"Money Game" – A high-stakes financial thriller produced by Andy Lau, Xiaoqiang Lin, and Zhijian Cai, directed by Herman Yau, and starring Andy Lau and Oho Ou, with special appearance by Ni Ni, alongside Huang Yi, Mengjie Jiang, Kent Cheng, Hawick Lau, Haiyan Zhao, and Mengnan Li.
Who’s emptying your wallet? Should you invest in stocks or funds to make real money? The film pulls back the curtain on the "unspoken rules" behind the market’s wild swings. Financial guru Zhang Tuode (Andy Lau), hailed as the industry’s top "prophet," has guided countless investors to massive profits. But when Gao Han (Oho Ou), a brilliant but naive finance graduate, unexpectedly becomes his protégé, high-profile clients and billion-dollar deals flood in.
Then, Zhang’s mysterious past associate Anna (Ni Ni) reappears, reigniting a frenzy in the stock market. Behind the soaring and crashing prices—is this a golden opportunity or just another rigged game? Will ordinary investors strike it rich overnight, or are they doomed to become the next batch of "bagholders"? When the financial market is manipulated into a casino, where every rise and fall is a con—who really sets the rules?
Lines like "Human greed has turned the financial market into a gambling den" and "The stock market is a mix of investment and speculation" peel back the layers of Wall Street’s secrets. Tactics like "The rumor’s already out there," "Pump up the stock," and "Crash the market" expose how capital manipulates volatility, turning small investors into unwitting pawns in a ruthless money game. What seems like insider tips are actually traps—carefully laid to exploit the desperate. As hard-earned savings vanish, one question lingers: How can the "little players" ever win against the system’s rigged odds?
As a gripping financial crime epic, Money Game reunites the powerhouse team behind Shock Wave to craft a bold exposé of stock market deception. With a top-tier cast and razor-sharp storytelling, it pulls no punches in revealing the truth behind how ordinary investors get played—and who’s really cashing in.