Reviewed by: Dyogenez Date: 12/29/2002 Summary: hate or love it? Reading the reviews of this film, it seems as though people either hate it or love it. I thought it was a great movie myself, with an original, yet far from believeable storyline. The story follows Nick Cheung, a gambler, through a variety of disruptions. One of his leading men turns away from him, leaving him with some of his gambling secrets worthless. Cheung meets and courts a beautiful woman, played by Shu Qi, who is blind at the beginning. Shu Qi plays a much different role than I am used to seeing her in with this part. She is typically quiet and composed; not the typical loud and childish role as in Gorgeous. There is a typical big gambling scene at the end, but that is not the final scene as usual. The final ending was a surprise to me leaving me wanting to see it again to take it in. Definetely recommend it as a gambling movie, or just one with a twist. 8/10.

Reviewed by: Inner Strength Date: 05/05/2002 Summary: CRAP Wow, another gambling comedy, where does Wong Jing get his good ideas from? Rating: [1/5]

Reviewed by: Sydneyguy Date: 03/08/2002 Summary: Pretty good WEll so much for gambling. There is much of it. And then ending is a bit too unbelieveable. Nothing too interesting happens, and as a remember that this is suppose to be "Conman 3" Nothing special here but worth a once viewing. 4.5/10

Reviewed by: danton Date: 02/04/2002 I'm not a big Nick cheung fan, in fact I find him rather annoying most of the time and will go to some effort to avoid his films, with a few exceptions. Conman in Tokyo was a decent film, and then there's this Wong Jing gambling movie that features Nick Cheung once again playing the smooth-talking gambling king and Wong Jing himself as his sidekick/uncle. Nick fleeces some marks in Shenzhen and then run afoul of the local triad kingpin, who forces Nick and his crew to work for him while gambling in his territory. Meanwhile, Nick meets blind model Candy (Shu Qi) and falls in love (who wouldn't?). Between flirting with Shu Qi, bantering around with his uncle and in general doing some nice things for a few people, the movie tries hard to convince the audience that he may be a conman, but at heart Nick is a decent chap. He even helps Candy get to America to get an operation to regain her eyesight. At this point, it seemed the movie was cruising along predictably, but then it took a turn into darker territoy that involved rape, betrayal, death and some other unpleasantries. The revenge plot was always a central element of the gambling movies, but here it does indeed take on a dark tone that almost transcends the plot formula and starts hinting at the true levels of despair and obsession behind the surface of the glorious gambler iconography first essayed by CYF in God of Gamblers. The movie is not that deep, of course. It's a genre movie, and it features the usual high-stakes gambling scenes (well done), but ends on a more somber note than usual. I'm partial to any film that includes Shu Qi in the cast, but that aside, this was a decent enough 90 minutes of entertainment. Not a great film by any means, but watchable.

Reviewed by: gwailo Date: 06/16/2001 Summary: No ace in the hole... Countless gambling films have drenched the screens of HK in the past fifteen years. Do we need another one? Do we need this one? I don't think so. An unenlightened story fails it's talented cast. The fillmaking is listless and all supporters look hopeless in yet another gambling tale. Nothing new to speak of by way of plot. There are crosses and double crosses and...you've seen it before. Unfortunately I love Shu Qi, so I take it all back!

Reviewed by: Fatty Date: 05/24/2001 Summary: A good Gambling film I admit I haven't seen alot of gambling films or whatever (Just Maverick and Rounders) although I liked Rounders much better, My Name is Nobody is still a good movie. Nick Cheung plays Who-The-Hell, but changes it to No-Name by Candy(Shu Qi) who is somewhat a damn fine Swindler, he goes to Shenzhen with his pops to get some bucks, but troubles lead them to some gambling and some double crosses. I don't know why, but this film had me entertained(well, a little bit) but it was still a good time to watch. IMO I thought Nick did a aiight job as No-Name, but he could've kicked it up a notch to truly be named No-Name, Wong Jing plays Lo, No-Name good'ol dad. He was ok, but man he acted like a ass at the beginning and I did get tricked into what happend(I know, it's sad) But crap Jing did a good job. Plus I'm glad a big man got a girl too :) Shu Qi was used nicely. First she acted blind, then was able to see again. But the scene were (meh, I forgot the villains name) who was No-Name's pal, but later double crossed him(That dayam beeyatch!) He acted as a damn fine bad ass. But he died badly(You couldn't see the bullet hole :( ) Nice to see Lam Suet had a role. He got dupped good... The story progressed well, but some parts were slower then others. But this is still fun to watch, there are alot of card playing scenes, but the ending rules. Two gangs watching the players backs was a nice gimmick to the thing( I was expecting a huge fight to break out but it didn't, good idea, cause it would've ruined the scene) The guy who bets his dick was frickin funny aswell. But the one thing I hated was when Nick Cheung acted blind until this match (He had to wait like 6 months just for this match??) But if I say my girl get raped. All I can say is that John Woo, Ringo Lam and Tsui Hark would be impressed :)(No birds included) In all, a good film to watch, some great gambing scenes, good acting. Nice ending and Shu Qi is still that damn good..(Sorry WWF fans :D) 3/5

