Casino Raiders Ii (1991)
| Casino Raiders | |
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| Traditional | 至尊無上 |
| Simplified | 至尊无上 |
| Mandarin | Zhì Zūn Wú Shàng |
| Cantonese | Zi3 Zyun1 Mou4 Seong6 |
| Directed by | Jimmy Heung Wong Jing |
| Produced by | Wallace Cheung |
| Written by | Wong Jing Jimmy Heung |
| Starring | Andy Lau Alan Tam Idy Chan Rosamund Kwan |
| Music by | James Wong Romeo Diaz |
| Cinematography | Joe Chan Lee Chi-wai |
| Edited by | Robert Choi |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Golden Harvest |
Release date | |
Running time | 127 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
| Budget | HK$30,000,000 |
| Box office | HK$23,292,339 |
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- Synopsis Chicken Feet (Andy Lau) assists in running an honorable gambling den owned by the crippled Uncle Fan (Siu-Ming Lau) and his son Kit (Wong Kit).
- Casino Raiders II (1991) gt menghabiskan biaya produksi sebesar $ 0,00 tetapi pengeluaran ini sebanding bila di lihat dari keuntungan yang di hasilkan sebesar $ 0,00. They use all their skill to solve the problem. After Kit is imprisoned, Fan and Chicken Feet were forced too open a gamble table in a boat but James does not stop.
- Overview Chicken Feet (Andy Lau) assists in running an honorable gambling den owned by the crippled Uncle Fan (Siu-Ming Lau) and his son Kit (Wong Kit).
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| Traditional Chinese | 至尊無上 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Absolutely Paramount | ||||||||||
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Casino Raiders is a 1989 Hong Kong actiondrama film written and directed by Jimmy Heung and Wong Jing and starring Andy Lau, Alan Tam, Idy Chan and Rosamund Kwan. It belonged to the early part of the 1989-1996 period, a period when gambling-themed films were dominating the Hong Kong movie scene. The film was followed by two sequels No Risk, No Gain (1990) and Casino Raiders II (1991), which have unrelated plots.
Plot[edit]
Crab Chan (Andy Lau) and Sam Law (Alan Tam) are a pair of renowned professional gamblers who are best friends. One day, a tycoon named Lung (Charles Heung) summons the two of them to his casino in Lake Tahoe to crack a scam led by a pair of Japanese gamblers, Kung (Hagiwara Kenzo) and his son Taro (Lung Fong). There, Crab and Sam also meet Koyan Tong (Idy Chan), a rich heiress from Hong Kong who is on vacation in the United States. Koyan and Sam also develop a relationship.
After the three of them return to Hong Kong, Sam is being hunted down by triads who were sent by Kung to seek revenge. Fortunately, Sam is rescued by Crab. However, this led to Crab severely injuring his left hand, which affected his gambling skills.
Koyan introduces her father to Sam, who is arranged to work in his future father in-law's company. There, Sam also ruins the Kungs' plan to scheme money from his father in-law, and thus, Kung hires more killers to kill Sam, and this time, he becomes injured and hospitalized. Sam's father in-law demands him to give up gambling which Sam promised to do. At Sam and Koyan's engagement, Crab brings his girlfriend Bo Bo (Rosamund Kwan) to congratulate the two while also finding out that Sam had decided to go straight. Sam wanted Crab to come help him in the company or lend money to start some decent business. Crab rejects these offers, citing that his English is not as good as Sam's, while in actuality, Crab did not want to give up gambling.
One day, Crab goes to a casino and sees Taro, since the casino was owned by him. Taro wanted to gamble with Crab with a bet of HK$3 million, but the police unexpectedly break in. Although they were not prosecuted since Taro has thrown his stake outside, it was revealed that most of Crab's stakes were counterfeit bills and Taro felt offended. Taro retaliates by kidnapping Koyan and demands Crab to rescue her. At this time, Sam is doing business with his father in-law in Australia, so Crab temporarily abandons his plan to immigrate to Brazil with Bo Bo and goes to confront Taro. Not only did Taro insult and rape Koyan, he also shot and killed Bo Bo, who came to back up Crab before a fight between Crab and Taro's henchmen ensued. In order to rescue Koyan, Crab was forced to drink a glass of poisoned wine. While Koyan arrived home safely, Crab and Bo Bo had sacrificed their lives.
