| The Conmen in Vegas | |||||||||||
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| Director: | Wong Jing | ||||||||||
| Producer: | Wong Jing | ||||||||||
| Starring: | Andy Lau Natalis Chan Nick Cheung Kelly Lin Meggie Yu Jewel Lee Alex Man | ||||||||||
| Music: | Ronald Ng | ||||||||||
| Cinematography: | Horace Wong | ||||||||||
| Editing: | Marco Mak Angie Lam | ||||||||||
| Studio: | Win's Entertainment Jing's Production | ||||||||||
| Distributor: | China Star Entertainment Group | ||||||||||
| Runtime: | 93 minutes | ||||||||||
| Country: | Hong Kong | ||||||||||
| Language: | Cantonese | ||||||||||
| Gross: | HK$17,761,670 | ||||||||||
The Conmen in Vegas is a 1999 Hong Kong action comedy film produced, written and directed by Wong Jing and is a sequel to the 1998 film The Conman. The film stars original returning cast members Andy Lau and Nick Cheung with new cast members Natalis Chan, Kelly Lin, Meggie Yu, Alex Man and Jewel Lee in her debut film role. The film was partially filmed in the Caesars Palace Resort, Las Vegas.
The story directly follows The Conman, where Dragon's sister, Ching, has left to study in Canada. After King and Dragon defeat Macau Mon, they become swindling partners. Along with Dragons' older cousin Luk Chard, the trio try swindling a large amount of money from Big Eyed Man at his underground casino. While the trio are enjoying themselves, unexpectedly, Man sends people to kill them and kidnap Dragon.
King and Luk Chard are brought to the Senior Chinese Front. It turns out that they want to hire them to go to Las Vegas to complete a task: to catch Peter Chu, a man who was in charge of multiple Tofu-dreg projects in the past few years in China, and then stole a large amount of money and fled to the United States. Because Chu is backed by many American politicians and organised gangs, they could not use diplomatic and legal channels to extradite him, they could only send a few gambling experts to catch him in the Caesars Palace casino where he visits daily. King and Luk would receive $120,000,000 as a reward. Since King needs to give $30,000,000 to Big Eyed Man to rescue Dragon, he accepts the task and goes to Las Vegas with Luk Chard.
Upon arriving in Las Vegas, King and Luk Chard encounters two gorgeous ladies Betty and Sammi, whom they previously met in Hong Kong. The four of them set a trap where Sammi seduces Chu and successfully capture him, but Chu has secretly notified his henchmen and girlfriend, Fei-fei, who are waiting for the arrival of the four at the airport, so King decides to escort Chu via a road trip to Los Angeles and board a flight there. However, Chu tries to break free on the way, which startles the bus driver and passengers, causing the four and Chu to travel on foot in the desert, where both Chu and Luk Chard suffer from rattlesnake bites. Luckily, King encounters his friend, adult film director Handsome Wu, who was filming in the desert. Wu helps King stage a rescue attack using cinematic effects to fool Chu and successfully escorts the latter back to China to be taken by mainland authorities (“Senior Chinese Front”) who have rescued Dragon from Big Eyed Man The FBI was able to retrieve the stolen money after King and Handsome trick Chu into revealing the password of his safe. In the end, King and Betty also become lovers.
The film grossed HK$17,761,670 during its theatrical run from 25 June to 21 July 1999 in Hong Kong.