The Tricky Master

The Tricky Master
Film poster
Directed byWong Jing
Written byWong Jing
Produced byWong Jing
StarringStephen Chow
Nick Cheung
Sandra Ng
Wong Jing
Kelly Lin
Suki Kwan
CinematographyKo Chiu Lam
Edited bySue Woo
Music byLincoln Lo
Production
company
Release date
  • 5 August 1999 (1999-08-05)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese
Box officeHK$19,141,640 (Hong Kong)

The Tricky Master (千王之王2000) is a 1999 Hong Kong crime comedy film directed by Wong Jing.[1]

The film is set in Happy Valley, Hong Kong. A police detective requests work on a major case, in hopes of a promotion. He is assigned with spying on a high-profile con-artist, and he loses his job when he is tricked by his subject. The disgraced detective then requests lessons in becoming a con-artist by an experienced master of the trade, as he seeks revenge.

  1. ^ "The Tricky Master". Hong Kong Cinemagic. Retrieved 5 February 2014.