From Vegas to Macau (Chinese: 賭城風雲), also known as The Man From Macau (Chinese: 澳門風雲), is a Hong Kong-Chinese crime comedy film directed by Wong Jing and starring Chow Yun-fat, Nicholas Tse, Chapman To and Jing Tian The film is the fourth installment of the God of Gamblers film series where Chow reprises his role as the titular protagonist once again since 1994’s God of Gamblers Returns. The film was released during 2014 Chinese New Year. – Source Wikipedia.
“God of Gamblers” movie fans will love this movie. Don’t worry if you have not watched the “God of Gamblers” because it is not a squeal to it. Only the last 10 seconds of the movie will make sense if you did.
Some interesting facts from the movie:
- The brand of playing cards featured in the movie are made by USPCC (United States Playing Card Company) and commonly used by magicians around the world because of its quality. Decks commonly used in movies: http://instagram.com/p/lJ5bQmn4GB/
- During the standoff dual between “Ken” 石一坚 (played by Chow Yun-Fatt) and Mr. Ko (played by Gao Hu); hand doubles were used during the visual displays of complicated card shuffling. Such complicated card shuffling are known as Card Flourish.
- Card Flourish can help a magician improve their dexterity and sleight of hand. Sample of a sleight of hand move: http://instagram.com/p/lWXEo7H4D4/
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