Reviewed by: Chuma Date: 07/12/2000 Summary: The Gambler's Revenge (no, NOT Kenny Rogers!) t first, this looks like a classic gambling tale with all the crooks, fights and card tricks you can ask for, but it does have many surprises in store. No-Name and Uncle Lo and card playing swindlers who have gone to Shenzun to gamble after the players in HK became 'to hard to fool' as they put it, however Uncle Lo gets too friendly with a local gangsters girlfriend and Mr Tough (the gangster) beats up Uncle Lo. On his way to invest his winnings from the previous night's gambling, No-Name sees Candy, 'the only blind model in Hong Kong' and immediately falls in love (as well as falling down). The stakes become higher when No-Name starts trying to woo Candy and Mr Tough wants him to start playing cards for him, but I'll leave you to find out what happens in the rest of the movie. I really liked this movie, at first I thought it was going to be a Hong Kong version of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking barrels, but I was surprised when I found out otherwise. What I also liked was that the fight scenes seemed more realistic than some films I've seen from HK (the hero tries to run away at one point and gets kicked down an escalator.) There's also an in-joke about piracy of movies in HK, which is a very big problem for the film industry to deal with. Although I didn't recognise any of the actors in this film, I reckon that they all put in good performances and I would probably see another film if I recognised them on the movie poster. Overall, this is not the usual 'gambling story' but it does have some very good sections and is interesting enough to warrant a look if it comes into your local specialist on HK movies. Rating : Queen, Jack, Ace, Ten (with a king hidden on top of the shoe), (or 8/10)

Reviewed by: magic-8 Date: 06/14/2000 Summary: Nick Can't Carry Leading Role "My Name is Nobody" is appropriately monikered. The leading man, Nick Cheung doesn't generate any interest, and doesn't have the charisma to carry the film. All the acclaim that he's the next Stephen Chow is more than lavish praise--but he can't hold a candle to Chow. He would be better off by playing more second fiddle roles where he could lend support. And as much as I generally enjoy Hsu Chi, she's a total shill in this outing. Hsu playing a blind girl was too ridiculous. You could read the plot from the get-go. Wong Jing has done much better work but seems to be carried away by thinking that he can play up his acting roles. His creativity is being stiffled by his work as an actor. He needs to return to his position behind the camera, where his true talent lies. I can't blame Aman Chang here, there simply isn't any substance to this film. This is another unfortunate throw away movie, forgotten after viewing.

Reviewed by: MilesC Date: 05/24/2000 Summary: Surprise... Aman Chang made a bad movie! My god, I can hardly believe it! This one may even be below par for him, though. Why was it made? I haven't a clue. Unless this film is full of absolutely riotous Cantonese-only jokes, it's a total zero. I didn't smile, I was never excited, none of the characters engaged me in the slightest. Virtually non-existent story told very clumsily. Aman Chang's direction is often pretty horrible, not too surprisingly. Skip this one.

Reviewed by: meixner Date: 04/08/2000 Summary: Mediocre Wong Jing gambling drama Drama / Gambling A professional swindler is caught up with mainland gangsters and loses his sight when he attempts to protect his blind girlfriend. When a year later she returns cured he uses her to gain his revenge. Mediocre and unattractive Wong Jing outing. Though the plot is not bad the execution is listless. It's a terrible thing when the Wong Jing character's love interest (Monica Chan) is the best non-plot element in the film.

Reviewed by: ryan Date: 03/10/2000 Summary: Non-comic Role for Nick Cheung? After his successes in the recent Wong Jing productions "The Conman" (1998) , "Prince Charming" (1999) , "The Conmen In Vegas" (1999) & "The Tricky Master" (1999) Nick Cheung Ka-Fai has become an increasingly popular performer. So far this year he has appeared in the smash hit Chinese New Year film "The Duel". He returns to Hong Kong screens in this his first genuine leading role. He plays "Who-the-hell" - a professional swindler - who dates Candy (a beautiful but blind model). Her father (Chicken) is a gambling addict who has repeatedly stolen the money she has saved for an eye operation. When "Who-the-hell" is forced to work with Tough from Shenzhen he changes his name to "No-name". One day their prospective victim at the gambling table is Chicken. "No-name" deliberately loses but cannot fool Tough and is beaten up (losing his sight in the process). Six months on Candy returns from the US after having had her eye operation but has great difficulty finding "Who-the-hell". Nick Cheung is often regarded as the successor to Stephen Chiau Sing-Chi. Since "The Conman" he has been labelled a comedy actor despite his wishes to try other roles. In "My Name Is Nobody" he gets his chance to do something other than just make jokes. The first half of the film is similar to his previous films in that it is largely comedy. After his character "No-name" loses his sight it becomes more like a drama. His performance in the second half isn't that good but at least he gets to something beyond what is expected of him and it proves that he should be given further opportunity to widen his range. "No-name" is essentially a heroic role (he suffers the setback of losing his sight but rebounds). The film is well scripted although the plot itself is only average. As for other characters Wong Jing's character (Lo) should have been developed further. He plays Nick Cheung's ("No-name") cousin and his character needed to be more annoying to others but kind to "No-name" after his setback which would in turn enable the audience to feel kindly towards him. In addition Lo's life could have been made more tragic and more description given to his love for Mee (Monica Chan). Shu Qi plays Candy the blind model who finally falls in love with "No-name" - her role in the film is little more than the love interest which is a shame as there should have been greater detail in the love story between their two characters but having said that she is more than cute enough to justify being in the film ! Lai Chun (Chun) gives a pretty good performance in the film as the bad guy who is trying to replace "No-name" but his character needed more development. The cinematography helped to build his image as a bad guy. In short "My Name Is Nobody" is an average film. The plot and characters could have benefitted from considerable development but Nick Cheung finally gets a chance in a largely non-comic role and proves that he can act at least adequately in a drama.