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The Return of the God of Gamblers (1994)
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Original name: 賭神2
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Chow returns to play Ko Chun, a skilled gambler who now lives in retirement in France. Wu Xingguo plays an evil gangster who forces Ko out of retirement by killing his pregnant wife. Ko is forced to team up with a variety of other people to win out in the end. Wu Chien-lien plays Chow's romantic interest, Chingmy Yau plays a Taiwanese femme fatale, and Tony Leung provides much of the laughs.
Style:
slapstick, exciting, rough, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, slapstick comedy, crime drama
Plot:
gambling, martial arts, gunfight, chinese mafia, triad, gambler, heroes, pregnancy, murder, rescue, master warrior, vengeance, rivalry, danger, ambition, contests and competitions, hidden identity, partner, disorder, dishonesty, going straight, criminal's revenge, hopes, criminal heroes, unlikely partners ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
china, france, taiwan, asia, europe
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, Macao
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Chow Yun-Fat plays Ko Chun, an extremely talented and well known gambler. On the eve of a big confrontation with a famous Singaporean gambler, Ko walks into a trap set by Knife, an avid but a so-so gambler (Andy Lau), meant for an Indian servant. ...
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
hong kong, china, asia, tokyo, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
slapstick, semi serious, exciting, humorous
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Ching and Yiu and problems they face with Mickey, a fellow inmate and "Assassin", a prison guard. Yiu is sentenced to three years for manslaughter. In a fight for his father, he pushed a man and was run over by a bus. Ching was sent to ...
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
hong kong, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
To pay off his debt as a gambler, a man drags his sister and step-brother into a life of crime and a violent war between rival gang lords.
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
hong kong, asia
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
hong kong
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23%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
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boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
china, shanghai, asia
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23%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, family relations, danger, gangster, rivalry, bodyguard, hitman, rescue, betrayal, chinese mafia, triad, woman in danger ...
Time:
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Place:
england, asia, europe, hong kong
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Similarity:
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462
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, suspense, captivating, tense, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
hong kong, asia
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The 5 Kao brothers, separated since childhood, are unaware that the master Teng Lung Manor, Lung Chen-feng has killed their father. All five, however, seek to defeat the vicious gangsters at the Manor.
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Country: Hong Kong, China, South Korea
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
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Similarity:
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Country: Hong Kong
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Place:
hong kong, asia
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Country: South Korea
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Story:
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Audience:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: Hong Kong
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Story:
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Place:
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Country: Denmark
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Hong Kong
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Story:
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Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Hong Kong
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Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Place:
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Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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