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The Thirty Million Dollar Rush

1987 · 93 min

A breezy, silly caper that bounces from one goofy scheme to the next, with broad comedy and a touch of slapstick.

Overview
Treasury employee Fatty (Eric Tsang) discovered that bags of used 30 million in Hong Kong Dollars have not been incinerated due to a system error; therefore, he hatches up a plot to grab the doe before they are burned. He seeks his friends Mark (Mark Cheng) and Tomboy (Anglie Leung) to help him with the heist; but, they also enlist actual thief Baldy (Karl Maka), who had just been released from prison, to double the assistance with his thievery skills. But, Baldy wants the money for his own and to share it with love interest Siu-Fung (Paula Tsui). Hot on their trail is a hothead inspector (Ching Wong) and a nun, Sister Maria (Brigitte Lin), who wants to save them for redemption.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • greed
  • crime
  • redemption
  • deception
  • friendship
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror0
Humour7
Realism4
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight2

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Details

Genres
comedy, adventure
Directed by
Karl Maka
Written by
Wellington Fung, Karl Maka, Tsang Kwok-Chi
Starring
Karl Maka, Brigitte Lin Ching-hsia, Paula Tsui Siu-Fung, Eric Tsang Chi-wai, Anglie Leung Wan-Yui, Mark Cheng Ho-nam, Wong Ching, Lau Kar-leung
Music
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Cinematography
Bob Thompson, Andrew Lau Wai-keung
Runtime
93 min
Country
Hong Kong
Languages
Mandarin

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