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In early twentieth century China, various criminals with different goals are connected to a Shanghai train, with many rich people on-board.In early twentieth century China, various criminals with different goals are connected to a Shanghai train, with many rich people on-board.In early twentieth century China, various criminals with different goals are connected to a Shanghai train, with many rich people on-board.
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Hoi Mang
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- TriviaIn the burnt rooftop somersault stunt scene, Yuen Biao suffered a broken leg.
- GoofsDuring the final big fight scene, one of the actors does a back flip off of a bar. Wires can be seen during a top view of the flip.
- Alternate versionsAsian prints of the movie delete the scene where Richard Norton and Cynthia Rothrock are introduced.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Best of the Martial Arts Films (1990)
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Fairly good, with a great action finale
The Millionaires' Express is a Western, a comedy, and a martial arts movie rolled into one, but it mostly just uses the first of those for its setting. I think it's largely a comedy with some brief action scenes/stunts thrown in for good measure throughout, and then it goes for broke with the martial arts stuff in the last 15 minutes. When it's focusing on martial arts, it's at its strongest, because the whole finale is really top-notch stuff. It did also make me wish there'd been at least one more big martial arts-heavy sequence, but at least the quality was good, even if the quantity left me hungry for more.
It may also have a few too many characters, being about various groups of people (mostly shady folks/robbers) who all end up in the same town, with the train alluded to in the title not playing quite as big a role as I expected. It made me sad at first, but then what the movie ended up being - and where it ended up having most of its action - still ended up being satisfying, so it wasn't all a loss.
Like a number of Hong Kong action comedies, I did feel like the comedic stuff was more hit-or-miss, but thankfully there were hits, and not too many misses. It was a fun time - not among the very best martial arts movies of this era, but also far from one of the worst (and there are others where the action's good, but the comedy does nothing but miss).
It may also have a few too many characters, being about various groups of people (mostly shady folks/robbers) who all end up in the same town, with the train alluded to in the title not playing quite as big a role as I expected. It made me sad at first, but then what the movie ended up being - and where it ended up having most of its action - still ended up being satisfying, so it wasn't all a loss.
Like a number of Hong Kong action comedies, I did feel like the comedic stuff was more hit-or-miss, but thankfully there were hits, and not too many misses. It was a fun time - not among the very best martial arts movies of this era, but also far from one of the worst (and there are others where the action's good, but the comedy does nothing but miss).
- Jeremy_Urquhart
- Jul 13, 2023
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