Fat Choi Spirit 嚦咕嚦咕新年財

 Released Year: 2002

Directed by 杜琪峰 Johnnie To & 韦家辉 Wai Ka Fai

Casted by:

劉德華 Andy Lau as 德華 Andy

梁詠琪 Gigi Leung as 詠琪 Gigi

劉青雲 Sean Lau as 青雲 Sean

古天樂 Louis Koo as 天樂 Louis

應采兒 Cherrie Ying as 采兒 Cherrie

王天林 Wong Tin Lam as 天叔 Tin

黃文慧 Bonnie Wong as 媽媽 Mother

 Story: 

Andy is an extremely compulsive Mahjong player. Thrown out of the house by his mother and ignored by his more academically gifted and successful younger brother, Louis, he had a hard time running away from debt collectors until one day he met a young girl named Gigi after a run-in with some of the debt collectors' men. Gigi started out as a thief, but because she fell for him and gave him immense luck, Andy gained great success with his extreme good luck in mahjong games and became very rich. However he refused to marry Gigi because she, though a nice woman when with him, was in reality quite a sore loser who threw temper tantrums while on the verge of losing mahjong games. She could not understand that he couldn't stand the way she behaved. As Andy said, her behaviour could be revealed by just playing a game of mahjong where when she lost, she would throw the tables. He promised her that he would marry her if she could play a game of mahjong without such a bad temper. She couldn't and so he couldn't marry her though he loved her. In the meantime, Andy found his mother who was now suffering from Alzheimer's disease and his brother who faced bankruptcy and moved in with Andy, who coincidentally lived in a bungalow. Not wanting to lose out in finding a job, Louis who had excellent luck in Mahjong but zero skill, was conned out of all his money and even his clothes by a skilled, yet devious mahjong player, Sean. But being a kind hearted simpleton, Cherrie on the con team, fell for him and decided to mend her ways.

In the meantime, Gigi who was very disappointed with Andy's refusal to marry her, went with the bad crowd, in the form of mahjong con men led by Lau Ching-wan. Andy who was cursed by Gigi lost his winning streak and instead found a living as a taxi driver and moved into public housing. Being ever optimistic, he did not complain. However, not wanting Gigi to fall into the con men's trap, he played a game of mahjong with Sean and lost terribly. But Gigi was touched by his actions and went back to him, promising she will return a better woman. But before she left, she gave Andy a blessing and from there on, Andy's winning streak came back. Louis who had created a mahjong computer game with his new girlfriend, Cherrie, received word that there would be a Mahjong tournament sponsored by his game. The ever optimistic Andy decided to join the contest which saw him competing against Sean. Before the tournament began, he discovered that Gigi had returned to her old job as a stewardess and gave him a lot of good fortune items from around the world. During the tournament, Andy was able to secure a seat in the final match which also included Sean, Sean's father and a henchman. Andy easily won the match but was then confronted by Sean to have a rematch. Andy agreed and the two of them squared off. Before the match could end, Andy gave up and gave the prize to Sean. Sean, surprised at what had happened, decided to look at Andy's hand, which was a major breakthrough set. Sean realized all his mistakes and decided to learn from Andy. Andy then regained all his money and started a Mahjong school by the sea. He eventually got married with Gigi.

 L² Scored: 4.5/10

L² Comment:

No matter how many times I rewatch this movie, i just feel stupid. But this year, I changed my mind. Referring back Gigi Leung's filmography, she has make a big change on the way she perform in the movie. Beside of willing to drive her way into a character that is a bit "not her style" during that time, this character challenged her in expanding her way to different styles of acting. Beside that, she's the one who is mainly bringing out the comedy part throughout the whole movie, so this 4.5 score goes to her :) Looking at other actor like Sean Lau & Louis Koo, I feel like puking at them in this movie seriously... while Cherrie all these while never bring any glorious moment to any of her movie, the scene where she smoke is also sickening, she's so fake! In another hand, Andy Lau did not bring any big surprise and Bonnie Wong's scenes are too little for her to shine~

The Inspector Wears Skirts 3: Raid On Royal Casino Marine 霸王花3之皇家賭船

 Released Year: 1990

Directed by 钱升伟 Wellson Chin Sing Wai

Casted by:

