# From Vegas to Macau III (赌城风云III)
**From Vegas to Macau III** (賭城風雲III; also released as *The Man from Macau III*, original title *Du cheng feng yun III*) is a 2016 Hong Kong-Chinese action comedy and the third and final installment of the *From Vegas to Macau* trilogy, directed by Wong Jing and Andrew Lau Wai-Keung and starring Chow Yun-Fat, Andy Lau, Jacky Cheung, Nick Cheung, and [Carina Lau](https://www.edgepedia.org/carina-lau).[1](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Du-cheng-feng-yun-III-%28Hong-Kong%29) • [2](https://www.lovehkfilm.com/reviews_2/from_vegas_to_macau_3.html) It was a [Lunar New Year](https://www.edgepedia.org/lunar-new-year) release timed for the 2016 holiday season and became a major commercial success in China despite overwhelmingly negative reviews.[3](https://macaudailytimes.com.mo/entertainment-from-vegas-to-macau-iii-rebuffed-by-critics-wins-box-office-battle.html)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Release | Hong Kong February 6, 2016 (ran to March 9, 2016); mainland China February 8, 2016, Lunar New Year's Day[4](https://www.fdc.gov.hk/tc/publication/HK_Film_Industry_Info2016_Preview.pdf) • [5](https://media.people.com.cn/n1/2015/1215/c40606-27928674.html) |
| Directors | Wong Jing and Andrew Lau Wai-Keung, with Billy Chung Siu-Hung also credited; screenplay by Wong Jing and Chan Kin-hung[1](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Du-cheng-feng-yun-III-%28Hong-Kong%29) • [2](https://www.lovehkfilm.com/reviews_2/from_vegas_to_macau_3.html) |
| Lead cast | Chow Yun-Fat (Ken Shek / Ko Chun), Andy Lau (Michael Chan / Dagger), Jacky Cheung (Yik Tin-hang), Nick Cheung (Mark), Carina Lau (Molly)[6](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/from-vegas-to-macau-iii/credits/) |
| Worldwide box office | $182,579,909, of which $172,400,000 came from China[1](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Du-cheng-feng-yun-III-%28Hong-Kong%29) |
| Hong Kong box office | HK$24,631,310 cumulative over a one-month run[4](https://www.fdc.gov.hk/tc/publication/HK_Film_Industry_Info2016_Preview.pdf) |
| Critical reception | 20% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer (5 reviews); 13% Popcornmeter; IMDb 2.6/10 from about 3,400 votes[7](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/from_vegas_to_macau_iii) • [8](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5237980/ratings) |
| Runtime and rating | 112 minutes, Category IIA in Hong Kong, Cantonese/Mandarin[4](https://www.fdc.gov.hk/tc/publication/HK_Film_Industry_Info2016_Preview.pdf) |
## Spoilers
### Plot
The film opens with a grand wedding at a resort hotel in Macau: gambler Ken Shek's daughter Rainbow is marrying his protégé Vincent, and Ken's close friends Vic and Mark are among the guests. During the ceremony Mark receives a call from his buddy Michael Chan warning that a mysterious tycoon has hired mercenaries to kill Ken. The wedding is sabotaged, and Ken and Mark are framed for receiving 15 billion US dollars of illicit money from the DOA group, an international money-laundering organization, leading Interpol to arrest them.[9](https://www.gscmovies.com.my/from-vegas-to-macau-3/) • [10](https://www.disneyplus.com/en-tw/browse/entity-2bd25263-2299-40e6-b62e-807e0acd61f9)
Michael Chan rescues the pair with help from Ko Fei, the God of Gamblers Ko Chun's cousin, and Lung Sap Ng, son of Lung Ng. During the escape Ken is injured and loses his memory.[10](https://www.disneyplus.com/en-tw/browse/entity-2bd25263-2299-40e6-b62e-807e0acd61f9) The antagonist is the arms dealer Yik Tin-hang ([Jacky Cheung](https://www.edgepedia.org/jacky-cheung)), who plots revenge against Ken over Molly, Ken's on-and-off lover who apparently died at the end of the previous film.[11](https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/1910480/film-review-vegas-macau-iii-chow-yun-fat-andy-lau-comedy-sequel) Yik Tin-hang and his associate Purple invite Michael Chan and Ko Chun to a charity poker game in Thailand; Ken, who resembles Ko Chun, disguises himself as Ko Chun to attend, and there discovers Molly alive in a high-tech laboratory.[10](https://www.disneyplus.com/en-tw/browse/entity-2bd25263-2299-40e6-b62e-807e0acd61f9)
