![]() ![]() ![]() The ostensible subject of the film is Giant, played by handsome Hong Kong leading man Simon Yam, but the film’s motif is “representation.” The film depicts Giant’s rise in Macau’s criminal underworld through the voice, eyes, and camera of a female television journalist who tells his story. Three of Giant’s henchman lean out of the car brandishing machine guns and collectively blast away the glass façade of the hotel entrance, showering security guards and unfortunate bystanders with bullets and shattered glass before squealing away. The Cantonese language film follows the rising fortunes of fictional Macau triad leader “Giant Wan” and his bitter conflict with rival gangster “Lo Ping.” The film’s opening scene depicts a lone, dark sedan slowly approaching the driveway of the Harbor Century Hotel and Casino. The Hong Kong film Casino is a gritty urban crime noir set in the Portuguese enclave of Macau in 1991, eight years before Portugal handed the territory back to the People’s Republic of China. Macau Noir: Criminal Brotherhoods, Casino Capitalism, and the Case of the Post-Socialist Chinese Consumer ![]()
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