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| Chun Wu | ... | Ling Fung | |
| Raymond Pak-Ming Wong | ... | Professor Hong | |
| Jing Wu | ... | Bi Yewu (as Jacky Wu) | |
| Karena Ng | ... | Cheng Meisi | |
| Ni Yan | ... | Volleyball Team Coach | |
| Louis Koo | ... | Gu Xinyue | |
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Anjaylia Chan | ||
| Tai-lee Chan | ... | Volleyball referee (as Tai-Li Chan) | |
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Yiu-Hin Cheng | ... | (Juvenile) |
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Leanne Ho | ||
| Loletta Lee | |||
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Man-Ying Lee | ... | Bobo (Juvenile) |
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Yuxi Li | ||
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Meihan Liu | ||
| Hee Ching Paw | |||
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Mastering the magical elements of Wind, Fire, Water and Earth, a down-on-her-luck college student finds herself caught up in a battle among wizards holding the key to prevent the destruction of the universe.
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CantoneseRelease Date:
1 December 2011 (Hong Kong) See more »Also Known As:
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$8,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$5,125, 11 December 2011Gross USA:
$10,697Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$405,268Company Credits
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Magic To Win is not your usual Hong Kong flick, but instead it is a movie that requires the audience to totally suspend your belief, escape from the reality and enter a world of magic, weirdness, fun and enjoyment. This is certainly the most light-hearted attempt to come from the director of Ip Man franchise, Wilson Yip. It is a kind of film where you either go along for the ride or have fun or it will just end up on the gutter of your basement. Yip smartly cast a number of veterans to go with a cast of inexperience girls. Producer/star Raymond Chow puts in a fun 90s performance as a University professor who knows magic, likewise he is perfectly aided by a more than capable Wu Chun (My Kingdom), bright-faced newcomer Karena Ng, the ever improving Wu Jing (SPL) and a fun, yet needless cameo display by the ever likable Louis Koo.
All in all, Magic to Win is by no means a movie that will light up the crowd or reinvent Hong Kong cinema, but it is easy for the candy coated eyes and simply enjoyable as a whole. If you can ignore the weirdness of the genre, the mix and hash of East meet West elements (namely Star Wars and Harry Potter), Magic To Win feels like a fresh update of Chow's successful Happy Ghost series. The good news is Magic To Win demands very little from the audience and with a light hearted mindset, this film can be a bit of fun. For a Hong Kong industry lacking in any sort of identity, creativity and humor, Magic To Win is a success in many ways
Neo rates it 7/10.