On December 14, 1989, "God of Gamblers" was released and won a record box office of more than 37 million Hong Kong dollars. Wang Jing joined hands with Zhou Yunfa, Andy Lau and Zhang Min to start the era of gambling films in Hong Kong.
Since then, there have been many gambling films in the Hong Kong film industry: "The Gambler", "The Gambler", "The Gambler 2: Shanghai Gambling Sage", "The Legend of the New Brother of Casino Tycoon", "The Gambling Sage 2: Street Gambling Sage" ", "Gambling Master" and so on. Among them, most of the top ten best-selling films were performed by Chow Yun-fat and Stephen Chow.
"God of Gamblers II" (also known as "Legend of Gao Jin") was released on December 15, 1994, and finally won a box office of 51.53 million Hong Kong dollars. The film is the first Hong Kong film in Hong Kong film history to exceed 50 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office. Both "God of Gamblers" set a record, Wang Jing naturally said with confidence, "I am the number one in the world when making gambling films."
, the male number one Chow Yun-fat, took away Zhou Xingchi's consecutive box office record with "God of Gamblers II". Four-year box office champion. Since then, the gambling craze began to decline. Later, many Hong Kong directors followed suit and filmed similar themes that could not replicate "God of Gamblers II" in terms of quality, word of mouth, and box office.
"God of Gamblers II" has become the highest box office gambling film since Hong Kong film history statistics. This is the last time Chow Yun-fat has won the "Hong Kong Box Office Champion of the Year" in his film and television career, and it is also the last time Wang Jing can win the box office champion in his directing career.
"God of Gamblers II" includes actors from both sides of the strait, with a strong lineup: Xiang Huaqiang, Chow Yun-fat, Liang Jiahui, Qiu Shuzhen, Zhang Min, Xu Jinjiang, Xie Miao, Wu Xingguo, Wu Qianlian, Ke Shouliang and so on. Xingguang Yiyi is also in line with director Wang Jing's usual business model.
"God of Gamblers II" is not as famous as "God of Gamblers", mainly because the film involves many sensitive events. In 1994, a Taiwanese businessman traveled to Zhejiang to disturb both sides of the Taiwan Strait... The film also designed a plot that mirrored this event. Part of it was shot in Taiwan. The release of
and "God of Gamblers II" resonated with the panic and confused emotions of some Hong Kong people about the future. Those black humor that can't be said more gave the audience a sense of substitution.
"God of Gamblers II" has many distinctive characters, regardless of the protagonist and supporting role can play a role in promoting the development of the story. The beautiful and charming Qiu Shuzhen, dressed in red, with a bit of poker in her mouth, can tell who is the real gambler with her own charm.
Leung Ka Fai has a slick tone and an image of a cheap and cute little bastard, which is impressive. The image of "Little Horse" once portrayed by Chow Yun-fat is deeply rooted and popular in Asia. In "God of Gamblers II", Chow Yun-fat perfectly interprets how to transform from a silly humble bastard into a suit and leather shoes, full of aura.
The cruelest villain in the "God of Gamblers" series is not the Qiu Xiaozhu played by Wu Xingguo in "The God of Gamblers II". In order to force the God of Gamblers to come back out of the arena, he broke the wife of the God of Gamblers (played by Zhang Min) and took out the child who was still in his belly...
Wu Xingguo, who was born in Peking opera, had excellent acting skills. He officially entered the film world at the age of 40. After Feng Jingyao in "New Shanghai Beach" and Xu Xian in "Green Snake"...
After 1994, "The God of Gamblers 3: The Young God of Gamblers", "The Gambler vs. Las Vegas" and " "Chinese Gamblers" is not as good as one, and the gambling film has completed its historical mission. The once beautiful video room era will always be fixed in the 1980s and 1990s.
