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Casino Raiders (1989)

Casino Raiders poster
Original title
至尊無上
Directed by
Jimmy Heung, Wong Jing
Genre
action film, martial arts film
Country
Hong Kong
Runtime
2h 07m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 29 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Two friends get caught up in the high stakes world of gambling and crime. They must navigate loyalty and betrayal as they face dangerous enemies.

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What happens

Casino Raiders is a 1989 Hong Kong action drama film written and directed by Jimmy Heung and Wong Jing and starring Andy Lau, Alan Tam, Idy Chan and Rosamund Kwan. It belonged to the early part of the 1989-1996 period, a period when gambling-themed films were dominating the Hong Kong movie scene. It was released one week after Fatal Bet, another film by Heung based on the same true story but filmed in English with different actors in the lead roles. The film was followed by two sequels, No Risk, No Gain (1990) and Casino Raiders II (1991), which have unrelated plots. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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