''From Vegas to Macau'' (), also known as ''The Man From Macau'' (), is a Hong Kong-Chinese
crime comedy film
Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...
directed by
Wong Jing
Wong Jing ( born 3 May 1955) is a Hong Kong film director, Film producer, producer, actor, News presenter, presenter, and screenwriter. A prolific filmmaker with strong instincts for crowd-pleasing and publicity, Wong Jing played a prominent ...
. The film stars
Chow Yun-fat
Chow Yun-fat (born 18 May 1955), previously known as Donald Chow, is a Hong Kong actor. He is perhaps best known for his collaborations with filmmaker John Woo in the five Hong Kong action heroic bloodshed films: '' A Better Tomorrow'', '' A ...
,
Nicholas Tse,
Chapman To
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Jing Tian
Jing Tian (, born 21 July 1988) is a Chinese actress. She graduated from the Beijing Dance Academy and Beijing Film Academy. She is known for her roles in the war epic '' The Warring States'' (2011) and the action films '' Special ID'' and ''Polic ...
. The film was released during 2014
Chinese New Year.
A sequel titled ''
From Vegas to Macau II
''From Vegas to Macau II'' () is a 2015 3D Hong Kong-Chinese action comedy film directed and written by Wong Jing and starring Chow Yun-fat, Nick Cheung, Carina Lau, Shawn Yue, Angela Wang and Michelle Hu. The film is the sequel to ''From Vegas t ...
'' was released on February 19, 2015.
Plot
Benz, his son "Cool" and nephew Ngau-Ngau are part of a team of vigilantes who rob gangsters at night and distribute the loot to the needy. However, his wife is suffering from cancer and knows nothing of their activities. Unbeknownst to all of them, Benz's stepson Lionel, a police officer, is on a deep undercover assignment as an employee of a multinational company called DOA. It is later revealed that DOA is merely the corporate front of a large criminal syndicate and is run by the ruthless Mr. Ko. Lionel, who had a camera implanted onto a contact lens which he wore so the police could track the syndicate's activities and eventually nab them.
Meanwhile, Benz reunites with his old friend Ken, known as the "Magic Hand". Ngau-Ngau becomes infatuated with Ken's daughter Rainbow and is determined to win her affection, even though Ken eventually makes it known that he prefers "Cool" to date his daughter and Rainbow repeatedly rebuffs Ngau-Ngau's efforts. Lionel realizes his cover has been blown and hides the contact lens in a stuffed
teddy bear
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at home without his family's knowledge. Ngau-Ngau gives the bear to Rainbow when he and "Cool" visit Ken's house. Mr. Ko sends an assassin to Lionel's flat, only to find Benz, who has just returned home. Benz is beaten and tortured and ends up in a coma while Lionel's body is found later, also bearing torture marks.
Police detectives from China, Hong Kong and Macau decide to enlist the help of Ken to take down the wily and cunning Mr. Ko. Ken challenges Mr. Ko to a gambling match in hopes of provoking him into making a mistake. During the match he discovers that DOA's assassins have attacked his house and Rainbow, "Cool" and Ngau-Ngau are inside.
Rainbow is put inside a glass tank, which has gas in it. During the match, Ken reveals that he had undergone through a surgery to implant a card sensor into his fingernail which allows the details of a certain card to be fed into his brain. The people following Mr. Ko start a revolution against him after watching Lionel Messi of Barcelona score against Real Madrid, winning them. After killing them all, Mr. Ko tries finding Ken. Ken starts shooting cards in retaliation. "Cool", is revealed to be wearing the mask of one of Mr. Ko's crew, whom had secretly diverted the ship back towards the waters, which police are now making their way to. While making their way towards the top, "Cool" and Rainbow meets the Assassin. "Cool" and the Assassin fight, which "Cool" ends him off with a few punches to his face, making him look like a duck.
Mr. Ko starts to escape, only to be met by Ken. Ken now mercilessly shoots cards at Mr. Ko, striking him multiple times. Mr. Ko is later subdued by him, and arrested by the Police.
While Ken is doing the disciple rituals with "Cool" on the first day of the Lunar New Year at his place, "Cool" receives a call from a mysterious someone, who also shows interest to take Cool as his disciple. Ken questions Cool who is more qualified to impart his skills to him. At this moment, the doors swing open. A man in his black suit, playing with his jade ring walks into the scene. "I believe I am qualified to take him as my disciple." This man was no other than God of Gamblers Ko Chun (from the God of Gamblers series) himself.
Cast
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Chow Yun-fat
Chow Yun-fat (born 18 May 1955), previously known as Donald Chow, is a Hong Kong actor. He is perhaps best known for his collaborations with filmmaker John Woo in the five Hong Kong action heroic bloodshed films: '' A Better Tomorrow'', '' A ...
as Ken 石一坚 / "God of Gamblers Ko Chun" 赌神高进
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Nicholas Tse as Cool 晒冷 "冷竟"
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Chapman To
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as Ngau-Ngau 牛必勝 "牛牛"
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Jing Tian
Jing Tian (, born 21 July 1988) is a Chinese actress. She graduated from the Beijing Dance Academy and Beijing Film Academy. She is known for her roles in the war epic '' The Warring States'' (2011) and the action films '' Special ID'' and ''Polic ...
as Detective Luo Xin
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Kimmy Tong as Rainbow 阿彩
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Philip Ng
Philip Ng Wan-lung (; born September 16, 1977) is a Hong Kong-born American actor, martial artist and action choreographer. He is currently based in Hong Kong.
