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Casino
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List Price: $9.98
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Manufacturer: Tapeworm
Starring: Kent Cheng, Alex Fong, Simon Yam, Vincent Sze, Ada Choi
Directed By: Hin Sing 'Billy' Tang
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0639518605027
Format: Color
Label: Tapeworm
Manufacturer: Tapeworm
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Tapeworm
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2002-01-22
Running Time: 90
Studio: Tapeworm
Theatrical Release Date: 1997
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: CASINO, filmed in Macau, features gangs each set on domination.
Comment: CASINO, a movie filmed in Macau (former Portuguese
autonomous territory, apart from mainland China),
directed by Billy Tang, and released in 1998 is a
riveting, absorbing movie, with an original story, a
reasonably attractive filming location ( Macau ), a
talented cast, attractive visuals and cool music.
The lesson of this movie, is that, wherever there's easy money
to be made - by running gambling operations that have
exorbitantly high profit margins (card games, etc.) - a
competitive element will be present (here, in the form of many
gangs), strife and warfare as well, as each gang sets their
sights on domination. Law enforcement's only approach in
controlling the overall societal problem, is to have a key
man, playing the diplomat between the gangs, hoping to
keep the public's attention away from these criminal
elements, to maintain their confidence in the political
administation, in this case, Portuguese (until late 1990's.)
At one point in the movie, a police chief tells the Asian
gangs, and his "diplomat" delegate, in the aftermath of
a murder, "Settle this problem among yourselves" - not wanting
to approach the Asian phenomenon with a European solution.
Some fascinating aspects, in this Asian production, are
the charismatic actors and actresses, the historical filming
locations, the relaxing overall mood conveyed by the picture,
and the ongoing struggle to maintain order in the territory.
The soundtrack is well done, facilitating the laying out of a
mood to the action sequences, etc. There's a number of
luxury autos, as well - Ferrari, Porsche, etc. as driven
by the mobsters. A curious aspect, is perhaps the frightening
hordes, literally, in modern times, of bikers and gangsters
roaming the streets, carrying out assaults and vandalism,
overruning their competitors poker games, caausing havoc, etc.
Finally, the main weakness, of this movie, is the digital transfer.
The TV panning severely degrades the quality of the
release, as opposed to a letter-box or rectangular release
that would have benefitted greatly this movie, as well as
the readability of the subtitles, for those not fluent in
Mandarin.
Overall, this is a quality theatrical release, professional
in all aspects, that surely captivated the senses of the
paying public, and my own, and that did not disappoint.
Customer Rating:
Summary: This is NOT Casino with DeNiro and Pesci....different movie
Comment: This is NOT Casino with DeNiro and Pesci, this is a different movie.
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