Box Office Gross: 974 million yuan You don't have to be Chinese to appreciate From Vegas To Macau II. Oh, wait, you probably do, actually - it wasn't given a worldwide release, which means that - as far as Western audiences are concerned - this movie doesn't exist. It doesn't even have any reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, for God's sake - what kind of motion picture is this, China? Did anybody even manage to catch From Vegas To Macau, because this one's a sequel to that flick, apparently? Wait a second: it turns out that From Vegas to Macau II is actually the fifth film in a sprawling franchise about a gambler, played by Chow Yun-fat, who reprises his rather famous role as a character called "Ko Chun" from another movie called God of Gamblers, which was actually quite good? Yes, that Chow Yun-fat, by the way - one of China's biggest film stars. This is a reportedly a comedy film, based around a sort of gambling con, and it - according to US reviews, anyway - wasn't very funny. So, yeah, you probably don't need to seek this one out. It's probably the Chinese equivalent of The Hangover: Part II or something; everybody rushed out to see it, even though it was noticeably terrible in every capacity.
Sam Hill is an ardent cinephile and has been writing about film professionally since 2008. He harbours a particular fondness for western and sci-fi movies.
