The Thirty Million Dollar Rush

The Thirty Million Dollar Rush

Film poster
Traditional 橫財三千萬
Simplified 横财三千万
Mandarin Hèng Cái Sān Qiān Wàn
Cantonese Waang4 Coi4 Saam1 Cin1 Maan6
Directed by Karl Maka
Produced by Karl Maka
Screenplay by Karl Maka
Wellington Fung
Chang Kwok-tse
Starring Karl Maka
Brigitte Lin
Paula Tsui
Eric Tsang
Lau Kar-leung
Angile Leung
Mark Cheng
Music by Alan Kwok
Cinematography Bob Thompson
Andrew Lau
Edited by Tony Chow
Wong Ming-lam
Wong Ming-kong
Production
company
Distributed by Golden Princess Film Production
Release dates
 2 July 1987 (1987-07-02)
Running time
 96 minutes
Country Hong Kong
Language Cantonese
Box office HK$13,545,285

The Thirty Million Dollar Rush is a 1987 Hong Kong action comedy film written, produced, directed by and starring Karl Maka. The film co-stars Brigitte Lin, Paula Tsui, Eric Tsang, Lau Kar-leung, Angile Leung and Mark Cheng.

Plot

Fatty (Eric Tsang) is an employee at a mint, where one day, he discovers a shredding machine that crashed for a moment before resuming its operations. Because of that moment, an amount of HK$30 million of bank notes, which were meant to be shredded, survived. Discovering this secret, Fatty conspires with his friends, Tomboy (Angile Leung) and Mark Mark Cheng), to steal the money for themselves. Seeking for professional help, the trio join forces with Baldy (Karl Maka), an ex-con recently released from prison. While discussing their plan, they were overheard by a Catholic nun, Sister Maria (Brigitte Lin), who is determined to prevent them from committing sins in order to save their souls.

Cast

Theme song

Reception

Critical

Andrew Saroch of Far East Films rated the film a score of three out of five stars and calls it an "enjoyable comedy mixes the familiar ingredients of fast-paced comedy, spurts of action and thin plot, alongside a cast of welcome faces" but criticizes the film for its lack of order and some over-the-top performances.[1]

Box office

The film grossed HK$13,545,285 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run from 2 to 17 July 1987.

References

  1. ↑ "Far East Films - Reviews - The Thirty Million Rush".
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