The Saint of Gamblers

June. 28,1995      
Rating:
5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Lui is the tyrant of gamblers in Macau. He puts forward a masked Saint Of Gamblers to cover for him in the casino. Meanwhile, Uncle Sam has lost his livelihood since the real Saint Of Gamblers retired. So he sets out in search of the new Saint. He discovers God Bless You, who possesses extraordinary powers and takes him under his wing. God meets Ho, the Goddess Of Gamblers from Thailand, and learns that she has planned to kill Yuen and her younger brother, Lung. Lui, knowing that God is in love with Yuen, abducts her so that God will be too depressed to perform well in the competition. But then something unexpected turns up...

Eric Kot Man-Fai as  God Bless You
Chingmy Yau as  Yuen-Fan
Ng Man-tat as  Uncle Tat
Diana Pang as  Hokei
Ben Lam as  Ray Thai
Ashton Chen as  Siu Lung
Shing Fui-On as  Big Mouth Dog
Donnie Yen as  Lone Seven
John Ching Tung as  Loanshark Tung
Chan Pak-Cheung as  Competition announcer

Similar titles

Uptown Saturday Night
Uptown Saturday Night
Two blue-collar buddies search the underworld for a winning lottery ticket lost in a nightclub holdup.
Uptown Saturday Night 1974
Let's Do It Again
Let's Do It Again
Clyde Williams and Billy Foster are a couple of blue-collar workers in Atlanta who have promised to raise funds for their fraternal order, the Brothers and Sisters of Shaka. However, their method for raising the money involves travelling to New Orleans and rigging a boxing match.
Let's Do It Again 1975
Guys and Dolls
Prime Video
Guys and Dolls
Gambler Nathan Detroit has few options for the location of his big craps game. Needing $1,000 to pay a garage owner to host the game, Nathan bets Sky Masterson that Sky cannot get virtuous Sarah Brown out on a date. Despite some resistance, Sky negotiates a date with her in exchange for bringing people into her mission. Meanwhile, Nathan's longtime fiancée, Adelaide, wants him to go legit and marry her.
Guys and Dolls 1955
At Long Last Love
At Long Last Love
Four socialites unexpectedly clash: heiress Brooke Carter runs into gambler Johnny Spanish at the race track while playboy Michael O. Pritchard nearly runs into stage star Kitty O'Kelly with his car. Backstage at Kitty's show, it turns out she and Brooke are old friends who attended public school together. The foursome do the town, accompanied by Brooke's companion Elizabeth, who throws herself at Michael's butler and chauffeur Rodney James.
At Long Last Love 1975
Shaolin Invincible Guys
Prime Video
Shaolin Invincible Guys
The girlfriend of a con-man is being held in a brothel and he must try to raise 200 tales of gold as a dowry. So he cheats a country simpleton out of his money then goes and loses it in the casino resulting in the country man feeling sorry for him. The two become friends and as they are both expert fighters start working as instructors for a local big boss but this causes real trouble.
Shaolin Invincible Guys 1978
Alex & Emma
Alex & Emma
Writer Alex Sheldon must finish his novel within a month. If he doesn't, he won't get paid. And, if that happens, angry Mafia types to whom he owes money will come looking for him. In order to expedite things, Alex hires typist Emma Dinsmore and begins dictating his novel. The book is about a doomed love affair between a character similar to Alex and a character named Polina Delacroix. But, as Alex falls for Emma, his work takes a different turn.
Alex & Emma 2003
I Want a Divorce
I Want a Divorce
Comedy about newlyweds wondering if their marriage was a mistake.
I Want a Divorce 1940
Blackbeard's Ghost
Blackbeard's Ghost
The eponymous wraith returns to Earth to aid his descendant, elderly Emily Stowecroft. The villains want to kick Emily and her friends out of their group home so that they can build a crooked casino. Good guy Steve Walker gets caught in the middle of the squabble after evoking Blackbeard's ghost.
Blackbeard's Ghost 1968
Poolhall Junkies
Starz
Poolhall Junkies
A retired pool hustler is forced to pick up the stick again when his brother starts a game he can't finish.
Poolhall Junkies 2003
Viva Las Vegas
Max
Viva Las Vegas
Lucky Jackson arrives in town with his car literally in tow ready for the first Las Vegas Grand Prix - once he has the money to buy an engine. He gets the cash easily enough but mislays it when the pretty swimming pool manageress takes his mind off things. It seems he will lose both race and girl, problems made more difficult by rivalry from Elmo Mancini, fellow racer and womaniser.
Viva Las Vegas 1964

You May Also Like

Return
Return
A young man returns home for the weekend to discover the difficulty of juggling friends, parents, magic mushrooms and several thousand chickens.
Return 2015
Return
Return
A young couple purchase their new home to start a life together, only to find out the elderly couple next door have other plans for them.
Return 2015
Return
Return
Owen, a young man is dissatisfied with his life. He heads into the forest to escape and learns a lot during his time there.
Return 2020
Return
Return
A tale of terror. Cathy Reed has been institutionalized most of her life because of Schizophrenia, as a child her parents thought she was possessed by demons and had her exercised by priests. Medical science saw different. Now decades later Cathy is freed, relocated to her own flat and given a chance to be independent. Once alone things are not what they all seem and when her nightmares turn real she questions her state of mind before she is left to face her demons.
Return 2015
Box
Box
The execution was scheduled and the last meal consumed. The coolness of the poisons entering the blood system slowed the heart rate and sent him on the way to Judgement. He had paid for his crime with years on Death Row waiting for this moment and now he would pay for them again as the judgment continued..
Box 2021
Return
Return
Static images of an old country house are combined with voices of the past to evocative effect. Haunting and nostalgic, 'Return' conveys the life that exists in old, abandoned places.
Return 1972
Box
Box
A doomsday pepper is surprised to find a mysterious box appear in his living room with no trace as to how it could've gotten there.
Box 2022
Hello
Hello
In a digital world, can analogue find true love? It is the wise old gramaphone who has the answers for a lovesick loner.
Hello 2003
Hello
Hello
The film tells the story of three best friends named Ako, Aki and Awang, who are well-known in their village for their mischievous and humourous pranks. The trio work for Pak Man. One day, they are assigned to pick up his daughter Misha, who has just returned from overseas and dreams of becoming a doctor. The trio have been in love with her for a long time but she does not pay them any heed. When Misha is robbed by a snatch thief one day, she is rescued by a doctor named Shafiq. Her face reminds the doctor of his late wife, and he begins to pursue her, which annoys the trio.
Hello 2013
Return
Return
A horror short with no dialogue (Advised to watch with headphones)
Return 2018

Reviews

Stometer
1995/06/28

Save your money for something good and enjoyable

... more
Ensofter
1995/06/29

Overrated and overhyped

... more
Nayan Gough
1995/06/30

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

... more
Cheryl
1995/07/01

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

... more