This is one of those movies from the golden age of Hong Kong cinema, and it seems that it managed to spawn three or four sequels. The problem with Hong Kong films (and I did actually buy this one in Hong Kong) is that the translations are quite bad, and sometimes the humour can be lost not just in the translation, but also in the fact that it is a different culture. The thing about Hong Kong is that you can't go there and expect it to be simply an extension of European culture (in the way that Australia and America and extensions of European culture), but rather it is a sophisticated mix of European and Chinese culture. As one person told me, Hong Kong is effectively east meets west (and when you go there it is very obvious that that is the case).
The movie is about a man named Ko Chun who has an almost supernatural ability to win at games of chance. It is not that he is skilled, or lucky, but that he is supernaturally endowed with the ability to win (even when the odds are stacked against him, meaning that the other side is cheating). However, one night, after escaping some assassins, he is walking along a path (I suspect) in the New Territories when he steps on a trap, rolls down and hillside, and hits his head a number of times, and loses his memory. The small time crooks that set the trap have an attack of conscience and instead of robbing him and leaving him for dead, they decided to nurse him back to health.
Much of the film simply involves these small time crooks trying to work out what to do with this guy, and they do discover that he has this uncanny ability to win, however because of his injury, it comes and goes, so when they try to use his abilities to make themselves rich, they end up landing up in a lot of trouble. However, there is still the background plot, namely the trap where they are trying to lure Ko Chun into a game with a big time crook who lives on a boat in international waters. However, because he has gone missing, people are at a loss as what to do, though they do end up finding him again, restoring his memory, and bringing the film to a conclusion with a high stakes poker game.
The movie is about a man named Ko Chun who has an almost supernatural ability to win at games of chance. It is not that he is skilled, or lucky, but that he is supernaturally endowed with the ability to win (even when the odds are stacked against him, meaning that the other side is cheating). However, one night, after escaping some assassins, he is walking along a path (I suspect) in the New Territories when he steps on a trap, rolls down and hillside, and hits his head a number of times, and loses his memory. The small time crooks that set the trap have an attack of conscience and instead of robbing him and leaving him for dead, they decided to nurse him back to health.
Much of the film simply involves these small time crooks trying to work out what to do with this guy, and they do discover that he has this uncanny ability to win, however because of his injury, it comes and goes, so when they try to use his abilities to make themselves rich, they end up landing up in a lot of trouble. However, there is still the background plot, namely the trap where they are trying to lure Ko Chun into a game with a big time crook who lives on a boat in international waters. However, because he has gone missing, people are at a loss as what to do, though they do end up finding him again, restoring his memory, and bringing the film to a conclusion with a high stakes poker game.