Winner Takes All (2000 film)

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Winner Takes All
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Traditional Chinese 大贏家
Simplified Chinese 大赢家
Hanyu Pinyin Dà Yíng Jiā
Jyutping Daai6 Yeng4 Gaa1
Directed by Clifton Ko
Written by Karl Maka
Raymond Wong
Chang Kwok-tse
Produced byKarl Maka
Raymond Wong
Starring Sam Hui
Karl Maka
Nicholas Tse
Ruby Lin
Joey Yung
Alec Su
Annie Wu
Ricky Hui
Raymond Wong
CinematographyHorace Wong
Edited byAngie Lam
Marco Mak
Music byMarco Wan
Production
companies
Distributed byMandarin Films
Release date
29 January 2000 (2000-01-29)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryHong Kong
Language Cantonese
Box officeHK$10,030,582

Winner Takes All is a 2000 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Clifton Ko and featuring an ensemble cast. This film released was to celebrate Chinese New Year.

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Plot

Ferrari (Nicholas Tse), is a young swindler. He has been swindling people for money in many situations. One day, a cop nicknamed 'Stupid' (Karl Maka) is about to catch him swindling. He makes a deal with Ferrari to help him catch Master Swindler Wong (Sam Hui), the world's most notorious swindler who is penning his autobiography of his swindling ways. Ferrari runs into Bastardly Sze (Alec Su) who is stalking a rich woman and taking her pictures.

Paulina Wu (Joey Yung)'s father is one of the victims of the Master Castrator Swindler. So she decides to get her father's money back. On her trip, she runs into Bastardly Sze and Ferrari. The three wants swindle the girl, whom they think is Master Swindler Wong's daughter, Wu Sen Kwan (Ruby Lin).

With Wu Sen-kwan is her so-call assistant, Ching (Annie Wu). Ching and Ferrari once met before. Ferrari and Ching were going out on a date. Ching asked Ferrari wait for her to come, she never did. Later, he learned Ching had swindled him.

The group (Ferrari, Bastardly Sze, and Paulina) are following fake Swindler Wong's daughter to the boat. They have a plan to swindle her money. Ferrari pretends to be a priest. He asks Swindler Wong's daughter to donate $1 million for charity. During that time, Bastardly Sze is falling for Wu Sen-kwan. Paulina is jealous of Wu Sen Kwan because she likes Bastardly Sze. Sze feels bad in swindling Sen Kwan.

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