From Vegas to Macau II | |
Director: | Wong Jing |
Producer: | Andrew Lau Connie Wong |
Starring: | Chow Yun-fat Nick Cheung Carina Lau Shawn Yue Angela Wang Michelle Hu |
Music: | Chan Kwong-wing Chen Zhiyi |
Cinematography: | Andrew Lau Cho Man-keung |
Editing: | Azrael Chung |
Studio: | Mega-Vision Project Workshop Bona Film Group Sun Entertainment Culture Shaw Brothers Pictures Media Asia Film Production |
Distributor: | Media Asia Group |
Runtime: | 110 minutes |
Country: | Hong Kong China |
Language: | Cantonese Mandarin Thai |
Gross: | US$156.85 million (China)[1] |
Order: | ts |
T: | 賭城風雲II |
S: | 赌城风云II |
J: | dou2 sing4 fung1 wan4 II |
P: | Dǔchéng Fēngyún II |
From Vegas to Macau II (Chinese: 賭城風雲II) is a 2015 3D[2] Hong Kong-Chinese action comedy film directed and written by Wong Jing and starring Chow Yun-fat, Nick Cheung, Carina Lau, Shawn Yue, Angela Wang and Michelle Hu. The film is the sequel to From Vegas to Macau.[3] The third installment of the series, From Vegas to Macau III was released on February 8, 2016.
James Marsh of the British magazine Screen International gave the film a negative review, writing, "The result is a noticeable step down in quality from last year's offering" and "Much of the comedy throughout the film also falls flat."[5]
As of March 2015 the film has grossed US$157 million in China.[6]
The film opened at No. 2 at the Chinese box office behind Dragon Blade earning US$29 million in its opening weekend[7] ($43.1 million from Thursday to Sunday) which is higher than its predecessor's opening weekend gross.[8] It topped the box office in its second weekend with US$69.8 million (up 58%).[9] In its third weekend, the film fell to No. 2 earning US$27.4 million while Hollywood's animated film, Big Hero 6 took the top spot.[6]