in other regions, including:

"Winners & Sinners 3: Twinkle, Twinkle, Lucky Stars" (Europe)
"My Lucky Stars 2: Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars"
"Seven Lucky Stars" (Japan)
"The Target"
"Powerman II" (Germany)

The film is notable for a fight scene featuring Andy Lau, alongside Jackie Chan and Yuen Biao. It also features Michelle Yeoh's first on-screen fight scene, as a Judo instructor teaching the Lucky Stars.

1 Plot
2 Box Office
3 Cast
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Plot

The team are released from prison to play detective in order to stop a ruthless gang from ruining their reputations, taking their lives, and that of a key witness in an upcoming trial. They must battle their way through and with the help of Muscles, take down the bad guys.

[edit] Box Office

The film grossed HK $28,911,851 at the Hong Kong box office.

[edit] Cast

The film sees the return of John Shum. In Winners And Sinners, Shum had played one of the Five Lucky Stars, "Curly". However, he was absent from the second film, My Lucky Stars, due to his commitments as a political activist and was ostensibly replaced by Eric Tsang. Tsang retains his role as "Roundhead" in this film, whereas Shum plays a supporting role as an actor working and living alongside Rosamund Kwan's character.