Conman in Tokyo (2000)
Reviewed by: jotarou on 2000-11-01
Summary: At least its entertaining!!!!
Conman In Tokyo is an obvious effort to revive the "cool gambler" film(if it ever died, I'm not sure)that was so popular in Hong Kong. Instead of Chow Yun-Fat, Andy Lau or even Stephen Chow we are given Louis Koo this time around as our suave gambler of the far east. There are even homages to the original God of Gamblers when a Japanese woman bares her shoulders, revealing her yakuza tattoos, something which made the original practioner of this gesture, Michiko Nishiwaki, so memorable. However, to poke fun at the sub-genre which he helped establish, producer Wong Jing, throws in the comedic protagonists own tattoo collection of cartoon characters such as Pikachu. I found this quite funny.

If you are not in to the "mo lai" style of comedy then do not watch this movie!! However I enjoy this genre immensely and found the movie quite entertaining. This is the first I have seen of Louis Koo and his stoic attitude is more of a reminder of Chow Yun-Fat's cool persona which graced the original and greatest of the "God of Gamblers" films. Whoever the costar was, I feel he stole the show. When it comes to goofy sidekicks it does not get much better. Chris Tucker should take lessons from this guy. I give it 3 stars out of 4 stars. Did I mention the fight scenes are pretty good also?