After Sam returns to Hong Kong, he is determined to seek vengeance for Crab. Sam seeks help from Lung and other American casino owners. The Americans also use this as a chance to compete with the Japanese for the interests of casinos in Asia, which created heavy gang warfare. They eventually agree to hold a poker game with Taro representing Japan and Sam representing America. Koyan also brings over HK$1 billion of asset certificates to support Sam.
During the intermission of the final round of the poker game, Sam is attacked by a hitman in the restroom. The injured Sam entrusts Koyan to take his place for the final bet. He tells her to bet his entire stake, and since Taro would not have a sufficient stake, he also bets his hand and foot to even it out. Koyan requests this at the gambling table and Taro agrees to it, but Koyan has to bet her hand as well to make the bet fair. During the game, Koyan's hand shows the ten of hearts, the jack of hearts, the king of hearts and the ace of hearts, while Taro's hand shows two queens and two jacks. In the end, Koyan wins with a straight flush. Taro had to keep his promise, but did not want to cut off his hand and foot, so he shot and killed his father and other audience members before being shot dead by both the Americans and Japanese.
Koyan then goes to see Sam at the hospital where she overhears a conversation between Sam and the hitman that pretended to kill him. It was revealed that the attack in the bathroom was staged by Sam himself in order to have Taro agree to bet his hand and foot and expect to have the Kungs kill each other, achieving his ultimate goal of seeking vengeance for Crab. Sam also says he does not intend to let Koyan know about this secret and instead, he would conceal it forever. After hearing this, Koyan removes her engagement ring, leaves it on the floor outside Sam's room, and brokenheartedly leaves.
Cast[edit]
- Andy Lau as Crab Chan
- Alan Tam as Sam Law
- Idy Chan as Koyan Tong
- Rosamund Kwan as Bo Bo
- Charles Heung as Lung
- Eddy Ko as Gold Teeth
- Robin Shou as Sam's hired hitman
- Kirk Wong as San
- Lung Fong as Taro
- Gregory Charles Rivers as Bellboy
- Hagiwara Kenzo as Mr. Kung
- Shum Wai as Uncle Shi
- Ronald Wong as Informer
- Bruce Fontaine as Sam's hired stuntman
- Mike Abbott as Sam's hired stuntman
- Roger Thomas as Mr Fransolini's thug
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^'Casino Raiders'. imdb.com. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- ^'Casino Raiders'. chinesemov.com. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
External links[edit]
- Casino Raiders on IMDb
- Casino Raiders at Rotten Tomatoes
Casino Raiders Ii 1991
1991 La Raiders
| Casino Raiders 2 | ||
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| Year: | 1991 | Andy Lau does David Copperfield |
| Director: | Johnnie To Kei-Fung | |
| Producer: | Jimmy Heung | |
| Action: | Ching Siu-Tung | |
| Cast: | Andy Lau Tak-Wah, Wu Chien-Lien, Dave Wong Kit, Monica Chan Fat-Yung, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Lau Siu-Ming, Lau Kong, Kelvin Wong Siu, Lee Siu-Kei, Wong Yat-Fei | |
| The Skinny: | There's not much gambling going on in this mildly entertaining melodrama from Johnnie To. If the film comes off as a bit underwhelming, it's not for a lack of trying. After some card playing tomfoolery in the initial reel, EVERYTHING GOES TO HELL! Enjoy. | |
