Member AlbertV Posted June 12, 2014 Member Share Posted June 12, 2014 http://www.jaynestars.com/movies/nick-cheung-and-carina-lau-to-star-in-from-vegas-to-macau-2/ http://www.jaynestars.com/movies/shawn-yue-may-replace-nicholas-tse-for-from-vegas-to-macau-2/ Wong Jing will begin shooting the sequel to FROM VEGAS TO MACAU at the end of the month. Returning: Chow Yun-Fat, Kimmy Tong, and Max Zhang. Not Returning: Nicholas Tse and Chapman To. New cast members: Nick Cheung (his first gambling film in 11 years!, he will play a troubled accountant), Carina Lau (as Chow's love interest), and possibly Shawn Yue (replacing Nicholas Tse as a new apprentice for Chow's character) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member kami Posted June 13, 2014 Member Share Posted June 13, 2014 New cast members: Nick Cheung (his first gambling film in 11 years! What about WISE GUYS NEVER DIE and MY WIFE IS A GAMBLING MAESTRO from 2006 and 2008? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AlbertV Posted July 10, 2014 Author Member Share Posted July 10, 2014 It is official...FROM VEGAS TO MACAU II will begin production shortly. Shawn Yue has been confirmed to replace Nicholas Tse, but Chow Yun-Fat, Carina Lau, and Kimmy Tong are set to reprise their roles. Nick Cheung will play the new nemesis of the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator One Armed Boxer Posted November 13, 2014 Moderator Share Posted November 13, 2014 First images from the production are out - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member David Rees Posted November 13, 2014 Member Share Posted November 13, 2014 God no. The first was truly awful, with lame comedy and very little action. Surprised Chow Yun Fat is involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member BaronK Posted November 13, 2014 Member Share Posted November 13, 2014 Not to mention, Yun Fat being on the blacklist and WJ being the good boy. Seems strange esp. the timing. Also Yun Fat looking so slim after all of those years of not being that. Must be on the Andy Lau diet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member fabhui Posted November 13, 2014 Member Share Posted November 13, 2014 Chow Yun Fat actually looks pretty frail on those pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator One Armed Boxer Posted November 14, 2014 Moderator Share Posted November 14, 2014 Chow Yun Fat actually looks pretty frail on those pics. I'm surprised this wasn't mentioned when 'From Vegas to Macau' was released, while I wouldn't go so far as to say he looked frail, it's definitely the most slim he's ever been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member GOLDEN DRAGON YIN-YANG Posted November 29, 2014 Member Share Posted November 29, 2014 HKMDB says David Chiang is involved w/ this flix. True or not? Apparently so. Chow Yun-Fat Shawn Yu Man-Lok Carina Lau Ka-Ling Nick Cheung Ka-Fai John Zhang Jin Kimmy Tong Fei Michelle Hu Ran Wu Yue (2) Angela Wang Shi-Ling David Chiang Da-Wei Yuen Qiu Jin Qiao-Qiao Wang Zi-Zi Rebecca Zhu Chen-Li Connie Man Hoi-Ling Jacky Choi Kit Bella Law Chi-Kiu Samantha Ko Hoi-Ning Candy Chan Hui-Wen GD Y-Y GD Y-Y Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AlbertV Posted December 5, 2014 Author Member Share Posted December 5, 2014 Trailer, with the title The Man from Macau II: b-Q-GcoPHlo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member mark187 Posted December 23, 2014 Member Share Posted December 23, 2014 3I6c00AIbWE Cantonese trailer, haven't seen the first one yet, but this looks surprisingly good! over-the-top action galore! I'll probably pick them both up when this hits dvd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator KUNG FU BOB Posted December 24, 2014 Administrator Share Posted December 24, 2014 I enjoyed the first one, and was glad to hear it was getting a sequel. That trailer looked promising! Bring on more Chow Yun-Fat in "classic mode" (even in a goofy Wong Jing film CYF is classic). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member abbotwhite Posted December 25, 2014 Member Share Posted December 25, 2014 3I6c00AIbWE Cantonese trailer, haven't seen the first one yet, but this looks surprisingly good! over-the-top action galore! I'll probably pick them both up when this hits dvd The first one was absolutely awful the only highlight was the last 2 minutes. But this one actually looks reasonably entertaining and seeing Chow in full Muay Thai garb should be worth the price of admission. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DiP Posted February 2, 2015 Member Share Posted February 2, 2015 The guy Chow Yun-Fat's fighting in the ring is none other than Ken Lo. Source: http://hktopten.blogspot.se/2015/02/20150202-chow-yun-fat-gets-all.