From Vegas to Macau II

From Vegas to Macau II (賭城風雲II) is a 2015 3D^[2] 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. A Hong Kong-Chinese co-production, 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.

From Vegas to Macau II
Film poster
Directed by	Wong Jing
Written by	Wong Jing
Produced by	Andrew Lau Connie Wong
Starring	Chow Yun-fat Nick Cheung Carina Lau Shawn Yue Angela Wang Michelle Hu
Cinematography	Andrew Lau Cho Man-keung
Edited by	Azrael Chung
Music by	Chan Kwong-wing Chen Zhiyi
Production companies	Mega-Vision Project Workshop Bona Film Group Sun Entertainment Culture Shaw Brothers Pictures Media Asia Film Production
Distributed by	Media Asia Group
Release date	February 19, 2015 (2015-02-19)
Running time	110 minutes
Countries	Hong Kong China
Languages	Cantonese Mandarin Thai
Box office	US$156.85 million (China)[1]

From Vegas to Macau II
Traditional Chinese	賭城風雲II
Simplified Chinese	赌城风云II
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dǔchéng Fēngyún II Yue: Cantonese Jyutping dou2 sing4 fung1 wan4 II

Cast

• Chow Yun-fat as Ken / Ko Chun
• Nick Cheung as Mark
• Carina Lau as Molly
• Shawn Yue as Vincent
• Angela Wang as Yan, Mark's daughter
• Michelle Hu as Purple, Aoi's assassin
• David Chiang as Victor
• Kimmy Tong as Rainbow^[4]
• Philip Keung as Ma Tai-fat
• Wu Yue as Aoi's enforcer that fought Vincent
• Jin Qiaoqiao as Aoi
• Kenny Wong as Ben, Interpol police
• Derek Tsang as Interpol police
• Connie Man as Jackie, Interpol police
• Rebecca Zhu as Interpol police
• Samantha Ko as Aoi's enforcer
• Jacky Cai as Aoi's enforcer that fought Mark
• Ken Lo as Muay Thai Champ Rymi
• Treechada Petcharat as Thai casino boss
• Candy Chang as Aoi's enforcer with a crossbow
• Bella Lo as Victor's daughter
• Julio Acconci as Do Min-shui, Molly's companion
• Hazel Tong as Interpol police
• Dominic Ho as Interpol police
• Wang Zizi as Aoi's enforcer that fought Mark
• Jolie Fan as casino dealer for Victor's charity

Guest stars and cameos

• Yuan Quan as Mark's wife
• Natalie Meng as mahjong cheater
• Eric Tsang as Yen Ji-dan
• Natalis Chan as Champ
• Wong Jing as Smartie (uncredited)
• Felix Lok as Mr. Hon
• Aman Chang as Jiang
• Andy Lau as Michael "Little Knife" Chan from God of Gamblers

Critical response

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]

Box office

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]