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      The Gambling Ghost

      1991 1h 30m Comedy Action List
      Reviews 76% Audience Score 500+ Ratings A petty crook (Sammo Hung) gets a wraith's help to rescue his partner from triad captors. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member Remembered I watch this many many years ago, manage to catch it again by chance. Sammo Hung act as the dead ghost grandpa, father and son triple role. The son work as hotel valet parking, always try to strike rich. A China lady is going to catch her husband having affair. He use the chance to get tips from her, at same time ask his friend to warn the man. In the end the woman escape and the wife thought her husband have affair with the guy. Sammo got a big tip from the woman. Duo go to a wedding banquet to play mahjong, using cheating technique. They play with 2 old ladies. They keep winning. Sammo listen to the radio. One cheater got beat up and the old lady is the boss. His friend try warn Sammo but fail. In the end they got beat up badly. The old lady knew all along. Father don't want him to be like grandpa, once a gambling king. Nina Li come to hotel with James Wong. Later she come down and drive the car away. James said she steal his stuff when he is in shower. Sammo and friend got sacked. He scold at grandpa praying place but the ghost make him kneel down. Next day he went to gamble den and saw Nina. She use same trick to steal another man car. Duo follow her and she sell car to illegal exporter. He try to extort her and she point a fake gun at him and escape. Duo work in another hotel and saw Nina. Sammo siphon the petrol first. She drive halfway and no petrol. The friend offer to bring her get petrol then abandon her. Sammo drive the car to the port to get the deal. James Wong bring his gang down. The car exporter is from China and from army, not afriad of them. Sammo try to escape and the friend is caught. James Wong want ransom of 1 million for the friend. Sammo pretend to be ghost and take cab. At the police road check, he escape into the woods. He pretend to be ghost to frighten the police but they don't buy it. The grandpa appear and scare them off. The grandpa grave is just beside him. Son and father fight at home and grandpa is angry and comes out give them scolding. He says he might need the grandson help. He sold off the father stamp collection to buy offerings to burn to grandpa and want him to make him rich in gambling. Grandpa help him win a lot and even make him win the lottery. Sammo save the friend with grandpa help. He want to get rid of grandpa. The friend hire an exorcist to get rid of him. Father came home in time and stop the exorcist. Son and friend enjoying time in club and grandpa finds him. He let him see how he was murdered. Grandpa pretend to deal arms with Japanese army and got gold for payments. His friend kill him to take the gold. Son awake to vow revenge. Him and friend pretend to be mystery Chinese businessman to get close to the grandson of the traitor. They go to his house to sign the deal. Nina is there too trying to cheat the man. The traitor hired an exorcist and saw the grandpa. James Wong is the family member and also expose Nina and Sammo. Grandpa escape. Sammo and friend isn't match for the fighters. Father arrive and defeated Billy Chow and the exorcist easily. James Wong try to bully Nina but she beat him up badly. The traitor grandson ask the ghost to kill his grandpa and he got heart attack and die. Nina kick the grandson to the swimming pool. The father refuse the son to take the money. Grandpa manage to slip a stack to his pocket and left. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Starts off rather slow, but then gets more interesting as the plot and action heats up. Sammo Hung plays three different characters, Little Brock, his own father, and his grandfather. After losing too many games as a gambler, Little Brock is in trouble. A villain kidnaps his best friend and demands 1 million for ransom, and he gets help from his gambling grandfather's ghost to help. Thereon lies a crazy plot about revenge, with some sweet fight scenes to showcase the conflict. The first half is weak, but the second half is mostly action in this supernatural kung fu comedy. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Audience Member Sammo Hung does his lovable slapstick comedy in this adorable kung fu comedy caper. Sammo's a bit of a loser in life and in gambling and his grandad's ghost comes back to help him win in return for him helping find revenge. Great fun Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Audience Member All right movie comedy side but all right Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis A petty crook (Sammo Hung) gets a wraith's help to rescue his partner from triad captors.
      Director
      Clifton Ko Chi-Sum
      Genre
      Comedy, Action
      Original Language
      Chinese
      Runtime
      1h 30m