{ "id": "epdm7m8qbz", "slug": "aces-go-places-iii", "title": "Aces Go Places III (最佳拍档之女皇密令)", "updated": "2026-11-01", "topic_path": [ { "id": "culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture" }, { "id": "culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.films", "label": "Films and standalone screen works", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.films" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works", "label": "Individual films by title and year", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series", "label": "Franchise and series entries as standalone works", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series.franchise-series.action-thriller-series-entries", "label": "Action, thriller, and crime series film entries", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series.franchise-series.action-thriller-series-entries" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series.franchise-series.action-thriller-series-entries.entries-released-in-the-1980s", "label": "Entries released in the 1980s", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series.franchise-series.action-thriller-series-entries.entries-released-in-the-1980s" } ], "geo": [ { "id": "geo.chn.t1946.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series", "label": "China · 1946 to 2000: Franchise and series entries as standalone works", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t1946.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series", "path": [ { "id": "geo.chn", "label": "China", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t1946", "label": "China · 1946 to 2000", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t1946" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t1946.culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t1946.culture" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t1946.culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t1946.culture.performance" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t1946.culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t1946.culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t1946.culture.performance.screen.films", "label": "Films and standalone screen works", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t1946.culture.performance.screen.films" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t1946.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works", "label": "Individual films by title and year", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t1946.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t1946.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series", "label": "Franchise and series entries as standalone works", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t1946.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series" } ] } ], "excerpt": "Aces Go Places III is a 1984 Hong Kong action comedy directed by Tsui Hark, starring Sam Hui and Karl Maka as a James Bond-style spoof.", "snippet": "Aces Go Places III is a 1984 Hong Kong action comedy directed by Tsui Hark, starring Sam Hui and Karl Maka as a James Bond-style spoof.", "node": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series.franchise-series.action-thriller-series-entries.entries-released-in-the-1980s", "markdown": "# Aces Go Places III (最佳拍档之女皇密令)\n\n**Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street** (最佳拍档之女皇密令) is a 1984 Hong Kong action comedy directed by [Tsui Hark](https://www.edgepedia.org/tsui-hark), the third installment of the [Aces Go Places](https://www.edgepedia.org/aces-go-places) series produced by the [Cinema City](https://www.edgepedia.org/cinema-city) studio. It stars Sam Hui as the master thief King Kong and Karl Maka as the detective Albert Au, and it is a full-on James Bond spoof that takes the series abroad for the first time, with an action set piece on the Eiffel Tower and appearances by past Bond villains Odd Job and Jaws[1](https://www.filmarchive.gov.hk/en/web/hkfa/pe-event-2016-9-1-3.html). Released at the 1984 Lunar New Year, it became the highest-grossing film of the franchise and the top Hong Kong film of that year[1](https://www.filmarchive.gov.hk/en/web/hkfa/pe-event-2016-9-1-3.html) • [2](https://m.sohu.com/n/432346524/).