### Cast and characters
Chow Yun-Fat plays a dual role as Ken Shek and as Ko Chun, the [God of Gamblers](https://www.edgepedia.org/god-of-gamblers) from the 1989 film *God of Gamblers*, continuing the series' practice of linking its farcical hero to that older character.[6](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/from-vegas-to-macau-iii/credits/) • [11](https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/1910480/film-review-vegas-macau-iii-chow-yun-fat-andy-lau-comedy-sequel) [Andy Lau](https://www.edgepedia.org/andy-lau) reprises his role as Michael Chan (Dagger), the Knight of Gamblers, reuniting on screen with Chow Yun-Fat for the first time since the original *God of Gamblers*.[6](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/from-vegas-to-macau-iii/credits/) • [12](https://cityonfire.com/from-vegas-to-macau-3-iii-the-man-from-macau-chow-yun-fat-review-2016-andy-lau-jacky-cheung/) The supporting cast includes Nick Cheung as Mark, Carina Lau as Molly, Jacky Cheung as the villain Yik Tin-hang, Li Yuchun (Chris Lee) as Ko Fei, Shawn Yue as Vincent, Kimmy Tong Fei as Rainbow, Charles Heung as Lung Ng, and Jacky Heung as Lung Sap-ng.[6](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/from-vegas-to-macau-iii/credits/) • [13](https://www.thetvdb.com/movies/from-vegas-to-macau-iii) The South Korean singer Psy, known internationally for "Gangnam Style", appears as Mr. Wong.[13](https://www.thetvdb.com/movies/from-vegas-to-macau-iii)
## Production and release
The film was announced at a press conference in Beijing on December 14, 2015, where co-directors and producers Andrew Lau and Wong Jing appeared with Chow Yun-Fat, Andy Lau, Nick Cheung, and Li Yuchun, and confirmed a mainland release on February 8, 2016, the first day of the Lunar New Year. Wong Jing described the film as the final chapter of the series and introduced new characters including Lung Sap-ng and Ko Fei.[5](https://media.people.com.cn/n1/2015/1215/c40606-27928674.html)
It opened in Hong Kong on February 6, 2016, in Malaysia on February 4, and in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and Singapore around February 5 to 6, 2016, with a South Korean release following on November 30, 2016.[4](https://www.fdc.gov.hk/tc/publication/HK_Film_Industry_Info2016_Preview.pdf) • [1](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Du-cheng-feng-yun-III-%28Hong-Kong%29) Production companies included Bona Film Group, Shaw Brothers, Media Asia Films, China Star Entertainment, TVB, Sun Entertainment Culture, and Mega-Vision Project Workshop.[14](https://cinegraph.org/movies/from-vegas-to-macau-iii-2016)
## Box office
The film earned $172,400,000 in China, the overwhelming share of its $182,579,909 worldwide total; Hong Kong contributed $3,511,491, Malaysia $3,942,164, and Singapore $1,720,445.[1](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Du-cheng-feng-yun-III-%28Hong-Kong%29) On Valentine's Day 2016 it grossed 85 million yuan in China, making it the third top-grossing film in the country that day, and it ranked fourth among international releases for the Friday-to-Sunday period; overall Chinese Valentine's Day box office that year reached 580 million yuan, up more than 150 percent from 2015.[3](https://macaudailytimes.com.mo/entertainment-from-vegas-to-macau-iii-rebuffed-by-critics-wins-box-office-battle.html) In Hong Kong it accumulated HK$24,631,310 during its run from February 6 to March 9, 2016.[4](https://www.fdc.gov.hk/tc/publication/HK_Film_Industry_Info2016_Preview.pdf) In the United Kingdom it debuted at number 20 with £31,755 and stayed one week on the chart.[15](https://saltypopcorn.co.uk/movies/from-vegas-to-macau-iii)
## Reception
Critical response was sharply negative. On Rotten Tomatoes the film holds a 20% Tomatometer from five reviews and a 13% audience score.[7](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/from_vegas_to_macau_iii) Edmund Lee of the [South China Morning Post](https://www.edgepedia.org/south-china-morning-post) called it "a C-movie that's been mistakenly bestowed the budget of a tent-pole production", criticizing the shambolic script and half-hearted parody.[11](https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/1910480/film-review-vegas-macau-iii-chow-yun-fat-andy-lau-comedy-sequel) A Hollywood Reporter review cited by the Macau Daily Times described "the level of inanity and utter lack of narrative glue" and listed a Godfather-style wedding, a robot romance, bomb threats, and the casting of Psy among its excesses.[3](https://macaudailytimes.com.mo/entertainment-from-vegas-to-macau-iii-rebuffed-by-critics-wins-box-office-battle.html) Reviewers noted heavy reliance on computer-generated effects and self-referential jokes about older Hong Kong films and television, including references to *The Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre*, *Prison on Fire*, and *[Days of Being Wild](https://www.edgepedia.org/days-of-being-wild)*.[16](https://letterboxd.com/theendofcinema/film/from-vegas-to-macau-iii/) • [11](https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/1910480/film-review-vegas-macau-iii-chow-yun-fat-andy-lau-comedy-sequel) Audience ratings were similarly low: IMDb records 2.6/10 from about 3,400 votes.[8](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5237980/ratings)
