Dou hap (1991)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Jing Wong

Writers:

Jeffrey Lau (characters)
See-Yuen Ng (characters)

Plot:

Wong Jing's sequel to All for the Winner and spin-off to God of Gamblers finds Chow Sing Cho looking...

Plot Keywords:

Sequel

Cast

Andy Lau	...	Michael Chan / Dagger / Little Knife / The Knight of Gamblers
Stephen Chow	...	Chow Sing Cho / 'The Saint of Gamblers'
Man Tat Ng	...	Uncle 'Blackie' Tat
Lap-Man Sin	...	Hussein
Monica Chan	...	Kau Loong / Kowloon
Sharla Cheung	...	Dream Lo (as Man Cheung)
Charles Heung	...	Ng Loong / 'God of Guns'
Fui-On Shing	...	Kau
Ronald Wong	...	Crawl
Hon Lam Bau	...	Chan Kam-Sing
John Ching	...	Tai-Kun / 'The Devil of Gamblers'
Kirk Wong	...	C.N. Tai
Sau Leung 'Blacky' Ko	...	Leader of the Hitmen
Hong-Ning Ng	...	Man in Bar
Yun-Fat Chow	...	Ko Chun / 'The God of Gamblers' (also archive footage) (as Chow Yun Fat)

Also Known As:

Du xia (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
God of Gamblers II (International: English title)
Knight of Gamblers (Hong Kong: English title) (literal title)

Runtime:

99 min | Taiwan:120 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Hong Kong:IIA

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Company:

Win's Film Productions

Trivia:

This movie is a sequel to both God of Gamblers, which included Andy Lau's character, and to All for the Winner, which starred Stephen Chow and Man Tat Ng. This film should not be confused with God of Gamblers Returns, also released as God of Gamblers 2, and in essence the true sequel to the original God of Gamblers.

Movie Connections:

Followed by Du xia II: Shang Hai tan du sheng (1991)

The sequel to Chow yun Fats "God of Gamblers" & Stephen Chows "All for the Winners"

This is in a way the sequel to Chow Yun Fats "God of Gamblers" and Stephen Chows "All for the Winners" as it takes the history from both films to make this. Firstly... Chow yun fat is not in this film though there are clips of him taken from other movies as a joke. This film show The Knight of Gamblers (Andy Lau) life after the film "God of Gamblers", he is one of the best gamblers in the world and his master has sent him out to the public to do charity work. Meanwhile it shows Stephen Chows characters life after "All for the Winners" where he uses his mind powers to help him gamble. It comes to Chow that he should seek to be a disciple of the God of Gamblers, and goes to see if the Knight of Gamblers could help him in this mission. Shortly afterwards another gambler (named Devil of Gamblers) seeking revenge tries to assasinate the Knight of Gamblers and adopt his title for his own benefits. To clear his name the Knight of Gamblers (Lau) and the newly titled Saint of Gamblers (Chow) seek thier way pass many obstacles to give the Devil of Gamblers a match.

This film his hilarious and is even more hilarious if you have seen "God of Gamblers" and "All for the Winners". The places that are visited and the people who appear in this film are from its prequels. It is an added bonus when they keep referring to Chow yun fats character and the clips they place in this film which no doubtly are taken from his other films.

I would say this is a brilliant Stephen Chow film, and its great how Andy Lau performs his character in a way where it stay true to the original character but all the while seems to be making fun of it.

Excellent film.... i would give it 8/10!