\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Chinese title | 最佳拍档之女皇密令; also released internationally as Mad Mission 3: Our Man from Bond Street[1](https://www.filmarchive.gov.hk/en/web/hkfa/pe-event-2016-9-1-3.html) • [3](https://fareastfilms.com/review/aces-go-places-iii-our-man-from-bond-street/) |\n| Director / writer | Tsui Hark; screenplay and production by Raymond Wong[1](https://www.filmarchive.gov.hk/en/web/hkfa/pe-event-2016-9-1-3.html) |\n| Studio / release | Cinema City; Hong Kong release 26 January 1984[4](https://www.blu-ray.com/Aces-Go-Places-III-Our-Man-from-Bond-Street/337874/) |\n| Format | Colour, 35mm, Cantonese, 95 minutes[1](https://www.filmarchive.gov.hk/en/web/hkfa/pe-event-2016-9-1-3.html) |\n| Principal cast | Sam Hui, Karl Maka, Sylvia Chang, Cyrus Wong Ka-ming, Richard Kiel, Neil Connery[1](https://www.filmarchive.gov.hk/en/web/hkfa/pe-event-2016-9-1-3.html) |\n| Box office | HK$29,286,077, the number one Hong Kong film of 1984[2](https://m.sohu.com/n/432346524/) |\n| Franchise standing | Highest-grossing film of the five-film Aces Go Places series[1](https://www.filmarchive.gov.hk/en/web/hkfa/pe-event-2016-9-1-3.html) |\n\n## Spoilers\n\n### Plot\n\n[King Kong](https://www.edgepedia.org/king-kong), no longer a thief, is hired by a British secret agent to retrieve the Queen's crown jewels. After completing the job he realizes it was an elaborate setup by an international criminal organization, and he must work with his old partner Albert Au to stop the false \"agent\" from stealing the jewels[1](https://www.filmarchive.gov.hk/en/web/hkfa/pe-event-2016-9-1-3.html). In the course of the story King Kong is also summoned by the Governor of Hong Kong to help recover the stolen stones[7](https://www.filmarchive.gov.hk/sc/web/hkfa/pe-event-2016-9-1-3.html).\n\nThe spoof leans heavily on Bond iconography. The villainous agent is played by Neil Connery, Sean Connery's younger brother, and the cast includes [Richard Kiel](https://www.edgepedia.org/richard-kiel), who played Jaws in the [James Bond](https://www.edgepedia.org/james-bond) films, alongside an Odd Job figure[1](https://www.filmarchive.gov.hk/en/web/hkfa/pe-event-2016-9-1-3.html). American actor [Peter Graves](https://www.edgepedia.org/peter-graves), known for Mission: Impossible, also appears[6](https://lovehkfilm.com/reviews_2/aces_go_places_3.htm). The action highlights include a fight on the Eiffel Tower and a chase into the Hong Kong subway, and the film adds a new comic character, the detective's young son, whose kidnapping by the enemy raises the stakes[1](https://www.filmarchive.gov.hk/en/web/hkfa/pe-event-2016-9-1-3.html) • [7](https://www.filmarchive.gov.hk/sc/web/hkfa/pe-event-2016-9-1-3.html).\n\n## Production and context\n\nThe Aces Go Places series was the flagship comedy franchise of Cinema City, the studio founded by Raymond Wong, Dean Shek, and Karl Maka that dominated Hong Kong filmmaking in the 1980s[5](https://www.thechinesecinema.com/the-aces-go-places-series/). The first film, directed by [Eric Tsang](https://www.edgepedia.org/eric-tsang) in 1982, established the formula: [Sam Hui](https://www.edgepedia.org/sam-hui) as a suave jewel thief with high-tech gadgets, Maka as a bumbling detective, and Sylvia Chang as a police officer, in a series that was in many ways a James Bond parody[5](https://www.thechinesecinema.com/the-aces-go-places-series/). Tsui Hark, who had appeared in a small role in the first film, took over the directing reins for the third installment[1](https://www.filmarchive.gov.hk/en/web/hkfa/pe-event-2016-9-1-3.html) • [5](https://www.thechinesecinema.com/the-aces-go-places-series/).\n\nThe film opened in Hong Kong on 26 January 1984, in the [Lunar New Year](https://www.edgepedia.org/lunar-new-year) holiday period that the series had made its own[4](https://www.blu-ray.com/Aces-Go-Places-III-Our-Man-from-Bond-Street/337874/) • [1](https://www.filmarchive.gov.hk/en/web/hkfa/pe-event-2016-9-1-3.html). It was released internationally under the title Mad Mission 3: Our Man from Bond Street, one of the first four series entries retitled Mad Mission for foreign markets[3](https://fareastfilms.com/review/aces-go-places-iii-our-man-from-bond-street/) • [6](https://lovehkfilm.com/reviews_2/aces_go_places_3.htm).\n\n## Box office and reception\n\nThe film grossed HK$29,286,077 in Hong Kong, ranking first among 1984 Hong Kong films and breaking the territory's box-office records at the time[2](https://m.sohu.com/n/432346524/) • [8](https://brightlightsfilm.com/achievement-crisis-hong-kong-cinema-80s/). It outgrossed every other entry in the series, ahead of the fourth film (about HK$27 million) and the first (about HK$26 million)[1](https://www.filmarchive.gov.hk/en/web/hkfa/pe-event-2016-9-1-3.html) • [9](https://www.mpweekly.com/entertainment/article/%E6%A9%9F%E9%97%9C%E7%AE%97%E7%9B%A1%E4%B8%8D%E5%A6%82%E5%A4%A9%E7%AE%97%E3%80%80%E5%A3%93%E5%8A%9B%E5%A4%A7%E5%80%8B%E5%80%8B%E9%81%BF%E5%BA%A6%E6%A9%8B). In terms of admissions, however, the first film retained the series record for decades[9](https://www.mpweekly.com/entertainment/article/%E6%A9%9F%E9%97%9C%E7%AE%97%E7%9B%A1%E4%B8%8D%E5%A6%82%E5%A4%A9%E7%AE%97%E3%80%80%E5%A3%93%E5%8A%9B%E5%A4%A7%E5%80%8B%E5%80%8B%E9%81%BF%E5%BA%A6%E6%A9%8B).