The commercial success drew comment on the mainland market's weight. At the film's premiere Wong Jing dismissed his home city for contributing "only one-25th of China's box office revenues".[11](https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/1910480/film-review-vegas-macau-iii-chow-yun-fat-andy-lau-comedy-sequel) Reception in China was not uniformly positive either: Xinhua reported that a cinema in Gansu Province urged its audiences not to watch the film, describing it as a "scam".[3](https://macaudailytimes.com.mo/entertainment-from-vegas-to-macau-iii-rebuffed-by-critics-wins-box-office-battle.html)
## Place in the series
*From Vegas to Macau III* concludes a trilogy that began with *From Vegas to Macau* (2014) and continued with *[From Vegas to Macau II](https://www.edgepedia.org/from-vegas-to-macau-ii)* (2015).[17](https://whichott.com/us/movie/from-vegas-to-macau-iii-2016-381002) The third film continues the second's storyline, in which Molly apparently died, and brings back the God of Gamblers character family, including Ko Chun's cousin Ko Fei and Lung Ng's son Lung Sap-ng.[18](https://shawbrothers.hk/en-gb/media/show/from-vegas-to-macau-iii) Commentators observed that the gambling theme itself was increasingly marginalized across the series in favor of chase sequences and computer-generated effects set pieces.[19](https://www.cinespot.com/hkmreviews/%E8%B3%AD%E5%9F%8E%E9%A2%A8%E9%9B%B2III)
## References
1. [Du cheng feng yun III (2016) – Box Office and Financial Information, The Numbers](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Du-cheng-feng-yun-III-%28Hong-Kong%29)
2. [From Vegas to Macau III (賭城風雲III) (2016), LoveHKFilm](https://www.lovehkfilm.com/reviews_2/from_vegas_to_macau_3.html)
3. [Entertainment | 'From Vegas to Macau III' rebuffed by critics, wins box office battle, Macau Daily Times (February 16, 2016)](https://macaudailytimes.com.mo/entertainment-from-vegas-to-macau-iii-rebuffed-by-critics-wins-box-office-battle.html)
4. [2016年上映的首輪香港電影片目, Hong Kong Film Development Council](https://www.fdc.gov.hk/tc/publication/HK_Film_Industry_Info2016_Preview.pdf)
5. [《澳门风云3》发布会 赌神赌侠齐聚发哥索吻华仔, 人民网 (December 15, 2015)](https://media.people.com.cn/n1/2015/1215/c40606-27928674.html)
6. [From Vegas to Macau III credits, Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/from-vegas-to-macau-iii/credits/)
7. [From Vegas to Macau III, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/from_vegas_to_macau_iii)
8. [From Vegas to Macau III (2016) – Ratings, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5237980/ratings)
9. [From Vegas to Macau 3, GSC Movies (Malaysia)](https://www.gscmovies.com.my/from-vegas-to-macau-3/)
10. [Watch From Vegas To Macau III, Disney+](https://www.disneyplus.com/en-tw/browse/entity-2bd25263-2299-40e6-b62e-807e0acd61f9)
11. [Film review: From Vegas to Macau III – Chow Yun-fat, Andy Lau in comedy sequel, South China Morning Post (February 8, 2016)](https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/1910480/film-review-vegas-macau-iii-chow-yun-fat-andy-lau-comedy-sequel)
12. [From Vegas to Macau III (2016) Review, Cityonfire.com](https://cityonfire.com/from-vegas-to-macau-3-iii-the-man-from-macau-chow-yun-fat-review-2016-andy-lau-jacky-cheung/)
13. [赌城风云3, TheTVDB.com](https://www.thetvdb.com/movies/from-vegas-to-macau-iii)
14. [From Vegas to Macau III, Cinegraph](https://cinegraph.org/movies/from-vegas-to-macau-iii-2016)
15. [From Vegas to Macau III (2016) Info & Ratings, Salty Popcorn](https://saltypopcorn.co.uk/movies/from-vegas-to-macau-iii)
16. ['From Vegas to Macau III' review by Sean Gilman, Letterboxd](https://letterboxd.com/theendofcinema/film/from-vegas-to-macau-iii/)
17. [Where to watch From Vegas to Macau III (2016) in United States, WhichOTT](https://whichott.com/us/movie/from-vegas-to-macau-iii-2016-381002)
18. [From Vegas to Macau 3, Shaw Brothers Pictures International](https://shawbrothers.hk/en-gb/media/show/from-vegas-to-macau-iii)
19. [賭城風雲III, Cinespot 動映地帶](https://www.cinespot.com/hkmreviews/%E8%B3%AD%E5%9F%8E%E9%A2%A8%E9%9B%B2III)
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