| 97 Aces Go Places | |||||||||||||||
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| Director: | Chin Kar-lok | ||||||||||||||
| Screenplay: | Raymond Wong | ||||||||||||||
| Producer: | Raymond Wong | ||||||||||||||
| Starring: | Alan Tam Tony Leung Christy Chung Donna Chu Francis Ng | ||||||||||||||
| Cinematography: | Herman Yau | ||||||||||||||
| Editing: | Robert Choi | ||||||||||||||
| Music: | Mak Chun Hung | ||||||||||||||
| Studio: | Eastern Bright Motion Picture Hoi Ming Films | ||||||||||||||
| Distributor: | Mandarin Films | ||||||||||||||
| Runtime: | 92 minutes | ||||||||||||||
| Country: | Hong Kong | ||||||||||||||
| Language: | Cantonese | ||||||||||||||
| Gross: | HK$10,745,180 | ||||||||||||||
97 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 and features a different cast and storyline. It is the first film in the series to not feature Samuel Hui or Karl Maka as the main characters.
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.
The film grossed HK$10,745,180 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run 21 June to 9 July 1997 in Hong Kong.