Member Yu_Xihong Posted September 18, 2008 Member Share Posted September 18, 2008 After watching some of Magicpoe's trailers I noticed 2 films... Challenge of the Gamesters and The Notorious Eight. They both looked like cool movies. It was cool as hell how they shuffled the tiles in Challenge of the Gamesters... so if these were actually rereleased they will be in my next batch of DVDs. However, I would still like to hear whatever comments about them if any. I really like novelty stuff like this. And not to mention, my man Mr. Gao :monkey11 from Shanghai 13 is in 1 of them lol... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Shaolin Patriot Posted September 18, 2008 Member Share Posted September 18, 2008 I also enjoyed King Gambler, with Chen Kuan Tai and Ku Feng. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Endsang Posted September 19, 2008 Member Share Posted September 19, 2008 Life gamble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member vengeanceofhumanlanterns Posted September 19, 2008 Member Share Posted September 19, 2008 The Notorious Eight is pretty cool actually. How is King Gambler? Ku Feng and Chen Kuan Tai really delivering with attitude? I think I remember there being stated on previous threads not too much fighting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Shaolin Patriot Posted September 19, 2008 Member Share Posted September 19, 2008 How is King Gambler? Ku Feng and Chen Kuan Tai really delivering with attitude? I think I remember there being stated on previous threads not too much fighting. I haven't seen it in awhile, but I seem to remember minimal fighting but a decent storyline. Chen Kuan Tai plays a card shark type who goes up against a leading gambling family. There was a fair amount of double-cross, trickery and deceipt. Some reviewers rated this a top gambling film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Yu_Xihong Posted December 5, 2008 Author Member Share Posted December 5, 2008 I just saw Challenge of the Gamesters and wow this was a damn good movie! It was a lot like Ocean's 11. Instead of Danny Ocean you get Luo Sihai the Master Impostor and his team of hired specialists who are trying to rob Chen Kuan Tai of some valuable info. BTW, that guy (Tse Yin) wasn't "Mr. Gao" but he looks just like him. I'm liking Wong Yu (Impostor Junior) alot more lately after seeing him in some more movies. Rather than his normal goofiness he's cool in this one. Requested by the army, they team up to outwit the Supreme Japanese Impostor. (similar to Ocean's 12) It wasn't heavy on action but the action it did have was pretty good. I didn't even set the bar that high but I was pleasantly surprised. Just the gambling alone was interesting. Luo Sihai fought with a deck of metal cards... he's like a James Bond clone which is cool. Always a step ahead, never caught in a bind, well dressed, but he didn't get "the girl." Chen Kuan Tai didn't really fight but he did sport some kind of machine-gun. He plays the "rich boss" role well. Chan Si Gaai, one of my favorite pieces of Shaw eye candy, played an actress who was pretty much the bait for Chen Kuan Tai to get swindled. I don't really wanna say much else because it would spoil the movie. I will say that they played a game of "human pool" and I thought that was a bit cheesy. Anyway, if you liked Ocean's 11, 12, 13... you will really get into this as a Shaw fan. http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/movie.asp?id=4123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member KyFi Posted December 1, 2010 Member Share Posted December 1, 2010 With DDDhouse's Shaw Brothers sale I picked up King Gambler, from 1976 with Chen Kuan Tai and Tsung Hua (and Chen Ping ) . I had never seen any HK gambling movies before, and I thought it was a lot of fun. It was kind of like gambling was substituted for kung fu---the one family had a mysterious, almost supernatural ability for gambling, stretching back many generations, and they had secret training methods and techniques. Some nice black and white flashbacks, and a fun sense of setting up gambling hustles and other assorted stings to get back at villain Chen Kuan Tai. Any others in this genre people like or would recommend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ekisha Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 These are my favourite SB gambling movies Notorious Eight Gambler's Delight Challenge Of The Gamesters Winner Takes All If you haven't seen other gambling movies made in HK you should check God Of Gamblers series. Cause they are the best examples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Kwok Choi Posted December 1, 2010 Member Share Posted December 1, 2010 If you haven't seen other gambling movies made in HK you should check God Of Gamblers series. Cause they are the best examples. Agreed and for Shaws add Mahjong Heroes and The Casino to Ekisha's list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Yu_Xihong Posted December 3, 2010 Author Member Share Posted December 3, 2010 These are my favourite SB gambling movies Notorious Eight Challenge Of The Gamesters Winner Takes All I liked all of these and it was cool to see Chen Hui Min in Winner Takes All. I really wish I could find the music in the Notorious 8 trailer ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYZPlscGRyc @1:29) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member KyFi Posted December 4, 2010 Member Share Posted December 4, 2010 Thanks for the suggestions, guys---that Notorious Eight trailer looked pretty good. I'll probably pick that one up next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Blood Sword Posted March 27, 2011 Member Share Posted March 27, 2011 Challenge Of The Gamesters Essential pick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member instant noodles Posted January 17, 2012 Member Share Posted January 17, 2012 King gambler and challenge of gamesters are ones I have screened so far. Both were good, tho KG too long, in middle it dragged dragged little bit. Notorious 8 and winner takes all I have in pile. Anything else I should get my claws into? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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