| Review by Calvin McMillin: | At first glance, the cover art of Casino Raiders 2 looks absolutely ludicrous. With the customary action movie 'wall of flame' in the background, a leather-clad Andy Lau walks toward the camera, flanked to his right by a morose-looking Dave Wong and a blank-faced, but otherwise cute, little girl. Both of them, mind you, are sitting astride a snazzy black motorcycle. Oh, and I almost forgot: Andy and Dave are holding katanas too. Peculiar as these individual facets seem, as the film unfolds, little by little, each and every element is featured in the movie. Andy Lau sporting a Fonzie jacket with requisite motorbike in tow? Check. Dave Wong with a pig-tailed cherub? Double check! How about that huge fireball of death? You got it! Katanas? Well, no. In fact, there's nary a samurai sword in the entirety of this Johnnie To-directed flick. Now, lest you think that I am about to launch into an extended diatribe on the perils of false advertising, let me just say that this digression on the merits of the film's poster art—an exercise in seeming futility—does have a purpose. In many ways, the sheer nuttiness of the poster parallels the 'kitchen sink' philosophy embodied by the filmmakers in the creation of this movie. Instead of merely piling on the stock action imagery as the cover art does, the film itself is a veritable deluge of shlocky, tear-jerking occurrences. Andy Lau and Wu Chien-Lien, the popular couple from the hit film A Moment of Romance, reunite for this unnecessarily bleak conman movie. In fact, there's so much melodrama going on that one has to wonder whether Casino Raiders 2 is supposed to be a freewheeling gambling movie or a daytime soap opera. All evidence points to the latter since the list of traumatic events occurring in this movie is seemingly endless. There's a little homicide going on, a sad case of infidelity, a harrowing scene of self-amputation, some Andy Lau strip blackjack, a few ridiculously impossible card tricks, a high speed wheelchair-bound chase of doom, unplanned parenthood, child neglect and/or abuse, blindness by lightsaber, assorted grisly gunshot wounds, and at least one hanging. But no matter what, Andy Lau still looks cool with a cigarette hanging from the side of his mouth. The plot? Ah, yes, that little contrivance. Well, Casino Raiders 2 centers on the gambling misadventures of Uncle Fan (Lau Siu-Ming), Chicken Feet (Lau), Lin (Wu), and Kay (Lee Sui-Kei). As related in flashbacks, a trusted gambling pal named Mr. James (Kelvin Wong) turned against Uncle Fan, leaving the elder gambler confined to a wheelchair and the old man's son, Kit (Dave Wong), taking the rap for murder! After Uncle Fan pays a visit to Davy Jones's locker, Kit coincidentally returns from prison, but is hesitant to join Chicken Feet in his plot for revenge. But Mr. James and Pow (a delightfully sleazy Anthony Wong) just won't leave things alone. It seems they're after a miraculous piece of green jade that was once owned by the God of Gamblers (sorry, no Chow Yun-Fat cameo), and was supposedly in the possession of Uncle Fan. In addition to all the aforementioned human tragedy, the film contains a welcome dose of good stuntwork thanks to action director Ching Siu-Tung. Wu Chien-Lien driving a car underneath the low trailer of a truck, a boat zooming onto a pier, and Andy Lau battling evildoers as fireballs explode dangerously close behind him are just some of the highlights. Of course, our heroes get pushed to the limit by the film's antagonists, leaving Chicken Feet and Kit no choice but to 'get back what's theirs' in the twisty, but wholly predictable, gambling finale. Sure, Casino Raiders 2 manages to be somewhat entertaining thanks to its winning cast and interesting plot setups, but it's by no means a film you'll want to watch again and again. (Calvin McMillin 2003) | |
| Notes: | • The sequel has nothing to do with 1989's Casino Raiders aside from the presence of Andy Lau in both films and, presumably, 'casinos' and 'raiding.' | |
| Theme song: | 'The Days We Passed By Together' by Andy Lau Request this song on HKVP Radio Vote for Andy Lau | |
| Awards: | The 11th Annual Hong Kong Film Awards • Nomination - Best Song ('The Days We Passed By Together', performed by Andy Lau Tak-Wah) | |
| Availability: | DVD (Hong Kong) Region 0 NTSC Universe Laser Widescreen Cantonese and Mandarin Language Tracks Dolby Digital 5.1 Removable English and Chinese Subtitles | |
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