\n\nCritical responses have varied. The Hong Kong Film Archive describes the film as a Lunar New Year hit with an exciting [Eiffel Tower](https://www.edgepedia.org/eiffel-tower) set piece and fresh, inventive plot and effects work[1](https://www.filmarchive.gov.hk/en/web/hkfa/pe-event-2016-9-1-3.html). Producer Karl Maka credited Tsui Hark's approach: he abandoned the series formula and shot the film as if it were a 007 picture, and it succeeded both in Hong Kong and in overseas sales[9](https://www.mpweekly.com/entertainment/article/%E6%A9%9F%E9%97%9C%E7%AE%97%E7%9B%A1%E4%B8%8D%E5%A6%82%E5%A4%A9%E7%AE%97%E3%80%80%E5%A3%93%E5%8A%9B%E5%A4%A7%E5%80%8B%E5%80%8B%E9%81%BF%E5%BA%A6%E6%A9%8B). Reviewers elsewhere have been cooler, finding the Bond and Mission: Impossible parodies enjoyable but patchy, and one retrospective account notes that the stunt-work joy of the second film is partly lost to larger effects[3](https://fareastfilms.com/review/aces-go-places-iii-our-man-from-bond-street/) • [5](https://www.thechinesecinema.com/the-aces-go-places-series/).\n\n## Legacy\n\nThe film is one of the three consecutive series entries, from 1982 to 1984, that each took the Hong Kong annual box-office championship[10](https://k.sina.cn/article_1260430664_4b20a54800100w0kw.html?from=ent&subch=film). Its story of a Hong Konger entrusted with recovering the [British Crown Jewels](https://www.edgepedia.org/crown-jewels-of-the-united-kingdom) has been read as touching on Hong Kong attitudes toward the British at a moment when the Sino-British negotiations over the territory's future were under way[8](https://brightlightsfilm.com/achievement-crisis-hong-kong-cinema-80s/). The film's storyboards were later shown in a Hong Kong Film Archive exhibition on Hong Kong cinema[11](https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201607/22/P2016072200420.htm), and in 2025 Shout! Factory released the series on 4K UHD, including the international cut of this film under the Mad Mission Part 3 title[12](https://physicalmedia.news/news/aces-go-places-collection-4k-uhd-shout-studios/).\n\n## References\n\n1. [Aces Go Places III: Our Man From Bond Street, Hong Kong Film Archive](https://www.filmarchive.gov.hk/en/web/hkfa/pe-event-2016-9-1-3.html)\n2. [1984年港產片電影票房排名, Sohu](https://m.sohu.com/n/432346524/)\n3. [Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street (1984) Review, Far East Films](https://fareastfilms.com/review/aces-go-places-iii-our-man-from-bond-street/)\n4. [Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street (1984), Blu-ray.com](https://www.blu-ray.com/Aces-Go-Places-III-Our-Man-from-Bond-Street/337874/)\n5. [The Aces Go Places Series (1982-1989), The Chinese Cinema](https://www.thechinesecinema.com/the-aces-go-places-series/)\n6. [Aces Go Places 3 (1984), LoveHKFilm](https://lovehkfilm.com/reviews_2/aces_go_places_3.htm)\n7. [最佳拍档之女皇密令, 香港电影资料馆](https://www.filmarchive.gov.hk/sc/web/hkfa/pe-event-2016-9-1-3.html)\n8. [Achievement and Crisis: Hong Kong Cinema in the '80s, Bright Lights Film Journal](https://brightlightsfilm.com/achievement-crisis-hong-kong-cinema-80s/)\n9. [機關算盡不如天算, 明周娛樂](https://www.mpweekly.com/entertainment/article/%E6%A9%9F%E9%97%9C%E7%AE%97%E7%9B%A1%E4%B8%8D%E5%A6%82%E5%A4%A9%E7%AE%97%E3%80%80%E5%A3%93%E5%8A%9B%E5%A4%A7%E5%80%8B%E5%80%8B%E9%81%BF%E5%BA%A6%E6%A9%8B)\n10. [主角被换，公司倒闭，这6部经典电影, Sina Entertainment](https://k.sina.cn/article_1260430664_4b20a54800100w0kw.html?from=ent&subch=film)\n11. [HK Film Archive launches \"Sketches in Motion: Storyboards of Hong Kong Cinema\" exhibition, GovHK](https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201607/22/P2016072200420.htm)\n12. 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Studios Brings the Aces Go Places Series to 4K for the First Time, Physical Media News](https://physicalmedia.news/news/aces-go-places-collection-4k-uhd-shout-studios/)\n\n---\n*Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Screen and stage › Film and television › Films and standalone screen works › Individual films by title and year › Franchise and series entries as standalone works › Action, thriller, and crime series film entries › Entries released in the 1980s*\n\n*Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 3, 2026; Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 3, 2026; Oct 21, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026 · Last review: Oct 25, 2026*\n\n*Copyright 2026 EdgeChat AI, a subsidiary of Biostate AI.*\n\nLicense: Edgepedia Community License 1.0, https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license\n", "same_as": [], "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/aces-go-places-iii", "markdown_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/aces-go-places-iii.md", "license": { "name": "Edgepedia Community License 1.0", "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license", "summary": "Free with credit, commercial use included. 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