冯淬帆 Stanley Fung as Sir Fung

吳君如 Sandra Ng as Amy

叶子楣 Amy Yip as Susanna

楼南光 Billy Lau as Nam

胡慧中 Sibelle Hu as Madam Hu

惠英紅 Kara Hui as May

葉晨 Yip San as Sandy

黃渭琪 Wong Wai Kei as Smelly

 Story: 

Due to a number of police firearms lost, Flying Tigers Fung sir are ordered to re-establishment of training the Lady Inspectors . Fung sir and Madam Wu married life as undergo special training , watching at home , "King Flower House" plaque daily uneasy. Fung sir loyal men and Nam once again set all ring true anger at Lady Inspector trained , they will be all -out attempt to restore the Flying Tigers face. Unexpectedly, Susana, May, Amy, Sandy & Smelly are chosen to go through the hell training and all of them qualified. This time Lady Inspectors has to investigate on the gambling boat and found the epic challenge truth behind ......

 L² Scored: 5/10

L² Comment:

The 3rd movie of this series is getting bored comparing with the first two... As there are lesser actors & actresses involved in the movie, the comedy part basically falls under only a few of them. Sadly to say that, the sparkles no longer exist as per the first two movies, bad sequence...

The Top Bet 賭霸

 Released Year: 1991

Directed by 劉鎮偉 Jeffrey Lau & 元奎 Corey Yuen

Casted by:

鄭裕玲 Dodo Cheng as 有喜 Yau Hei

梅艷芳 Anita Mui as 妹頭 Mui

吳孟達 Ng Man Tat as 黑仔達 Blackie Tat

秦沛 Paul Chun as 洪光 Hung Guang

劉鎮偉 Jeffrey Lau as 陳松 Chan Chung

盧冠廷 Lowell Lu as 堯哥 Rao

盧苑茵 Angelina Lo as 六姑 Luk

元華 Yuen Wah as 妹頭師父 Mui's master

鍾鎮濤 Kenny B as 大B

元奎 Corey Yuen as 賣魚盛 Fishy Shing

吳君如 Sandra Ng as 阿萍 Ping

周星馳 Stephen Chow as 左頌星 Sing

 Story: 

After Sing has won the competition last year, he went to travel and left Blackie Tat alone to face Chan Chung who has been challenged again by Huang Guang again. After searching up and down, Blackie Tat found Yau Hei who is believe to be the next gambler wonder. However, after introduced Yau Hei to Chung, Blackie Tat realized that Yau Hei is not as great as she said, they bet Sing's sister Mui for help. 

Mui is reluctant to help Hei at first, but after being help by Hei to know B more & knowing that Hei needs the money to save her sick brother, Mui decided to help Hei in beating down Guang in the next gambling competition...  

 L² Scored: 8/10

L² Comment:

This is the sequence of 赌圣 but Stephen Chow only came out in the beginning and end of the movie as a guest appearance... Dodo Cheng & Anita Mui tried to create the girl power but not really success like the first movie. Even so, both of them still managed to win some applause from their own fans for this movie. Too bad, there's no further sequence on this 赌霸 after this...

All for the Winner 賭聖

 Released Year: 1990

Directed by 劉鎮偉 Jeffrey Lau & 元奎 Corey Yuen

Casted by:

周星馳 Stephen Chow as 左頌星 Sing

吳孟達 Ng Man Tat as 黑仔達 Blackie Tat

張敏 Sharla Cheung as 綺夢 Yee Mung

劉鎮偉 Jeffrey Lau as 陳松 Chan Chung

秦沛 Paul Chun as 洪光 Hung Guang

尹揚明 Vincent Wan as Billy

元奎 Corey Yuen as 賣魚盛 Fishy Shing

吳君如 Sandra Ng as 阿萍 Ping

盧苑茵 Angelina Lo as 六姑 Luk

 Story:

Sing is a mainland China country boy who arrives in Hong Kong to visit his Uncle "Blackie Tat". When Sing stays with his uncle and his friends in their apartment, Blackie soon learns of Sing's supernatural ability to see through objects and, later on, his ability to change playing cards by rubbing them. He takes advantage of this and turns Sing into the Dou Seng or the "Saint of Gamblers". After getting into a fight with several alleyway gamblers he meets the lovely Yee-mung, a henchman for the "King of Gamblers", and becomes infatuated with her. Sing quickly becomes a rival to the King and must win his way through a world competition to prove his skill.

