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* ExtremeCloseUp: When Luo Tian-guang is observing the dice being thrown in the casino. He's making an observation that the game is rigged.
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* EyedScreen: When Luo Tian-guang is observing the dice being thrown in the casino. He's making an observation that the game is rigged.
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''The Casino'' is a 1972 Creator/ShawBrothers action film starring Creator/YuehHua, Creator/LilyHo Li-li, Creator/FanMeiSheng, and Shih Kien (Han from ''Film/EnterTheDragon'').
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* KillEmAll: [[spoiler: Every named character in the film fails to outlive the credits. Even [[TheHeroDies Luo himself]] is not spared]].
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* HeadCrushing: Luo kills mooks with everything he can get his hands upon, including a few whose heads he stomps repeatedly until their skulls cave in, complete with graphic [[{{Gorn}} Gorntastic]] effects.
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* PrettyLittleHeadshots: Surprisingly played straight, given how the rest of the movie contains a ludicrous amount of gore and blood. When struggling with Ma, Luo Tian-guang forces Ma to shoot his bodyguard in the head, and all it results is a small puff of smoke with no blood at all.
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** The henchman who gets his face stomped into a red pulp by Luo. There is a close-up on his bloodied face, and it's NOT pretty. [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kRBTLr-TZ68/SYPqj6D_nqI/AAAAAAAAFtw/XNDtbgEE5Bs/s1600-h/casino19 See for yourself]]. ('''WARNING: GRAPHIC GORE ALERT''')
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In 1930s Shanghai, the mob rules the city with a local casino as their base of operations. A wandering drifter and gambler, Luo Tien-guang (Yueh Hua) enters the city and decides to try his luck with the dice, only to discover the games in the casino is rigged. In his attempt to expose the casino's tricks, Luo ends up knee-deep in a mob war, and have to kill his way out of the mess he got himself into.
And he does. The movie is as bloody a Shaw Brothers film about gambling can get, and sure enough it's ''glorious''.
And he does. The movie is as bloody a Shaw Brothers film about gambling can get, and sure enough it's ''glorious''.
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In 1930s Shanghai, the mob rules the city with a local casino as their base of operations. A wandering drifter and gambler, Luo Tien-guang (Yueh Hua) enters the city and decides to try his luck with the dice, only to discover the games in the casino is are rigged. In his attempt to expose the casino's tricks, Luo ends up knee-deep in a mob war, and have to kill his way out of the mess he got himself into.
And he does. With ''everything he get his hands on''. The movie is as bloody a Shaw Brothers film about gambling can get, and sure enough it's ''glorious''.
And he does. With ''everything he get his hands on''. The movie is as bloody a Shaw Brothers film about gambling can get, and sure enough it's ''glorious''.
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* OneManArmy: Luo in the final action scene, when he slaughters everyone, from henchmen to corrupt millitary police, in the titular casino.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Gamble to the Death!]]
''The Casino'' is a 1972 Creator/ShawBrothers action film starring Creator/YuehHua, Creator/LilyHo Li-li, Creator/FanMeiSheng, and Shih Kien (Han from ''Film/EnterTheDragon'').
In 1930s Shanghai, the mob rules the city with a local casino as their base of operations. A wandering drifter and gambler, Luo Tien-guang (Yueh Hua) enters the city and decides to try his luck with the dice, only to discover the games in the casino is rigged. In his attempt to expose the casino's tricks, Luo ends up knee-deep in a mob war, and have to kill his way out of the mess he got himself into.
And he does. The movie is as bloody a Shaw Brothers film about gambling can get, and sure enough it's ''glorious''.
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!! The Casino contains examples of:
* ArmiesAreEvil: The corrupt local military is in cahoots with the titular casino, being under their payroll the whole time.
* BayonetYa: The corrupt military's soldiers use bayonets in their attempt to capture Luo alive in the finale.
* BloodIsTheNewBlack: Luo in the final battle, after killing plenty of mooks.
* TheCasino: That's where the film is set and where the bloody final battle takes place.
* CatchAndReturn: Occurs in the climatic duel. After Luo killed most of the casino's mooks, four of them fling their knives at Luo from a distance. Luo catches all their knives with ''one'' hand, and flings those back killing all four throwers.
* ChairmanOfTheBrawl: Plenty of stools and chairs gets used as weapons, and end up being smashed and destroyed throughout the film's many fight scenes. Also, [[spoiler: after being wounded by a flung knife, Madam Chui is finished off by a stool to her head]].
* ColdBloodedTorture: [[spoiler: Luo Tian-guang, after he was arrested by the corrupted military]], suffers ATasteOfTheLash while tied to a rack before he escapes.
