Millionares Express

Directed; Sammo Hung
Starring; Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, pretty much everybody else
Genre; action, comedy, martial arts, western, oh i give up, all of em
Year; 1986
Release; UK HK Legends

Genre spanning extravaganza. Parts action, comedy, drama, espionage, western etc. A huge ensemble cast, including pretty much everyone who happened to be in HK in 1986 and working in films! The only guy conspicuous by his absence is Jackie Chan, everyone else involved in kung fu films seems to appear here. Hung and Biao are the main stars, the rest are support, although the HKL edition I got pushes Cynthia Rothrock with equal billing, but she has only a small role, no more than any of the others. The enormous cast is, if anything, the films main problem. With so many characters, there is little character development, so little sympathy is felt for anyone. However, its fun to see so many big names in one place, and everyone gets at least one fight scene. The action here is something that has to be seen to be believed. Biaos side-somersault, off the roof of a 2 story house is awesome, as are many others. The story is a bit slow, with so many characters to deal with, but the action makes up for it.
An attempt at a huge extravaganza, that falls just slightly short of the mark, but is very worthwhile nonetheless.