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Casino (1998)

Casino poster
Original title
濠江風雲
Directed by
Billy Tang
Genre
biographical film
Country
Hong Kong
Runtime
1h 32m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Hong Kong gangster recalls his rise from a young street thug to a powerful triad leader. The story shows how his ambition leads to violent conflicts and personal losses.

fast-pacedviolentbleakdramatictensemelancholicgroundedbiographical

What happens

《濠江風雲》()是1998年上映的一部香港電影,由鄧衍成執導,任達華、方中信、郭可盈、吳毅將等主演。敍述有關以尹國駒(別名「崩牙駒」,也是主要投資者和出品人)事記作藍圖版本而製【TVBS】獨家/人生如戲!15歲涉黑 崩牙駒出獄盼新開始 Youtube,2016年8月2日。 該片敍述於1991年,由尹志巨(別名 崩牙巨,任達華 飾,也是以「崩牙駒」人物原型)接受香港記者方穎寧(郭可盈 飾)訪問,說述有關由他自幼加入黑社會,慢慢變成頭目。香港社團頭目魚欄燦(陳惠敏 飾,以「街市偉」(吳文新,別名吳偉)人物原型)想利用巨和炳爺(吳志雄 飾,以「摩頂平」人物原型)相對鬥爭,因此互相衝突開始。直至巨變成強大,把炳逐出澳門以外。雖然如此,但同時巨要付上最大沉重代價,包括因為前妻(蔡少芬 飾,以建安娜人物原型)過著寧靜生活而離開和分手、小廖(方中信 飾,以「七小福」小耀及「水房賴」姊夫人物原型)因患上癌症而去世,另一方面儘管炳逐出澳門,也同時面對一場風雨爭鬥問題和自身發覺失去一切更多。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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