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Sheng Posted February 4, 2015 Member Share Posted February 4, 2015 The first one was absolutely awful the only highlight was the last 2 minutes. Can't help but concur with this verdict... but the last scene had me in stitches though! Saw the film first on the Mainland in Putonghua and the very young Lunar New Year audience responded rather enthusiastically from the get-go to what I thought were rather naff and oftentimes also decidedly un-funny slapstick routines (even by Wong Jing standards). Still, it speaks volumes that FROM VEGAS TO MACAU later shaped up to be the schlockmaster's biggest-grossing film in his three-and-a-half decades long career! Thought maybe it comes across better in Cantonese - I mean, you gotta hear Chapman To in his throaty Canto, right? - and went to see it again in HK a couple of weeks later, but still the film didn't impove on me. I also can't remember hearing anything but a few faint giggles in the theatre... I think sans Stephen Chow Wong Jing's gambling movies weren't great shakes any more, but, say, CONMAN IN TOKYO was still a hell of a lot funnier (and fight-heavier) than this. Biggest disappointment for me was Nick Tse's lacklustre acting and fighting performance. Still, how many new CYF films can we watch nowadays, so I suppose this coming Lunar New Year I'ma sit through the sequel... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member mark187 Posted February 17, 2015 Member Share Posted February 17, 2015 http://moviexclusive.com/detail.php?c=54&desc=F&p=3457&t=from-vegas-to-macau-ii-36172224783911820113ii-2015_3457 the review plus the trailer make this sound/look like a must-buy on BD! I'll grab the first on dvd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AlbertV Posted February 24, 2015 Author Member Share Posted February 24, 2015 The Man from Macau II, aka From Vegas to Macau II, took second place at the China box office during the Lunar New Year behind Jackie Chan's new film Dragon Blade. Okay, so in Hong Kong, the film is called "From Vegas to Macau", but in Mainland China, it is called "The Man from Macau"...now I get it...I was so confused all this time...phew!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Sheng Posted March 4, 2015 Member Share Posted March 4, 2015 Went to see it last night, unfortunately the film plays without English subs in China, so I couldn’t grasp more than rudiments of its madcap plot. Incidentally, FROM VEGAS TO MACAU 2 was the only one of this year’s Chinese New Year’s blockbusters that played without English subs… Jackie Chan’s DRAGON BLADE, WOLF TOTEM (a fairly engaging adaption of Jiang Rong’s fantastic novel from a decade ago) and the truly abysmal fantasy wuxia ZHONG KUI – SNOW GIRL AND THE DARK CRYSTAL all made it into Chinese theatres with English subs - unfortunately this one didn’t. What I can say is that FROM VEGAS TO MACAU 2 looks better than the first part, partially because of the great Thai locations, but mainly because most of the action set pieces, as loopy and CGI-laden as they are, do not fail to entertain and even the film’s 3 D enhancement is actually quite passable. You get senseless shoot-outs and CG explosions galore, a body-count in the hundreds, speed boat races through canals, crocodile attacks, a Muay Thai ring fight between Ken Lo and… believe it or not, Chow Yun Fat (and that’s a gas, trust me!), a butler robot with machine gun arms and, once again, CYF mowing down opponents with poker cards as if they were flying guillotines… and the silliness doesn’t stop there! The idiocy of the final showdown on board of a flying jumbo jet super casino is hard to stomach, but I will admit that CYF and, to a lesser degree, Nick Cheung and the ever-wonderful Carina Lau make even the wackiest Wong Jing brew watchable. And, just like in part 1, HK film buffs with an undying love for Chow’s iconic Ko Chun character are once again guaranteed to laugh their butts off in the last two minutes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator One Armed Boxer Posted April 20, 2015 Moderator Share Posted April 20, 2015 Review is up from Kozo at lovehkfilm, which seems to echo Sheng's comments - http://www.lovehkfilm.com/reviews_2/from_vegas_to_macau_2.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator One Armed Boxer Posted July 13, 2015 Moderator Share Posted July 13, 2015 I got through watching this one last night, and think it surpasses the original in every way. Bigger action, funnier comedy, and more Chow Yun Fat...what more do you want from a Lunar New Year movie!? Check out my full review here - http://www.cityonfire.com/from-vegas-to-macau-ii-aka-the-man-from-macau-2015-review/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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