Directed by:
Jing WongScreenplay:
Jing WongCast:
Yun-fat Chow, Fui-on Shing, Jing Wong, Andy Lau, Man-tat Ng, Joey Wang, Dennis Chan, Sharla Cheung, Michiko Nishiwaki, Charles Heung, Ronald Wong, Luk Chuen (more)Plots(1)
A crass and cheesy but enjoyable crowd pleaser, a huge hometown hit that kicked off a wave of "gambler" films in Hong Kong in 1989. Chow Yun-fat plays a legendary sportsman so adept that he can listen to the dice rattling in the cup and "sense" the outcome. He is poised to take on his greatest challenge, a Singapore bigwig known for cheating, when he is accidentally bopped on the bean and develops a form of superamnesia that amounts to reversion to childhood. As rehabilitated by a good-hearted apprentice card sharp (Andy Lau), Chow becomes famous all over again, under the new sobriquet "The Retarded King of Gamblers." The finale is especially gratifying, as Chow trounces all his enemies at the card table. There are some hair-raisingly dangerous-looking stunts, and some winning interludes of subadolescent let's-make-a-mess slapstick. Director Wong Jing is a commercial hack who turns out literally dozens a films a year, but he knows how to push the viewer's buttons. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Yun-fat Chow
Hong Kong
Best movies:
The Killer (1989)
Hard Boiled (1992)
A Better Tomorrow II (1987)
Fui-on Shing
Hong Kong
Best movies:
The Killer (1989)
When Fortune Smiles (1990)
A Better Tomorrow II (1987)
Jing Wong
Hong Kong
Best movies:
Tricky Brains (1991)
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Andy Lau
Hong Kong
Best movies:
Drunken Master II (1994)
Boat People (1982)
Infernal Affairs (2002)
Man-tat Ng
China
Best movies:
Love on Delivery (1994)
A Better Tomorrow II (1987)
My Heart Is That Eternal Rose (1989)
Joey Wang
Taiwan
Best movies:
The Big Heat (1988)
My Heart Is That Eternal Rose (1989)
A Chinese Ghost Story (1987)
Dennis Chan
Hong Kong
Best movies:
Police Story 2 (1988)
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The Twin Dragons (1992)
Sharla Cheung
China
Best movies:
Fight Back to School III (1993)
Hail the Judge (1994)
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Michiko Nishiwaki
Japan
Best movies:
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Charles Heung
Best movies:
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Ronald Wong
Hong Kong
Best movies:
God of Gamblers (1989)
God of Gamblers II (1990)
As Tears Go By (1988)
Luk Chuen
Hong Kong
Best movies:
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God of Gamblers (1989)
God of Gamblers II (1990)
Fong Lung
Hong Kong
Best movies:
Master of the Flying Guillotine (1976)
The Deadly Duo (1971)
Mission of Condor (1990)
Ernest Mauser
Canada
Best movies:
Fist of Legend (1994)
When Fortune Smiles (1990)
Fight Back to School III (1993)
Johnny Wa Cheung
Best movies:
The Victim (1980)
The Incredible Kung Fu Master (1979)
Martial Club (1981)
Kong To-Hoi
Best movies:
The Victim (1980)
Monkey Kung Fu (1979)
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Douglas Kung
Hong Kong
Best movies:
Fight Back to School (1991)
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Jameson Wa-Fan Lam
Best movies:
Hard Boiled (1992)
Tricky Brains (1991)
Bullet in the Head (1990)
Ken Yip
Hong Kong
Best movies:
Skinny Tiger and Fatty Dragon (1990)
Mission of Condor (1990)
God of Gamblers (1989)
Shung-fung Lau
Best movies:
The Killer (1989)
Police Story (1985)
A Better Tomorrow II (1987)