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Casino |
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Year: |
1998 |
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Director: |
Billy
Tang Hin-Sing |
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Producer: |
Henry
Fong Ping |
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Action: |
Ma
Yuk-Sing |
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Cast: |
Simon
Yam Tat-Wah,
Kent Cheng Juk-Si,
Alex Fong Chung-Shun,
Kenix Kwok Ho-Ying,
Michael Chan Wai-Man,
Ng Chi-Hung,
Ada Choi Siu-Fun,
Ben Ng Ngai-Cheung,
Moses Chan Ho,
Michael Lam Wai-Leung,
Ha Ping, Henry
Fong Ping, John
Ching Tung |
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The
Skinny: |
Average
triad flick that sinks below the median line thanks
to poor production values and a hackneyed script. |
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Review
by Kozo: |
This based-on-fact triad
drama does the impossible: it bores us from start to
finish. Simon Yam is Giant, whose rise to triad kingpin
is chronicled by a pretty reporter (Kenix Kwok). Sadly,
the entire story is punctuated by annoying posturing
and some of the most boring gang fights you’ll see anywhere.
Besides being a total snoozer, the film says the usual
about triad lives. Simon Yam is his usual self, but
that did nothing for this movie. It's also noticeably
cheap-looking. Sure, being cheap doesn’t necessarily
hurt a film, but when nothing shores up the cheapness
then you're in trouble. Old Hong Kong Cinema would compensate
for the cheapness by showing amazing stunts or really
smacking us with the emotional highs and lows. This
film dares us to care - and we don’t! Poor Ada Choi
- wasted again. (Kozo 1998) |
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Availability: |
DVD
(Hong Kong)
Region 0 NTSC
Mei Ah Laser
Widescreen
Cantonese and Mandarin Language Tracks
Removable English and Chinese Subtitles |
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