Aka : Pou hark wong, 撲克王 Year : 2009 Country : Hong Kong Language: Cantonese Subtitle(s) : English Film Genre : Comedy IMDB :Poker King Links :Love HK Flix
DVD Source : DVD5 Retail Ripper : gandarloda Video Format : AVI – H264 – 2 pass Video Bitrate : 1398 kbps Aspect Ratio : 2.444:1 Resolution : 704 x 384 Audio Format : AC3 Audio Bitrate : 192 kbps Video Runtime: 121 mins Frame Rate : 23.976 fps
Director : Chan Hing Ka, Janet Chu Cast : Lau Ching Wan, Louis Koo, Josie Ho, Stephy Tang, Cherrie Ying, Jo Kuk, Wong You Nam, Cheung Siu Fai, Jacky heung, Lam Suet, Cheung Tung Cho
Plot/Synopsis
Zhang Ren Jie (Louis Koo) is the heir of a casino in Macau but since he is not interested to take over the gambling business he decides to leave for Canada, prompting the casino manager Zhuo Yi (Lau Ching Wan) to persuade him to come back.
Zhang’s only interest is with online poker and Zhuo Yi performs well as the casino manager and is due to take over as the new owner under the late Zhang’s father decision as he has no confidence under Zhang’s lack of interest in casino business operations and poor skills in public relations.
Upon hearing the decision the angry Zhang leaves the casino and meet up with Xiao Rong (Stephy Tang) who gives him luck to win and later cooperates with Miss Kwan (Josie Ho) to participate in a poker king tournament.
In his earlier days Zhang always lost in gambling but now he has completely changed and is prepared to face Zhuo Yi in a real poker tournament. He wants to settle old scores between the two and to get back what his father had left behind in the gambling industry.
Now, facing in the final is both Zhang Ren Jie and Zhuo Yi. Who will become the real poker king?
