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God of Gamblers
【Top Ten Gambling Films in the Hong Kong Film Industry: God of Gamblers, Gamblers, Gamblers, Gamblers, Who is the Real King of Gamblers?】 】
Gambling films are a very distinctive film in the Hong Kong film industry, although there are also gambling films in Europe and the United States, but they do not have the taste and temperament of Hong Kong gambling films.
In Hong Kong gambling films, small bets rely on technology and psychology, and big bets all rely on layout, which is a very interesting and skillful game of fighting wisdom. Therefore, gambling films have a wide audience base in the Chinese world.
Through these gambling films, generations of people in the gambling world have been achieved, such as the god of gambling, the gambler, the gambler, the gambler, the gambler, the gambling king, and so on.
So, which gambling films can be shortlisted for the top ten gambling films in the Hong Kong film industry, such as the god of gambling, the gambler, the gambling saint, etc. Who is the real king of the gambling world?
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"God of Gamblers" is definitely a landmark work of Hong Kong gambling films, and it also directly establishes the status of the supreme god of gambling.
Since 1986's "The True Colors of Heroes", Chow Yun Fat has become the number one box office superstar in the Hong Kong film industry, dominating the box office list for consecutive years, and is the film emperor of the two consecutive Academy Awards in 1987 and 1988.
"God of Gamblers", born in the extreme period of Zhou Runfa's acting skills and box office appeal, is absolutely invincible and must win every bet.
In terms of the main creative lineup, the director and screenwriter of "God of Gamblers" is Wang Jing, who can be said to be the biggest grandmaster of Hong Kong gambling films. In addition to Zhou Runfa, there are also Andy Lau, Wang Zuxian, Zhang Min, and cameos Xiang Huaqiang, Wu Mengda, big fool Cheng Kui'an, and so on.
Released from December 14, 1989 to January 17, 1990, it was a New Year's Eve work, and the final box office was 36.29 million Hong Kong dollars, counting as the box office champion in 1989.
The real significance of "God of Gamblers" is to lead the trend of gambling films, including "Gambler Saint", which exceeded HK$40 million at the box office for the first time in 1990, which is also a follow-up work.
Through "God of Gamblers", Zhou Runfa successfully created the symbolic character of Gao Jin, the god of gamblers:
Straight black tuxedo + shiny big back,
Like to eat a specific brand of chocolate,
Wear a jade ring,
Plus exclusive appearance music.
[The God of Gamblers is also the first person in the Chinese film industry to bring his own BGM, 8 years before Qiao Feng.] 】
Such a gambler has already won as soon as he appears.
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Released on December 15, 1994, God of Gamblers 2 achieved a Hong Kong box office of HK$52.53 million, becoming the first Hong Kong film to be 50 million, and the box office in Taiwan Province reached NT$100 million. [The release time of "God of Gamblers 2" and "God of Gamblers" is only one day apart, and the trendy New Year's Eve file is new.] 】
At this time, the environment of the Hong Kong film industry has undergone earth-shaking changes, and the capital of Taiwan Provincial Film Merchants, which once controlled the lifeblood of Hong Kong film funds, has united to reject the once shoddy Hong Kong films, and at the same time to liberalize the introduction of Hollywood blockbusters.
It was at this time that Hong Kong films began to decline rapidly, but Hong Kong filmmakers did not want to see such a situation, so they actively recovered. This "God of Gamblers 2" is Wang Jing's sincere work of expressing love to film dealers in Taiwan Province.
"God of Gamblers 2" arranged the final big gamble in Taiwan Province, the casino is in the basement of a movie theater in the center of Tainan; the heroine in addition to the crystal girl Qiu Shuzhen, especially joined the Taiwanese Wu Qianlian, as well as Ke Shouliang and the villain Qiu Xiaoyi are taiwanese.
"God of Gamblers 2" pushed Hong Kong gambling films to a new climax, but it was also the final peak of Hong Kong films.
Later, Chow Yun-fat returned to the gambling world's "Macau Storm" series, with a box office of more than one billion, but it has been unable to reproduce the peak style of the "God of Gamblers" era.
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"God of Gamblers" is a milestone work for Hong Kong gambling films to lead the trend, and "Supreme Supreme", which was released half a year earlier than it, can be said to be the pioneering work of Hong Kong gambling films.
"Supreme Supreme" is also written and directed by Wang Jing, starring Andy Lau and Tan Yonglin, and the heroines are Chen Yulian and Guan Zhilin.
Behind the scenes boss, Yongsheng's Xiang Huaqiang played an important role in Long Ge, laying the groundwork for Long Wu in "God of Gamblers"; while his younger brother Xiang Huasheng participated in the screenwriting and directing together with Wang Jing, which can be said to be Yongsheng's most dedicated work.
In the end, "Supreme Supreme" achieved a Hong Kong box office of 23.29 million, giving Yongsheng and Wang Jing the confidence and motivation to continue to create "God of Gamblers".
