The film appears to be about a variety of couples getting together around the world, with each liaison involving someone from the previous one. The one common factor is a packet of French cigarettes that is incidentally passed between the couples when they meet/depart with the pack finally returning to its original owner at the end of the film - hence the "circle" in the title. It was basically an excuse to travel the world on Hugh Hefner's dime and in return he gets a film to show on his TV channel.
The Hong Kong segment of the film involves a flight attendant, Yo-yo, who helps out her twin sister, Ko-ko (the same actress, Michelle Siu, plays both parts), when she is being blackmailed by a journalist. If she doesn't spend the night with him, he will reveal the drug-related business of her husband to all the tabloid papers. So they hatch a plan to swap places at the crucial moment.
Anyway, now that you have recovered from the fact that this movie contains a plot beyond a repairman coming around to fix a broken washing machine, we can look at the establishing sequence for the Hong Kong section. It's our trusty old approach run by a plane into Kai Tak and despite the dodginess of the film as a whole, it's one of the better approach sequences I've seen over the years (similar but still inferior to Gambit and Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon)
Anyway, now that you have recovered from the fact that this movie contains a plot beyond a repairman coming around to fix a broken washing machine, we can look at the establishing sequence for the Hong Kong section. It's our trusty old approach run by a plane into Kai Tak and despite the dodginess of the film as a whole, it's one of the better approach sequences I've seen over the years (similar but still inferior to Gambit and Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon)
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