{"id":54998,"date":"2026-05-24T19:18:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T11:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=54998"},"modified":"2026-05-24T19:18:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T11:18:36","slug":"classic-car-stunts-in-hong-kong-cinema-from-jackie-chans-police-story-to-initial-d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=54998","title":{"rendered":"Classic car stunts in Hong Kong cinema, from Jackie Chan\u2019s Police Story to Initial D"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/05\/20\/f5f9e9dd-deb8-45ea-ba96-e3af42a86251_ff2124e3.jpg?itok=hyTnu2sA&amp;v=1779271900\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Car action has always been a defining ingredient of Hong Kong cinema\u2019s hell-for-leather stunt work. Here, we look at some stunt car classics from over the decades.<\/p>\n<h3 type=\"h3\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"eh0yk8h0 css-17x7qa9 e1pqa4re1\">1. Aces Go Places (1982)<\/h3>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\"><span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\"><em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Aces Go Places<\/em><\/span> may have been a wacky comedy \u2013 but it was a wacky comedy with cars, motorcycles\u2026 and hang-gliders.<\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">Legendary daredevil, stuntman and car stunt choreographer Blackie Ko Shou-liang doubled for <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Sam Hui Koon-kit<\/span> in the motorcycle scenes and became instantly famous when he drove straight through a glass store facade in Tsim Sha Tsui East and landed on the road below.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Ko, a motorcycle ace who first became a stuntman in Taiwan, was invited to work on the film by director Eric Tsang Chi-wai and went on to have a prolific entertainment career in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The last part of <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Aces Go Places<\/em> features many notable car stunts, beginning when Hui and Karl Maka are trapped in their silver custom car \u2013 a kind of cheapskate Batmobile \u2013 by a fleet of enemy vehicles.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">A hand grenade soon disperses them and leads to one of the funniest car stunt sequences ever, when the duo take on the assailants with remote-control models that pursue their targets and explode underneath them. No special effects were used here \u2013 the cars really do blow up!<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">One great shot, captured in slow motion with no cuts, features Hui \u2013 or rather his stunt double \u2013 leaping fully over the roof of an oncoming vehicle and landing on his feet behind it.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">There is also an amazing waterside stunt where a car flies through the air and lands on the bonnet of a stationary vehicle \u2013 you can see the stunt driver hanging on for dear life \u2013 followed quickly by a shot of a car launching over the seafront and crashing into a yacht.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/entertainment\/article\/3354225\/classic-car-stunts-hong-kong-cinema-jackie-chans-police-story-initial-d?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Car action has always been a defining ingredient of Hong Kong cinema\u2019s hell-for-leather stunt work. 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