Poker King
2009 2h 2m movie Film Hong Kong

Poker King

撲克王

Synopsis

撲克王

Although Randy's family is involved in the casino business, he has never shared an interest in gaming until he played Texas Hold 'Em on the Internet. Rival Uno is the manager at Randy's casion. These two bitter enemies will now face off in the Asian Poker King Championships.

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Poker King. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

The 2008–2010 Hong Kong Window

Poker King holds position #28 of 55 Hong Kong films in the 2008–2010 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

  1. How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr Foster?
    #1

    How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr Foster?

    ★ 7.6 · 2010
  2. Echoes of the Rainbow
    #2

    Echoes of the Rainbow

    ★ 7.4 · 2010
  3. CJ7
    #3

    CJ7

    ★ 7.2 · 2008
  4. Night and Fog
    #4

    Night and Fog

    ★ 7.2 · 2009
  5. The Ditch
    #5

    The Ditch

    ★ 7.1 · 2010
  6. Bruce Lee, My Brother
    #6

    Bruce Lee, My Brother

    ★ 7.0 · 2010
  7. Love in a Puff
    #7

    Love in a Puff

    ★ 7.0 · 2010
  8. Fire of Conscience
    #8

    Fire of Conscience

    ★ 7.0 · 2010

The 2000s Hong Kong Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Hong Kong, 146 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Poker King premiered alongside 17 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 17 other Hong Kong films in 2009.

The 645th Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).

Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).

Audience Engagement

22
Reviews
46th
Review-volume percentile
44th
Popularity percentile

22 audience reviews — more than 46% of Hong Kong films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 44th percentile among Hong Kong films.

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on Poker King, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • poker · 5
  • macau · 5
Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • casino · 6
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • woman director · 246
  • gambling · 31

Reception Benchmarks

6.0
TMDB Rating
22
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #554 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (34th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -0.3 points below the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.

Among Hong Kong Comedy productions specifically: #183 of 266 (top 69%).

Production Details

Primary CountryHong Kong
Original LanguageCantonese
Runtime2h 2m
Release DateNovember 22, 2009
IMDbtt1471236