Tazza: The High Rollers Page #2

Synopsis: A guy with a talent for cards makes his way into the dangerous world of underground gambling in this crime thriller from South Korea. Go-ni (Jo Seung-woo) is a small-town guy with a big appetite for gambling. Convinced he?s on a hot streak one evening during a card game, Go-ni bets his life savings on a hand of hwatu, only to lose to a crooked cardsharp. Determined to get revenge, Go-ni sets out to find the guy who cheated him and win back his money.
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Director(s): Dong-hoon Choi
Production: CJ Entertainment
  12 wins & 13 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Metacritic:
77
Year:
2006
139 min
350 Views


- Can we please go?

- Wipe your hands.

You're going into a trap.

You can't do this to me.

Goni!

End.

Was that my fifth win?

Or my sixth?

Sixth.

Let's make this my seventh.

Show them what you've got.

Don't worry, sir.

Goddamn beer is not

cold enough.

Stop!

Why are you reaching

inside your pocket?

- What!

- Stupid!

What's this?

What is this?

So that's where it went!

- Hey, you!

- No!

I never did anything!

What the hell are...

This was in your damn pocket.

Sir! No!

You're lying!

Didn't you see me pull out

this card from his pocket?

- I'm sawing his wrist off.

- No.

- Sir. Please.

- Shut up!

Sir!

This has been tainted.

Should I get it checked?

Show the world how you're

nothing but a cheat?

Grab this guy's wrist.

I'm slicing it off.

Sir!

Don't!

Relax or you'll get hurt.

We have cops.

No. 1 car is out.

Set up a blockade.

No. 3, it's fine.

Did you leave the key?

No. 2, leave the key

and go up there.

No. 3, No. 3, We're seeing cops.

No. 3 car, how much time do they

take until front gate?

We have 15 minutes.

Stop it.

Get the money.

Hey, young man.

This is a gentlemen's game.

We're taking this money.

Just like true gentlemen.

Come back in 2 weeks.

Hey, man.

Take this with you.

You said it hurts to lose.

See you.

You're from that factory!

We apologize.

We've got another visit from

our hardworking police officers.

Tonight's game ends here.

Please follow the orange light.

You still have 15 minutes.

Walk out slowly

in single files.

Nice and slow. Nice and slow.

Nice and slow.

Nice and slow.

My life has

a lot of ups and downs.

What are you talking about? man.

We all do. So what?

Get us anything expensive.

Something expensive?

Like vodka?

Is that all you know?

Where's the owner?

I'm the new owner.

Hwa-ran!

They want something expensive.

They've got tons of cash!

You went out

looking like that?

What should we give them?

What do we have?

Do we have scotch?

It's time to close

the shutters.

You don't have to!

Se-ran.

Get the Johnnie Walker Blue.

My grandmother

should have seen that.

We're taking this money.'

- That was hot!

- Here's whiskey.

Thanks.

Hey. We have to leave

town soon.

Let's stay a little longer.

We've got games to play here.

You're actually thinking

of seeing him in 2 weeks?

KWAK's money is not

up for grabs.

He'll never let you take off

with his money.

You said you were sure.

How dare you do

this to me. Grab him.

Yes, sir.

Son of b*tch.

You've brought shame

upon my name!

Hey, Miss! What's your name?

Hwa-ran.

I see. How old are you?

Why don't we take a hike up

a mountain sometime?

I'm not that strong.

- That's too bad.

- Here's your check.

Thanks.

How much did you write down?

Are you crazy?

That bottle was just 400,000 won!

It's past midnight.

We can ask for more.

Stop talking about Mu-seok.

He'll get

what's coming to him.

You've done your revenge.

Now let's move on.

I didn't go there

to see Mu-seok.

Then who? KWAK?

Someone higher up.

Really?

What for?

Who are you?

I'm from the warehouse.

The guy driven to the edge...

I want to learn from you.

My name is...

Show me your palm.

Don't take up hwatu.

You'll most likely end up dead

in the streets.

I need to pay my sister back.

I won't leave till you say yes!

You'd be better off

doing drugs.

Hwatu is a sad drama.

It's best not to

know about it.

They say knowledge is power.

You talk like a politician.

Are you comparing me

to those bastards?

- You.

- Yes?

Want to get beaten up

by that man?

Yes.

Do I have to?

There's never

a reason to anything.

Oh no!

There's a huge fight going on!

I'd better call the cops.

It doesn't always pay to be

a good citizen.

Wait! Wait!

- Will you teach me now?

- Can you kill a man?

What?

You got beaten up pretty bad

First rule of gambling.

Become a beast.

- Let's go.

- You're leaving, sir?

- I'm tired.

What's that kid

doing these days?

He'll probably give up

in a couple of days.

I see.

Let's go.

You gotta use your head!

Are you going to hate me

for this later?

No.

I can tell you will.

It's written on your face.

Nothing's written on my face

Come in.

I shuffle,

then I break

the cards like this.

You do it all by yourself?

Let's say you're my prey.

I take a card from the bottom

to hand out to you,

while I take the cards

from the top.

I have an eight pair.

You have a 10 and a 9.

You only have a nine points.

So you're saying

I'll have a nine?

Yes.

Wait. How did you...?

What?

How did you do that?

Your hands must be faster

than the eye.

What cards do you want?

A one pair.

Abracadabra.

Abracadabra!

- You want to make money?

- Yes.

- You want to be rich?

- Yes!

Here you go.

Cut.

Cut.

Four cards.

I give up.

I have pair.

I'm going to

get good at this.

Are you the best gambler

in this country?

You bet I am.

You laugh?

There are 3 top high

rollers in Korea.

One Ear of

Kyeongsang Province.

Agwee of Jeolla Province.

And me. The best one.

One Ear and Agwee

had a game once.

Agwee cut off

one of his ears.

That's why

he's called One Ear.

Have you played against Agwee?

You know what his wish is?

He doesn't wish for

world peace.

All he wants is my wrist.

But he hasn't gotten it yet.

He's still after me.

Let me tell you something.

I'm a man,

who made hwatu into

an art form.

Let the cards become

one with you.

It's like cheating,

but with more soul.

If you're so good,

why do you live in

a place like this?

I've been unlucky in

buying up real estate.

I can see the card.

Hide it well.

Get back to practice!

I'll do it later.

Don't talk back to me!

Old man.

I mastered one trick!

Get back to work!

Mop the floors!

I can't enjoy a moment of peace

with this boy!

The bridge collapsed?

What's happening to this world?

You think all is fair and

beautiful in this world?

Isn't that the way

it should be?

If it were, how would people

like us make a living?

Go back to work!

When a department collapsed

a year later,

Goni was no longer surprised.

When spring came,

Goni began traveling the country

with Mr. PYEONG.

Pohang

Call it at 40 million won.

It's cold. Close the door.

Eight points?

It looks like I've won.

Officer LEE.

He used to be a cop.

We'll leave the rest.

Second rule.

Watch out for your own back.

Nonsan

Dad? It's time to go.

Is it time already?

I'll leave half the winnings.

- Have fun.

- You're leaving?

You're leaving them

half of the money?

Those people

need to live, too.

Third rule.

Don't be too selfish.

But you told me to be a beast.

Will you stop asking questions?

Just go with the flow.

And stop calling me Dad.

What else can I call you?

Call me Uncle instead.

Alright.

Uncle, Why don't we play

a game of sotda?

The traditional way?

Or by using tricks?

I can't win with tricks

Let's do it the traditional way.

Who goes first?

I do.

We were always careful

not to make noise

while screwing women

back in the day.

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