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The Casino

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 Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The Casino is a 1972 Shaw Brothers action film starring Yueh Hua, Lily Ho Li-li, Fan Mei Sheng, and Shih Kien.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 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.Not to be confused with Casino.
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 Catch and Return: 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.
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 Blood Is the New Black: Luo in the final battle, after killing plenty of mooks.
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 The Casino: That's where the film is set and where the bloody final battle takes place.
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 Bayonet Ya: The corrupt military's soldiers use bayonets in their attempt to capture Luo alive in the finale.
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 Chairman of the Brawl: Plenty of stools and chairs gets used as weapons, and end up being smashed and destroyed throughout the film's many fight scenes. Also, after being wounded by a flung knife, Madam Chui is finished off by a stool to her head.
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 Armies Are Evil: The corrupt local military is in cahoots with the titular casino, being under their payroll the whole time.
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