* DestinationDefenestration: The corrupt police chief, Ma, was flung out of his bedroom window by Luo, although in this case the windows are already opened. At least one mook in the final battle get flung through a window by Luo as well.
* DisposableWoman: Madam Chui, despite being built up as an important supporting character and a LoveInterest for Luo, [[spoiler: dies rather unceremoniously right before the third act]].
* ExtremeMeleeRevenge: Luo, when fighting the henchman who [[spoiler: killed Madam Chui by stabbing her in the back]], executes him by repeatedly smashing said henchman's head against a casino table, pulping his brain and leaving quite a huge red mark on the table's surface. He then smash the same guy through a wooden countertop, onto the floor, before giving a FinishingStomp ''on his face''.
* EyeScream: Taken to ridiculous extremes, when the final battle has a mook being killed by having ''loaded dice'' embedded into his eyes. With plenty of blood for good measure.
* EyedScreen: When Luo Tian-guang is observing the dice being thrown in the casino. He's making an observation that the game is rigged.
* FacialHorror: More than one mook in the finale ends up having their faces embedded with coins, domino tiles, shards of pottery, and even ''dice'' (two which ends up in somebody's eyes). [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kRBTLr-TZ68/SYPjF05LF7I/AAAAAAAAFsI/2uuUyT3P59Q/s1600/casino6 It's as gory as it sounds]].
* FixingTheGame: The titular casino use loaded dice [[https://renklisheyler.wordpress.com/2013/01/31/the-casino-1972/the-casino-1972-beat/ containing weights]] to fix the outcomes of rolls.
* TheGambler: Luo Tian-guang.
* {{Gorn}}: The final battle is crammed with these, and also quite a bit of HighPressureBlood.
** The henchman who gets his face stomped into a red pulp by Luo. There is a close-up on his bloodied face, and it's NOT pretty. [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kRBTLr-TZ68/SYPqj6D_nqI/AAAAAAAAFtw/XNDtbgEE5Bs/s1600-h/casino19 See for yourself]]. ('''WARNING: GRAPHIC GORE ALERT''')
* InTheBack: [[spoiler: This is how Madam Chui dies in her final scene, while outnumbered against mooks, until a flung knife hits her in the back]].
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler: Luo's very last onscreen kill, via an uprooted bamboo plant]].
* ImprovisedWeapon: For the climax, Luo literally uses ''everything'' he can get his hands on as weapons. Silver coins? Chairs? Dice? Domino tiles? Everything else is a deadly killing weapon in his hands!
* KillEmAll: [[spoiler: Every named character in the film fails to outlive the credits. Even [[TheHeroDies Luo himself]] is not spared]].
* KnifeNut: Most of the characters in the film use knives in combat, either for throwing or stabbing. Including Luo TIen-guang, Madam Chui, Master Lun, and several others.
* MoneyMauling: In the final battle, Luo kills multiple mooks by flinging ''silver coins'' (in place of darts or knives usually used in martial arts films) into their faces. It works.
* MookLieutenant: Captain Fan Shan-hu, who leads the corrupt military when attempting to arrest Luo in the final battle before ending up as one of Luo's many kills.
* OneManArmy: Luo in the final action scene, when he slaughters everyone, from henchmen to corrupt millitary police, in the titular casino.
* ThePlace: The titular Casino.
* PutTheirHeadsTogether: Two random mooks in the final battle dies in this manner when Luo smash their foreheads into each other's.
* ScarfOfAsskicking: Luo gets to wear a white scarf while kicking plenty of ass throughout the film. It's worth noting that no other character in the film are shown wearing scarves at any point.
* WhiteShirtOfDeath: [[spoiler: Luo wears white in the final battle. After killing everyone including the casino's leaders and every member of the corrupted military, he succumbs to his injuries]].
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[[caption-width-right:350:Gamble to the Death!]]
''The Casino'' is a 1972 Creator/ShawBrothers action film starring Creator/YuehHua, Creator/LilyHo Li-li, Creator/FanMeiSheng, and Shih Kien (Han from ''Film/EnterTheDragon'').
In 1930s Shanghai, the mob rules the city with a local casino as their base of operations. A wandering drifter and gambler, Luo Tien-guang (Yueh Hua) enters the city and decides to try his luck with the dice, only to discover the games in the casino is rigged. In his attempt to expose the casino's tricks, Luo ends up knee-deep in a mob war, and have to kill his way out of the mess he got himself into.
And he does. The movie is as bloody a Shaw Brothers film about gambling can get, and sure enough it's ''glorious''.
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!! The Casino contains examples of:
* ArmiesAreEvil: The corrupt local military is in cahoots with the titular casino, being under their payroll the whole time.