 L² Scored: 10/10

L² Comment:

In the year of 1990, Stephen Chow has shot total of 10 movies in that particular year and this movie has make the No 1 in HK blockbuster :) *applause... His extraordinaire way of acting not only make us laugh non stop, it will never bored us out in anyway... The funniest will have to be Sandra Ng who has to non stop hold her armpit up and let Stephen stared at the mole... lol

God of Gamblers 賭神1

 Released Year: 1989

Directed by 王晶 Wang Jing

Casted by:

周潤發 Chow Yun Fat as 高進 / 朱古力 Ko Chun / Chocolate

劉德華 Andy Lau as 陳刀仔 Michael Chan

向華強 Charles Heung as 龍五 Lung Wu

王祖賢 Joey Wong as 珍 Jane

龍方 Jimmy Lung as 高義 Ko Yee

張敏 Sharla Cheung as Janet

吳孟達 Ng Man Tatt as 花柳成 Shing

黃斌 Ronald Wong as 烏鴉 Crow

 Story:

Ko Chun is a world-famous gambler, so renowned and talented at winning various games of chance that he is referred to as the "God of Gamblers". He keeps his identity secret from the public (and avoids taking photos so his face is not recognised), but is known for three characteristics: his slick-backed hairstyle, his love of Feodora brand chocolate and his jade pinky ring.

Ko Chun arrives in Tokyo, accompanied by his girlfriend Janet and his assistant and cousin Ko Yee, for a match with Tanaka, the country's top ranked gambler. After convincingly defeating Tanaka in games of Mahjong and dice, Tanaka concedes defeat and asserts that Ko Chun "really God".

Tanaka asks Chun to help him take revenge on Chan Kam-Sing, a famous Singaporean gambler who cheated Tanaka's father (driving him to suicide), by besting Chan in a high-stakes poker match. Ko Chun agrees, merely asking for a box of chocolate as payment. In gratitude, Tanaka sends his bodyguard, former ARVN (South Vietnam) Special Forces Operative Dragon to accompany Ko Chun for protection.

Meanwhile, Little Knife, an avid but mediocre gambler who idolises the God of Gamblers, sets a trap for an Indian neighbour as a practical joke. After a confrontation on a train between Ko Chun, Dragon, and henchmen sent by one of Ko Chun's rivals, Ko happens to accidentally stumble into Knife's trap. Ko falls down a hill, hitting his head, and subsequently suffers from amnesia and regresses to a childlike state.

Knife, not knowing who the unnamed stranger is, takes him in and names him "Chocolate" due to the man's seemingly obsessive love for the candy. Initially Knife is impatient with "Chocolate"'s simple-minded innocence and yells at him often, but soon recognises that "Chocolate" has innate gambling talent and begins to exploit his abilities in local poker games and gambling dens. As time passes, Knife comes to care for "Chocolate" and seeks to find a way to restore his memory.

Back at Ko Chun's mansion, it is revealed that Janet has been searching for Chun for ten days to no avail. Ko Yee, who is jealous of Chun's success and wealth, makes advances on her, which she rejects; finally, while attempting to rape her, Yee accidentally knocks Janet off the balcony, killing her. He discovers that she has been recording what has been transpiring and proceeds to burn the tape. Later, Yee allies himself with Chan Kam-Sing and Ko Chun's other rival and they send assassins to find and kill Chun.

Eventually, the assassins find Chun, Knife, and their friends and attempt to kill them, but Dragon arrives to protect them after tracking Chun down. A fierce shootout ensues in a shopping center, in which Knife saves Chun from an attempt on his life by Ko Yee. During the fight, Dragon is wounded, causing Chun to snap out of his child persona briefly to kill the rest of the assailants. However, after regressing back to his childlike state, Chun becomes horrified at the carnage and runs out into the street where he is struck by a vehicle.

Chun awakens in the hospital with his regular persona, but no memory of the events or people he met after the fight. He is informed by Ko Yee, who is feigning loyalty, that Janet has disappeared. Knife arrives and attempts to warn Chun of Ko Yee's treachery but Yee has Knife thrown out. Later, Ko Yee gives Chan Kam-Sing special eyeglasses that will allow him to cheat during his upcoming poker match with Chun by reading invisible markings on the cards.

Chun, Yee, Tanaka and Dragon arrive on Chan Kam-Sing's yacht for the climactic game of five card stud. Knife, having sneaked onto the boat, again attempts to warn Chun of the danger he is in. Chun agrees to hear Knife out later but admonishes him not to interfere with the poker game.