[It is said that Xiang Huasheng bought Zhou Runfa's contract from outside that year, bid 800,000 yuan and was sold for 700,000 yuan, and then made "God of Gamblers" with a total box office of hundreds of millions in Asia.] 】
In the movie, Andy Lau played the first god in Asia, Chen Ya Crab, who is loyal and courageous, and is very angry; later, in "God of Gamblers", he became a sceptuous Chen Daozai.
After that, Chen Daozai became a gambler and became an apprentice of the God of Gamblers, so he was a generation lower than the God of Gamblers in terms of generations.
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The nonsense comedy film "Gamble Saint", released on August 18, 1990, with a Hong Kong box office of 41.32 million Hong Kong dollars, made Stephen Chow a hit after ten years of debut, from star boy to star master.
Because of the success of "God of Gamblers", there is this "Gamble Saint"; even in the film, a poster of the God of Gamblers is directly used, and the tribute is full of sincerity.
Zhou Xingchi does not have the domineering aura of Zhou Runfa, so adding the special function of nonsense in "Gamble Saint" not only becomes the biggest highlight, but also makes the special function another high-level standard in the gambling film.
The special function of the gambling saint is almost omnipotent, he can see through, and there is a heavenly eye; in the horse farm he can see which horse is the most ambitious, the ultimate skill is to roll the cards; after the power is exhausted, seeing the dream lover Qi Dream can be activated with full blood.
"Gamble Saint" is Zhou Xingchi's famous work, and Gamble Saint is also Chow Sing Chi's first iconic character. In the performance, Zhou Xingchi exhausted his thoughts, and also carefully created his own gambling style, and since then, the gambling Shengcheng and Zhou Xingchi have been equated.
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"Gambler" was released on December 13, 1990, which is also a day away from "God of Gamblers"; but in terms of plot, it continued both "God of Gamblers" and "Gamblers".
Because of the popularity of "Gamble Saint" Zhou Xingchi, Yongsheng signed it for the first time, allowing him to cooperate with the gambler Andy Lau, with Zhang Min and Chen Farong, two beautiful women. As a result, in "Gambler", the gambler Saint Zhou Xingchi stole the limelight.
"The Gambler" continues the identity of the gambler Chen Daozai, as well as Dragon Five, and at the same time let the Gambler Saint and the Third Uncle add in. The gambler's authentic gambling skills and the special functions of the gambling saint are on a par, and in the end, the brothers are commensurate, and they are all apprentices of the god of gambling, which further promotes the status of the god of gambling.
Because "Gamble Saint" is produced by Wu Siyuan's company, the original bet saint was called Zuo Songxing, and in "Gambler", it was changed to Zhou Xingzu; the dream lover was still Qi Meng, played by Zhang Min, and the third uncle still maintained a nerve problem called "Three Uncle".
The biggest success of "The Gambler" is actually to use the east wind of gambling saints to become the second film with a box office of more than 40 million in Hong Kong.
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The title of the film is weird, mainly because "Gamble Saint" is produced by Wu Siyuan Company, and "Gamblers" is produced by Yongsheng of Huaqiang Brothers, so there is such a "Gamblers 2 on the Beach Gamble Saint", released on August 21, 1991.
What is even more amazing is that for the market of Taiwan Province, this film has made two versions, one version of the heroine is Gong Li, and the other version of the Heroine of Taiwan Province is played by Fang Jiwei.
"Gambler 2 Shanghai Beach Gambler" continues to use the nonsense combination of Stephen Chow and Wu Mengda, and plays the special function to the extreme; the biggest innovation is to play through, from Hong Kong in 1991 to Shanghai Beach in 1937, the Ding Li of "Shanghai Beach" has come out.
The biggest suspense is that in the end, the bet saint will win the French god of gambling, not relying on technology and exhausting the special function, only relying on a temporary French name "Tonight to fight the tiger", super nonsense.
In the imagination of gambling films, Wang Jing is still quite accumulated.
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The entertainment of "The Gambler" is very good, but Andy Lau is obviously not suitable for Chow's star-like funny, and he can support a movie by himself as a gambler.
The pinnacle of gambling films is the three years from 1989 to 1991, and no classic gambling films have appeared for many years after that; so in 1992's "Casino Tycoon", Wang Jing changed the legend of the gambling king, but the focus was not on gambling.
"Gambler 1999", released on December 18, 1998, brought Wang Jing back to the gambling world, mainly because the 98 World Cup in France has just ended. Therefore, the shrewd Wang Jing introduced the gambling ball into the gambling film, which can also be regarded as in line with the world.
The gambler Andy Lau is actually quite embarrassing, the gambling technique is not as pure as the gambling god, and there is no special function of the gambling saint. Therefore, in "Gambler 1999", he declares that his true identity is an old man, the right general among the eight generals in the old world.