Early life
Born in Hong Kong on September 16, 1977. Ng's father is Sam Ng. Ng's mother ...
as Lionel
*Gao Hu as Mr. Ko
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Annie Wu as Susan
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Benz Hui as Benz
*
Zhang Jin Zhang Jin may refer to:
*Zhang Jin (Three Kingdoms), warlord of the Three Kingdoms era
*, Yuan dynasty government minister
*Zhang Jin (physical chemist) (born 1969), Chinese physical chemist
*Zhang Jin (badminton) (born 1972), Chinese badminton pla ...
as DOA's bodyguard/assassin
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Michael Wong as Detective
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Sammy Sum
Sammy Sum Chun-hin (born 4 May 1983) is an actor based in Hong Kong.
Biography
Sammy Sum speaks fluent Hong Kong Cantonese, Mandarin Chinese, Canadian French and North American English. He was born in Hong Kong, but at the age of 10 Sum moved ...
as Ken's enforcer
*Tony Ho as Mr. Ko's enforcer
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Maria Cordero
Maria Cordero, MH (), nicknamed Fat Mama (), is a singer, actress, TV Host and DJ from Hong Kong. She grew up in Hong Kong. She also has her own cooking show, Maria's Kitchen (肥媽私房菜) on Cable TV. Her fans nicknamed her "Fat Mama" (肥 ...
as Siu Wan
*Wong Man-wai as Benz's wife
*Philip Keung as Ma Sheung-fat
*Winnie Leung as Mr. Ko's female enforcer
*
Candy Yuen as Mr. Ko's female enforcer
*May Chan as Ken's cousin
*Wong Chun-tong as Brother Man
*Yu Chi-ming as Uncle Wah
*Natalie Meng as Ngau-Ngau's fake wife
*Michelle Hu as Mr. Ko's female enforcer
*
Philippe Joly as Mr. Ko's American delegate
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Roberto Losada
Roberto Losada Rodríguez (born 25 October 1976) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a forward, currently manager of Hong Kong Premier League club Eastern.
Over seven seasons, he amassed La Liga totals of 113 games and ...
as undercover Macau Police
Production
The film's blessing ceremony press conference was held on 28 July 2013 at
TVB City
TVB City (), is the headquarters of Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) developed by Sun Hung Kai Properties located at 77 Chun Choi Street in the Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate, Tseung Kwan O, Kowloon.
The HK$2.2 billion facility officiall ...
where it was attended by the cast alongside Mega-Vision Pictures representatives director
Wong Jing
Wong Jing ( born 3 May 1955) is a Hong Kong film director, Film producer, producer, actor, News presenter, presenter, and screenwriter. A prolific filmmaker with strong instincts for crowd-pleasing and publicity, Wong Jing played a prominent ...
and producer
Andrew Lau
Andrew Lau Wai-keung ( zh, t=劉偉強, born 4 April 1960) is a Hong Kong film director, producer, and cinematographer. Lau began his career in the 1980s and 1990s, serving as a cinematographer to filmmakers such as Ringo Lam, Wong Jing and Wo ...
,
Television Broadcasts Limited
Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) is a television broadcasting company based in Hong Kong SAR. The Company operates five free-to-air terrestrial television channels in Hong Kong, with TVB Jade as its main Cantonese language service, and TVB ...
production manager Virginia Lok,
Polybona Films
Beijing Polybona Film Distribution Co. Ltd. (), also known as Polybona Films or the Bona Film Group, is a Chinese production company and distributor of films from mainland China and Hong Kong. It is run as a subsidiary of the China Poly Group, an ...
CEO
Yu Dong
Yu Dong (, born January 8, 1971), also known as Don Yu, is a Chinese businessman, film producer and presenter. He is also as the chairman of Bona Film Group, a production company and film distributor, which has distributed and co-produced over 1 ...
, Golden Pictures Entertainment representative Yun Chi Yuen and Sun Entertainment Culture representative Paco Wong. Production started immediately after. The film's premise will be set in
Macau
Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a p ...
. Director Wong Jing also revealed that the film was in planning stage for nine months and the final script was complete through a record of eight times of revision.
Box office
The film grossed
RMB
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24.8 million (
US$
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4.09 million) in its opening day in China, with a total opening gross of US$12.5 million. It had grossed a total of RMB523,490,000 (US$84,570,000) in China at the end of its run. In Hong Kong, it has grossed a total of HK$33,557,657 (US$4,324,184). It earned a total of internationally.
Sequel
The sequel ''
From Vegas to Macau II
''From Vegas to Macau II'' () is a 2015 3D Hong Kong-Chinese action comedy film directed and written by Wong Jing and starring Chow Yun-fat, Nick Cheung, Carina Lau, Shawn Yue, Angela Wang and Michelle Hu. The film is the sequel to ''From Vegas t ...
'' was released in 2015 with Chow Yun-fat and Kimmy Tong reprising their roles as Ken and Rainbow.
Nick Cheung
Nick Cheung Ka-fai (; born 2 December 1964) is a Hong Kong actor, singer and director.
Background
He was formerly a Royal Hong Kong Police officer for four years, but he left the job after his request to be transferred to the criminal investigat ...
replaced Nicholas Tse as Chow's new protégé and
Carina Lau also joined the cast.
References
External links
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{{Hong Kong Gambling films
2014 films
2010s crime comedy films
2010s Cantonese-language films
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Films set in Hong Kong
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Gambling films
Hong Kong action comedy films
Hong Kong crime comedy films
Polybona Films films
2014 comedy films
2010s Mandarin-language films
2010s Hong Kong films