* BayonetYa: The corrupt military's soldiers use bayonets in their attempt to capture Luo alive in the finale.
* BloodIsTheNewBlack: Luo in the final battle, after killing plenty of mooks.
* TheCasino: That's where the film is set and where the bloody final battle takes place.
* CatchAndReturn: Occurs in the climatic duel. After Luo killed most of the casino's mooks, four of them fling their knives at Luo from a distance. Luo catches all their knives with ''one'' hand, and flings those back killing all four throwers.
* ChairmanOfTheBrawl: Plenty of stools and chairs gets used as weapons, and end up being smashed and destroyed throughout the film's many fight scenes. Also, [[spoiler: after being wounded by a flung knife, Madam Chui is finished off by a stool to her head]].
* ColdBloodedTorture: [[spoiler: Luo Tian-guang, after he was arrested by the corrupted military]], suffers ATasteOfTheLash while tied to a rack before he escapes.
* DestinationDefenestration: The corrupt police chief, Ma, was flung out of his bedroom window by Luo, although in this case the windows are already opened. At least one mook in the final battle get flung through a window by Luo as well.
* DisposableWoman: Madam Chui, despite being built up as an important supporting character and a LoveInterest for Luo, [[spoiler: dies rather unceremoniously right before the third act]].
* ExtremeMeleeRevenge: Luo, when fighting the henchman who [[spoiler: killed Madam Chui by stabbing her in the back]], executes him by repeatedly smashing said henchman's head against a casino table, pulping his brain and leaving quite a huge red mark on the table's surface. He then smash the same guy through a wooden countertop, onto the floor, before giving a FinishingStomp ''on his face''.
* EyeScream: Taken to ridiculous extremes, when the final battle has a mook being killed by having ''loaded dice'' embedded into his eyes. With plenty of blood for good measure.
* EyedScreen: When Luo Tian-guang is observing the dice being thrown in the casino. He's making an observation that the game is rigged.
* FacialHorror: More than one mook in the finale ends up having their faces embedded with coins, domino tiles, shards of pottery, and even ''dice'' (two which ends up in somebody's eyes). [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kRBTLr-TZ68/SYPjF05LF7I/AAAAAAAAFsI/2uuUyT3P59Q/s1600/casino6 It's as gory as it sounds]].
* FixingTheGame: The titular casino use loaded dice [[https://renklisheyler.wordpress.com/2013/01/31/the-casino-1972/the-casino-1972-beat/ containing weights]] to fix the outcomes of rolls.
* TheGambler: Luo Tian-guang.
* {{Gorn}}: The final battle is crammed with these, and also quite a bit of HighPressureBlood.
** The henchman who gets his face stomped into a red pulp by Luo. There is a close-up on his bloodied face, and it's NOT pretty. [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kRBTLr-TZ68/SYPqj6D_nqI/AAAAAAAAFtw/XNDtbgEE5Bs/s1600-h/casino19 See for yourself]]. ('''WARNING: GRAPHIC GORE ALERT''')
* InTheBack: [[spoiler: This is how Madam Chui dies in her final scene, while outnumbered against mooks, until a flung knife hits her in the back]].
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler: Luo's very last onscreen kill, via an uprooted bamboo plant]].
* ImprovisedWeapon: For the climax, Luo literally uses ''everything'' he can get his hands on as weapons. Silver coins? Chairs? Dice? Domino tiles? Everything else is a deadly killing weapon in his hands!
* KillEmAll: [[spoiler: Every named character in the film fails to outlive the credits. Even [[TheHeroDies Luo himself]] is not spared]].
* KnifeNut: Most of the characters in the film use knives in combat, either for throwing or stabbing. Including Luo TIen-guang, Madam Chui, Master Lun, and several others.
* MoneyMauling: In the final battle, Luo kills multiple mooks by flinging ''silver coins'' (in place of darts or knives usually used in martial arts films) into their faces. It works.
* MookLieutenant: Captain Fan Shan-hu, who leads the corrupt military when attempting to arrest Luo in the final battle before ending up as one of Luo's many kills.
* OneManArmy: Luo in the final action scene, when he slaughters everyone, from henchmen to corrupt millitary police, in the titular casino.
* ThePlace: The titular Casino.
* PutTheirHeadsTogether: Two random mooks in the final battle dies in this manner when Luo smash their foreheads into each other's.
* ScarfOfAsskicking: Luo gets to wear a white scarf while kicking plenty of ass throughout the film. It's worth noting that no other character in the film are shown wearing scarves at any point.
* WhiteShirtOfDeath: [[spoiler: Luo wears white in the final battle. After killing everyone including the casino's leaders and every member of the corrupted military, he succumbs to his injuries]].
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