Friday, February 12, 2010

Poker King 扑克王

 

Summary

People say one’s fate has been pre-determined from the start like the cards in a Texas Hold’em game. Uno (Lau Ching Wan), a small time crook turned Casino magnate, and Jack, the scion of a powerful gaming clan lead very different lives until fate brought them together in a poker duel of a lifetime...

The setting is Macau, Las Vegas of the Orient, where the buzz in town is that Uno has snared the operations of the venerable Sun Casinos from its deceased owner. In a bid to clear his name, he has the sole heir Jack (Louis Koo) brought back from Canada where he spent the last few years in hiding. Jack, an inept businessman and a socially awkward young man, spent his days playing online poker. When it became clear that he has neither the instinct nor the skills to take over, Uno invokes the owner’s will and takes charge of Jack's family business.

Disillusioned and depressed, Jack runs into Smiley (Stephy Tang), a simple girl with a seemingly unstoppable good fortune. Together the pair conquers the poker rooms in Macau until Jack is summoned by Uno's arch rival Ms. Fong (Josie Ho) to represent her corporation in the ultimate Poker King tournament. As Jack issues a personal challenge to Uno, it becomes clear that it isn't only bragging rights at stake, but also the throne to the gambling empire that Jack’s father had built. In the end, there can only be one Poker King.

[内容简介]

假如将德州扑克比喻人生,手中的牌就如命运早已注定。江湖出身的卓一 与赌场太子张人杰的命运截然不同,却在澳门相遇相争……
澳门——东方拉斯维加斯,一阵蜚短流长,流传卓一独吞已故赌王的赌场生意。卓一一气之下,把为逃避继承父业而远走加拿大的张人杰找回来。
沉迷网上扑克的张人杰就如宅男一般,既不懂人情世故,也没打理赌场的能力,为免赌业王国毁在张人杰手中,卓一依照张父遗嘱,以基金管理人身份接管赌场。
张人杰忿然离开赌场后,遇上幸运少女笑容,在笑容的运气帮助之下,赢尽澳门各赌场,最后更与卓一对头况小姐合作,况小姐特训张人杰,为其备战参加扑克王大赛。
昔日赌术不济的张人杰竟脱胎换骨,向卓提出挑战,以扑克王大赛的荣誉,来了结二人之间的恩怨,并要取回父亲留下的赌业王国。
比赛到最后,卓一与张人杰各在赌桌一端,到底谁会是真正扑克王?
谈及香港赌片之悠久历史,世人总先想起王晶导演,奈何此君曾缔造《赌神》等经典,进入新世纪仅有《雀圣2》勉强逗乐,公然将赌片玩残。而《扑克王》中 古天乐演的富家公子,先被刘青云扮的“奸人”陷害,输得倾家荡产,黯然流落世俗,再偶遇红颜知己,重赢回 “扑克王”,乍瞧没创意,细推敲逻辑性,亦寻得漏洞,恰恰糅合了喜剧、爱恋、赌博、帅哥、美女等元素,节奏流畅,精彩耐看,简直令笔者有种莫大惊喜。
曾为《英雄本色》、《野兽刑警》执笔的编剧陈庆嘉,前几年改行当起导演,可成果甚难叫人恭维。尤其《绝世好B》《戏王之王》等闹剧,应景敷衍恶俗,极 为堕落。不过08年,他联手秦小珍拍《内衣少女》,剧本不仅稍靠了谱,还重用多位年轻女星,颇见用心。如今这对组合,又添了古天乐、刘青云、邓丽欣等红星 挂头牌,依仗着《江湖》《阿嫂》导演黄精莆做视效辅助,画面毫无吝惜狂搞华丽奢美,而美女、型男齐聚澳门赌城,想不养眼?难矣!假如一部商业片,视效美轮 美奂,故事沉闷薄弱,照样华而不实!庆幸在《扑克王》遵循了老港喜剧精髓,各类鬼马搞笑踊跃蹦出,叫观众不禁捧腹,而古天乐、刘青云对峙的台词,更冗杂着 恶搞幽默,颇有无厘头风范。
年近不惑的帅哥古天乐,继承了《大内密探灵灵狗》的耍傻搞怪,愈加娴熟喜剧表演,甚有讨巧。笔者认为他这回表演,有搞笑,有气质,有挚情,人物塑造强 于他同年《窃听》《灵灵狗》《意外》《家喜09》。倘若再加磨练,迟早隆登金像影帝。相比古仔的进取,金像影帝刘青云由于《神探》《窃听》过分死沉,好容 易洒脱不羁,望着过瘾。尤其他表面讥讽古仔,一副势力小人得意嘴脸,暗中露出“好”心肠,人物复杂多面的心态,窘异于脸谱化。《扑克王》两大男主角对峙豪 赌,分明摆脱了正邪束缚,二人牌桌前屡屡“偷机”,相互冷嘲热讽,再到林雪等配角的插科打诨,图得就一个乐!何乐不为?
倘若避开不谈《扑克王》的众佳丽女星,对不住陈庆嘉、秦小珍敏锐的洞察力,更有负姑娘们的惊艳养眼。首先,邓丽欣、应采儿、何超仪三位小姐,一则清 纯,一则明艳,一则性感,够满足各类男性意淫心理。不过论最漂亮的,还属新星罗凯珊,尤其她出场便艳压群芳,不仅迷得黄又南垂涎三尺,其它影迷同时欢呼仙 子下凡。还有貌不惊人的谷祖琳,痴情暗恋刘青云,意外当选最可爱的人,吾见由怜。吴君如曾叹息香港女星被内地人抢了饭碗,可她话落几年,却有《扑克王》逆 流抗拒,倘若这些可爱的美媚,要是香港大导演早点相中,分别委以重用,香港女星何愁沉寂?如今来看振兴香港女星的重担,恐怕要落在邓丽欣、罗凯珊等年轻人 的肩头了。这里想借句《猛龙》精辟良言,对香港影人说:“给年轻人一个机会,也给自己一个机会”。
香港传统类型落魄多年,而全盘启用古天乐、刘青云、邓丽欣等香港红星运营拍赌片,随着新世纪合拍大旗的强势压境,简直消失殆尽。就如全片最点睛之笔: 邓丽欣、罗凯珊骑上停电的旋转木马,古天乐、黄又南竟愿为爱人绕圈奔跑,拼命叫对方享受娱乐,进而旖旎浪漫。那么《扑克王》意外回归港片传统,纵然质量略 带瑕疵,纵然局限嬉戏玩闹,纵然整体格局略小,纵然改变不了大时代必然趋势,反贵在一种诚恳的坚守,应得盛赞。

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