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97 Aces Go Places is a Hongkongais film of genre Comedy directed by Carlo Chin released in france in DVD on 4 september 2006 with Alan Tam
97 Aces Go Places (1997)
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Add to a movie list97 Aces Go Places is a 1997 Hong Kong action comedy film directed by Chin Kar-lok and starring Alan Tam, Tony Leung, Christy Chung, Donna Chu and Francis Ng. The film is the sixth and final installment of the Aces Go Places film series with a different cast and storyline.
Synopsis
Con artist Mandy Ling / Li Lai Shan cons a rich triad leader Lui Yu Yeung out of his money and gives it to a convalescent center where her mentally disturbed sister Mandy Li is staying. Earlier, she had also conned another triad leader out of a large sum of money in a poker game causing him to die from a heart attack. The triad leader states in his will that his son Ho Sik must avenge him by killing her with a gun. Ho Sik, who has no interest in guns and violence, hires Chui Cheong, the "Drunken Gun", an ace gunman to tutor him. However, Ho later finds himself falling in love with Mandy and is reluctant to kill her.Actors
Alan Tam
(Ho Sik/ Ho Sik's Father)
Tony Leung Chiu-wai
(Chui Cheong / Drunk Gun)
Christy Chung
(Lei Lai-Shan)
Francis Ng
(Lui Yue-Yeung)
Maria Cordero
(God Mother)
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