Casino Raiders II (1991)
"Zi zeon mou soeng II - Wing baa tin haa" (original title)

The Love and Animosities of three men... who will win in the end?

Director:

Johnnie To

Writer:

Kan-Cheung Tsang

Stars:

Andy Lau, Dave Wong, Chien-lien Wu

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Andy Lau	...	Chicken Feet
Dave Wong	...	Kit (as Wang Chieh)
Chien-lien Wu	...	Lin (as Wu Chien Lien)
Monica Chan	...	Kit's Ex
Kelvin Wong	...	James
Cheuk Yan Chan	...	Yan
Anthony Wong Chau-Sang	...	Pow
Siu-Ming Lau	...	Uncle Fan's Carer
Feng Tien	...	Uncle Fan
Kong Lau	...	King Kong
Kwan Yeung	...	Mr. Yeung
Sen Wong	...	Poker Judge
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Siu-Ming Lui
Yao-yin Ouyang	...	Poker Con-man
Wan-On Shing

Storyline

Chicken Feet (Andy Lau) assists in running an honorable gambling den owned by the crippled Uncle Fan (Siu-Ming Lau) and his son Kit (Wong Kit). Having previously tried to shut down the gambling den and take over by paralyzing Fan and framing Kit for another man's murder, ruthless local Triad boss, James (Kelvin Wong) goes a step further by murdering Fan. Driven only by money and the pursuit of two valuable 'Jade stones', James kidnaps Kit's daughter so he will surrender gambling in order for James to win the upcoming Championship. Despite Kit's wish to live a life of peace, Chicken Feet finds the Jade Stones and along with his partner, Lin (Wu Chien-Lien) plots his own revenge against James.

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Plot Keywords:

sequel | stabbed in the foot | hand chopped off | betrayal | shot to death | 

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama

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Details

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Release Date:

13 June 1991 (Hong Kong)

Also Known As:

Casino Raiders II

Company Credits

Production Co:

Win's Movie Productions Ltd., Paka Hill Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Except for the title, the film is not related in any way to Wong Jing's original "Casino Raiders". Even lead actor, Andy Lau, is seen here playing an entirely different character.

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Connections

Follows Zhi zun wu shang (1989)

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Soundtracks

"The Days We Passed By Together"
Performed by Andy Lau

User Reviews

Has its moments, but not enough of them

Despite the numerology, 1993's Casino Raiders 2 is actually the second in-name-only follow-up to 1989's smash-hit after Lau and Tam co-starred in No Risk, No Gain – The Sequel to Casino Raiders but it's perhaps more notable for being that rarest of Hong Kong commodities, a poor Johnny To film. It's studio product, pure and simple, formulaic to a fault and suffers badly from an awkward series of flashbacks to clumsily fill in the back story of gamblers Lau and Wang Jie. For much of the running time it's a gambling version on the old Western staple about the famed gunslinger trying to turn his back on the past and lead a quiet life, with the inevitable showdown constantly avoided no matter how outrageously Kelvin Wong wrongs him. Things pick up around the halfway point when Wang Jie literally throws in his hand and the film briefly turns into another revenge action movie before another multi-million dollar poker game finale hinging on a less than impressive bluff. On the plus side there's Anthony Wong essaying the villain's perennially happy sidekick who takes genuine glee in his work (if he were a dog he'd be wagging his tail the whole movie) and To manages to throw in a couple of visually interesting moments, but it's a terminally average movie.