All for the Winner (1990)

A man discovers that his dumb, lovable nephew can see through objects and decides to unleash him into the world of gambling.

Directors:

Jeffrey Lau, Corey Yuen

Writer:

Jeffrey Lau

Stars:

Stephen Chow, Man-Tat Ng, Man Cheung

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Stephen Chow	...	Chow Sing Cho / 'The Saint of Gamblers' (as Sing-chi Chow)
Man-Tat Ng	...	Blackie Tat (as Mang-tat Ng)
Man Cheung	...	Yee Mong / 'Beautiful Dream'
Sandra Kwan Yue Ng	...	Ping (as Kwan-yue Ng)
Paul Chun	...	Wong Hung Kwong / 'The King of Gamblers' (as Pui Chun)
Yuen-Yan Lo	...	Luk
Corey Yuen	...	Fishy Shing (as Kwai Yuen)
Jeffrey Lau	...	Chung Chan (as Chun-wai Lau)
Yeung-Ming Wan	...	Billy (as Yeung-ming Wan)
Sheila Chan	...	Ying (as Suk-lan Chan)
Ka-Sang Cheng	...	Rascal (as Ka-sung Cheng)
Miu Ting Kong	...	Rascal
Szu-Ying Chien	...	Sword-wielding old woman (as Tsi-Ang Chin)
Mei-Yee Sze	...	Reporter
Ching Wai	...	Hung's Men

Storyline

Sing, a dumb, lovable mainlander with supernatural powers comes to China to visit his uncle Tat. When it's revealed that Sing can see through objects, Tat employs him as "The Saint of Gamblers," and proceeds to set him loose in the gambling world.

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Genres:

Action | Comedy

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Details

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Release Date:

18 August 1990 (Hong Kong)

Also Known As:

All for the Winner

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$5,305,231

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paragon Films Ltd., Wellstreet Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Instead of doing a proper sequel, Stephen Chow took his "Gambling Saint" character into Wong Jing's God of Gamblers franchise for two subsequent features. The only true sequel/spin-off to All for the Winner is the film The Top Bet, which cast Anita Mui as Sing's sister. Stephen Chow had a minor cameo in that film.

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Connections

Spoofed in All's Well, Ends Well 2009 (2009)

User Reviews

Probably Stephen Chow's signature movie.

This is probably Stephen Chow's signature movie, where he plays Chow Sing Cho, a Mainland nephew who visits his Uncle Tat (Man Tat Ng) in Hong Kong and is being encouraged by him to enter the gambling world. Cho possesses supernatural powers that enable him to see through objects, thus, Tat thinks this would be a good strategy for Cho to score some big gambling wins to him get out of being poor.

Co-directed by nonsensical comedy buff Jeffrey Lau, this film actually has a well mixture of action and drama, from Cho running into the Hong Kong Triads to him attempting to learn the real reason beyond his powers. There is also a good dose of slapstick comedy courtesy of Man Tat Ng and Sandra Ng, who plays the funny Ping, the love interest of Coren Yuen's character. It's a good thing the slapstick stuff doesn't get annoying that will leave a bad aftertaste. In addition, thrown in the beautiful Sharla Cheung and a host of other familiar faces in Hong Kong cinema (Paul Chun, Yuen-yan Lo and Sheila Chan), you'll get a good rush of entertainment.

The plot goes at a fairly fast pace from start finish and all the card playing, triad stuff (wished the villain was utilized more, though), Kung-Fu action and comic humor make this an entertaining film.

Grade B+