With his ability to see the markings on the cards, Chan Kam-Sing dominates the first two rounds. After losing all of Tanaka's money, Ko Chun puts up his entire personal portfolio of wealth and holdings against Chan's wealth. Chan, using his glasses to see that Ko Chun has an inferior hand, agrees, showing his cards and gloating over his victory. Ko Chun, in turn, reveals that he actually has the superior hand and has won the game, having secretly altered the markings of the deck and using special contact lenses to read them.

Subsequently, Ko Chun tricks Chan Kam-Sing into shooting Ko Yee. As Yee lays dying, Chun drops Janet's tape (which actually never finished burning) onto his body. Ko Chun then departs (as police arrive to take Chan into custody for murder) without speaking to Knife, much to the latter's dismay.

Ko Chun later surprises Knife at his home and reveals that he remembered Knife in the hospital and knew about Ko Yee's betrayal all along, but had to feign ignorance to execute his plan properly. He promises to make it up to Knife by taking him to Las Vegas as his gambling partner.

 L² Scored: 10/10

L² Comment: 

The ever classic gambling movie in HK that everyone likes no matter back in 1989 or now. Chow Yun Fat is forever my idol and I like him so much, no matter when he is Ko Chun or Chocolate, his acting skill has already been good during that time (thanks to TVB for training him)... Andy Lau is still a bit not steady like Joey Wong during that time, but acceptable... Overall this is a classic movie which nobody should miss in their lifetime~

The Queen of Gamble 赌后 / 表姐, 妳玩嘢

 Released Year: 1991

Directed by 萧笙 Seow Sang

Casted by:

郑裕玲 Dodo Cheng as Lan

万梓良 Alex Man as Lik

胡慧中 Sibelle Hu as Frances

吴孟达 Ng Man Tat as San

郭富城 Aaron Kwok as Bou

任达华 Simon Yam as Wah

黎姿 Gigi Lai as Linda

 Story:

China girl Lan is very good in tricking during gamble, she finally got her permit to go Hong Kong. She decided to stay with her cousin Bou and his roomate Lik who is very addicted in gambling. Together 3 of them participate in a gambling competition to fight against San, father of Linda (admired by Bou), and brother of Wah. Frances was defeated by San, all the hope rely on Lan to win San, Lan won the game finally by using her trick...

 L² Scored: 7/10

L² Comment:

Basically its not bad~ the same old storyline of the HK 80s 90s comedy... Dodo is very good in this kind of acting no doubt, its funny to see how young and cute Aaron Kwok is during that time :) Overall the movie is not bad, but will only consider to watch it again if i'm really out of movie~

God of Gamblers 2 賭俠

 Released Year:1990

Directed by 王晶 Wang Jing

Casted by:

劉德華 Andy Lau as 陳刀仔 Michael Chan

周星馳 Stephen Chow as 周星祖 Chow Sing Jo

吳孟達 Ng Man Tat as 三叔 Uncle Three

張敏 Sharla Cheung as 夢蘿 Dream Lo

向華強 Charles Heung as 龍五 Lung Ng

陳法蓉 Monica Chan as 龍九 Kowloon

單立文 Sin Lup Mun as 侯賽因 Hussein

 Story:

In this movie, down on his luck, Chow Sing-Cho, seeks out the God of Gamblers, in hopes of becoming his disciple. Unfortunately, the God of Gamblers is unreachable and out of the country, last heard to be in Brazil, and Michael Chan, the Knight of Gamblers, Michael replaces the God of Gamblers. When a phony attempts to impersonate the Knight of Gamblers in a huge scam, it's up to the real Knight and Saint of Gamblers to team up and defeat their formidable challenger. The film combines intricate action sequences with sharp comedic timing.

Michael with the help of Cho and Uncle Three, they try to find enough money to defeat the fake Hussein. Of course they got the help from Lung Ng and his sister Kowloon; Dream who betrayed them at first but later on help them instead. They managed to used their gambling technique and defeat Hussein.

 L² Scored: 9/10

L² Comment: 

 This should be the sequel of 赌神 "God of Gambler" acted by Chow Yuen Fatt. Of coz this time Andy Lau and Stephen Chow is the main characters instead. Both of them deliver the comedy and entertaining well enough and definitely this is the classic HK comedy i will keep on watching it repeatedly.