Synopsis
God of Gamblers' Return (賭神2, 1994) is a Hong Kong action-comedy sequel you can watch online as a direct follow-up to the 1989 original. Chow Yun-Fat is back as Ko Chun — the legendary card master who spent four years in quiet French exile with his wife, apparently done with the game forever.
That ends when Chau Siu-Ling walks out of prison. He's after a $16-billion charitable fund, the control of which goes to whoever claims dominance over Asia's gambling world. He kills Ko Chun's pregnant wife first. She extracts a deathbed promise from her husband: one year of hiding his identity, no cards. Ko keeps the vow — until a Taiwanese gambling house needs his help against the very same man. Tony Leung Ka-fai co-stars as one of two small-time card sharks Ko Chun reluctantly takes along as cover.
Director Wong Jing built the film the same way he built the first — fast, busy, mixing bravura card-table set pieces with broad comedy and then hitting you with a genuine gut-punch when you've let your guard down. It runs two hours and four minutes without feeling like a drag for fans of the original. Stream God of Gamblers' Return (1994) online on iFILM.
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