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The Conman (1998)

The Conman poster
Original title
賭俠1999
Directed by
Wong Jing
Genre
action comedy film
Country
Hong Kong
Runtime
1h 53m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 31 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A con artist gets involved in gambling and trickery. He faces rivals and tries to outsmart them with clever schemes.

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What happens

The Conman is a 1998 Hong Kong action comedy film directed by Wong Jing and starring Andy Lau, Athena Chu and Nick Cheung. Despite the Chinese title, which translates as Knight of Gamblers 1999, Andy Lau does not reprise his role as the "Knight of Gamblers" from the God of Gamblers series, which was also directed by Wong Jing. The film was followed by a sequel, The Conmen in Vegas, in which Lau and Cheung return with new cast members Natalis Chan, Kelly Lin, Meggie Yu and Alex Man. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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