Casino Raiders
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Film poster
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| Traditional | 至尊無上 |
| Simplified | 至尊无上 |
| Mandarin | Zhì Zūn Wú Shàng |
| Cantonese | Zi3 Zyun1 Mou4 Seong6 |
| Directed by |
Jimmy Heung Wong Jing |
| Produced by | Wallace Cheung |
| Written by | Wong Jing Jimmy Heung |
| Starring |
Andy Lau Alan Tam Idy Chan Rosamund Kwan |
| Music by |
James Wong Romeo Diaz |
| Cinematography | Joe Chan Lee Chi-wai |
| Edited by | Robert Choi |
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| Distributed by | Golden Harvest |
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Release date
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Running time
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127 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
| Budget | HK$30,000,000 |
| Box office | HK$23,292,339 |
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| Traditional Chinese | 至尊無上 | ||||||||||
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| Literal meaning | Absolutely Paramount | ||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Zhi zun wu shang |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Jyutping | zi3 zyun1 mou4 seong6 |
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. The film was followed by two sequels No Risk, No Gain (1990) and Casino Raiders II (1991) which have new storylines.
Crab Chan (Andy Lau) and Sam Law (Alan Tam) are a pair of renowned professional gamblers who are best friends. One day, a tycoon named Lung (Charles Heung) summons the two of them to his casino in Las Vegas to crack a scam led by a pair of Japanese gamblers, Kung (Hagiwara Kenzo) and his son Taro (Lung Fong). There, Crab and Sam also meet Koyan Tong (Idy Chan), a rich heiress from Hong Kong who is on vacation in the United States. Koyan and Sam also develop a relationship.
After the three of them return to Hong Kong, Sam is being hunted down by triads who were sent by Kung to seek revenge. Fortunately, Sam is rescued by Crab. However, this led to Crab severely injuring his left hand, which affected his gambling skills.
Koyan introduces her father to Sam, who is arranged to work in his future father in-law's company. There, Sam also ruins the Kungs' plan to scheme money from his father in-law, and thus, Kung hires more killers to kill Sam, and this time, he becomes injured and hospitalized. Sam's father in-law demands him to give up gambling which Sam promised to do. At Sam and Koyan's engagement, Crab brings his girlfriend Bo Bo (Rosamund Kwan) to congratulate the two while also finding out that Sam had decided to go straight. Sam wanted Crab to come help him in the company or lend money to start some decent business. Crab rejects these offers, citing that his English is not as good as Sam's, while in actuality, Crab did not want to give up gambling.
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