I sat down to watch the 2016 movie "From Vegas to Macau III" (aka "Du cheng feng yun III") after having seen, and really enjoyed the 2014 and 2015 prequels. So I must admit that I was looking forward to watching writer Jing Wong's third movie to the franchise.
Well, this movie was by no account as entertaining as the previous two movies. Sure, it was watchable and entertaining enough for what it turned out to be. But it paled in comparison to "From Vegas to Macau" and "From Vegas to Macau II".
So what made this movie stand out from the other two previous movies? Well, the comedy aspect in this third movie was simply too much and overly done to the point where it became a nuisance to sit through. Whereas the previous two movies also had comedy in it, it was done in a less degree and much more subtle. Whereas "From Vegas to Macau III" was just crammed with comedy, most of which just made the movie feel childish and stupid, to be bluntly honest.
But I must say that it was nice to see such a great cast come together again for a third movie, with the likes of Yun-Fat Chow, Andy Lau and Carina Lau, to mention but a few.
It was a shame that directors Andrew Lau and Jing Wong failed to provide a movie that fully lived up to the level of the predecessors.
My rating of "From Vegas to Macau III" lands on less than mediocre four out of ten stars. This movie is good enough if you haven't seen the previous two movies in the franchise, or as a stand-alone movie. But for a third installment in the franchise, it was just dumbed down by way too much slapstick comedy which didn't really work in favor of the movie.
Well, this movie was by no account as entertaining as the previous two movies. Sure, it was watchable and entertaining enough for what it turned out to be. But it paled in comparison to "From Vegas to Macau" and "From Vegas to Macau II".
So what made this movie stand out from the other two previous movies? Well, the comedy aspect in this third movie was simply too much and overly done to the point where it became a nuisance to sit through. Whereas the previous two movies also had comedy in it, it was done in a less degree and much more subtle. Whereas "From Vegas to Macau III" was just crammed with comedy, most of which just made the movie feel childish and stupid, to be bluntly honest.
But I must say that it was nice to see such a great cast come together again for a third movie, with the likes of Yun-Fat Chow, Andy Lau and Carina Lau, to mention but a few.
It was a shame that directors Andrew Lau and Jing Wong failed to provide a movie that fully lived up to the level of the predecessors.
My rating of "From Vegas to Macau III" lands on less than mediocre four out of ten stars. This movie is good enough if you haven't seen the previous two movies in the franchise, or as a stand-alone movie. But for a third installment in the franchise, it was just dumbed down by way too much slapstick comedy which didn't really work in favor of the movie.