Regarding Lao Qian, as early as 1981, Wang Jing's directorial debut "Thousand Kings Fighting Thousand Masters" has been skillfully used.
Coupled with 1999's "Gambler vs. Las Vegas", Andy Lau's "Gambler" made a trilogy series.
Later, Wang Jing used Gu Tianle and Zhang Jiahui to make gambling films such as "Chinese Gambler", "Gambler 2002", "King of a Thousand Kings 2003", "Beware of Lao Qian", and so on.
The quality and influence are not as good as one, but it is the most difficult period in the Hong Kong film industry, and it is a rescue work that sends charcoal to Hong Kong filmmakers.
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At that time, the whole of Hong Kong was looking for a second Chow Sing Chi, and Wang Jing was trying Zhang Jiahui after trying Ge Minhui.
Released on August 5, 1999, "The King of a Thousand Kings 2000", the original male protagonist was Zhang Jiahui, and later Zhou Xingchi, who received millions of films every day to save the scene, became the male protagonist.
At this time, Zhou Xingchi was no longer a gambler, but became the king of a thousand kings, Huang Shihu, and Zhang Jiahui was his apprentice Liang Kuan. In fact, in "Gambler 1999", Zhang Jiahui is also the apprentice of andy-lau, so his generation is one generation lower than that of gambler Andy Lau, two generations lower than the god of gambling.
At that time, Hong Kong had just experienced the biggest financial crisis, and Wang Jing duly put these elements into the movie, using Old Drama Bones such as Luo Jiaying to play the three richest people in Hong Kong.
Finally, the record-breaking 500 million gambling books on the gambling table have not been put in the eyes of the king of a thousand kings, and the film in his hand is worth tens of billions; the villain Ferrari, who Wang Jing himself starred, almost made a profit of more than 10 billion from the stock market.
It turns out that the biggest casino is the stock market!
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Released on October 13, 1974, the Hong Kong city comedy "Ghost Horse Double Star" may not have been heard by many people, but it is a landmark work of great significance.
In 1973, Bruce Lee died suddenly, and the entire Hong Kong film industry was suddenly leaderless.
At this time, the three Xu brothers' "Ghost Horse Double Star" turned out to be a record box office of 6.25 million Hong Kong dollars, quickly filling the box office superstar vacuum after Bruce Lee.
"Ghost Horse Double Star" is also a comedy gambling film, the eldest brother Xu Guanwen plays a big old man, after being released from prison, he took his younger brother Xu Guanying and Xu Guanying to break into the world and live by "eating brains".
Significantly, sexy actress Ding Pei made a cameo appearance as Xu Guanwen's mistress in "Ghost Horse Double Star", and Bruce Lee died in her home.
In the world of "Ghost Horse Double Star", there are casinos everywhere, from prisons to beaches, from alleys to large hotels, and mahjong, tianjiu, etc. are the main gambling projects.
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This is the first time that Wang Jing, who has been a screenwriter for five years, was promoted to director's work, and it was released on April 30, 1981 and achieved a Hong Kong box office of 5.08 million Hong Kong dollars, ranking 9th in the year. [That year's box office champion was Xu Guanwen's "Modern Bodyguard."] 】
"A Thousand Kings Fighting Thousand Masters" starred Xie Xian, Chen Guantai, Huang Xingxiu, Wang Yu, Huang Jinshen, etc., all of whom were Shaw's popular superstars that year.
Among them, Xie Xian, who wears glasses, wears a straight suit every time, wears a large ring with a cigar, which is not only a popular popular idol, but also directly affects the later "God of Gamblers".
As the king of the gambling world, not only must the gambling skills be refined, but also the style and table style are more important.
The success of "A Thousand Kings Fighting a Thousand Masters" gave Wang Jing a lot of confidence and opened up his endless imagination in gambling films.
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In this sequel released on June 13, 1991, Andy Lau is still the second male, which has also become the capital of a super giant repeating things.
"Supreme Supreme 2 Forever Domination" is said to be a gambling film, but it is actually more like a jianghu film.
In the world of gamblers, we also have to fight for turf, and decent gamblers such as Andy Lau and Wang Jie all talk about morality.
The jianghu status of the god of gambling is revered to a very high position, and one of his jade tablets can command the jianghu.
The biggest highlight is actually Andy Lau's popular golden song "The Days We Walked Together", which is still Andy Lau's supreme masterpiece.
In addition, there are 1976's "The Great Gambler's Big Scam", 1990's "Supreme Ji Zhuangyuancai", 1991's "Gamblers of the Continuation of the Saint of Gamblers", 1995's "Gamble saints 3 Street Gamblers", 1996's "God of Gamblers 3 Of the Young God of Gamblers", etc., are also expected to be selected as the top ten gambling films in Hong Kong.
However, which of the above ten will they replace? Who is the true king of gambling? 【The only thing that everyone wants is the God of Gamblers】