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地下賭王 (1994)
Gambling Baron


Reviewed by: j.crawford
Date: 11/21/2006

Of course, you would think that with the casting of Max Mok Siu-Chung and Roy Cheung Yiu-Yeung as the two male leads that Gambling Baron might be a good movie. Of course, you could be wrong. Cheung usually manages to turn in an interesting, quirky performance in every film but not here.

You might think that after years and years of gambling films and gangster flicks that screenwriter Jimmy Leung Chi-Ming would figure out what to "borrow" to include in his story. He didn't, and director Richard Yeung Kuen didn't know what to do with it. This movie went straight to obscurity. If you see it the bargain bin, leave it there.

Reviewer Score: 4

Reviewed by: spinali
Date: 12/08/1999
Summary: NULL

A hybrid (to use the polite term) between the popular gamblingand triad dramas, set in mainland China, and incorporating the worst elements of each. Brother San (Roy Cheung) and his partner Brother Chan graduate from protection rackets to a casino, and after a series of uninspired gun and streetfights, just about everybody ends up either shot or hacked to death.

(2/4)



[Reviewed by Steve Spinali]

Reviewer Score: 5