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From Vegas to Macau is a Hongkongais film of genre Comedy directed by Wong Jing with Chow Yun-fat
From Vegas to Macau (2014)
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Add to a movie listFrom Vegas to Macau (Chinese: 賭城風雲), also known as The Man From Macau (Chinese: 澳門風雲), is a Hong Kong-Chinese crime comedy film directed by Wong Jing. The film stars Chow Yun-fat, Nicholas Tse, Chapman To and Jing Tian. The film is the fourth installment of the God of Gamblers film series where Chow reprises his role as the titular protagonist once again since 1994's God of Gamblers Returns. The film was released during 2014 Chinese New Year.
A sequel titled From Vegas to Macau II was released on February 19, 2015.
Synopsis
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 surgically implanted onto a contact lens which he wore so the police could track the syndicate's activities and eventually nab them.Actors
Chow Yun-fat
(Ken)
Nicholas Tse
(Cool)
Chapman To
(Ngau-ngau)
Hui Shiu-hung
(Benz)
Annie Wu Chen Chun
(Susan)
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