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Magic to Win

Magic to Win

20113.91h 40m

Overview

Nobody knows that Professor Hong Sum Kwai is actually the Water Magician, one of the five elemental wizards. One day, Hong accidentally loses his magical powers, which are transferred to his student Cheng Meisi. The girl happily uses the superhuman abilities she acquired by luck in life, at school, and on the volleyball court, but those powers also land her in trouble as a war of wizardry rages around her... Fire Magician Bi Yewu is desperate to turn back time to change a tragedy in the past, but to do so he needs to bring together the powers of all five elemental wizards. Wood Magician Gu Xinyue foresees catastrophe if time is warped, so he alerts the other wizards - including Earth Magician Ling Feng and Metal Magician Charlie - to join forces and prevent it from happening...

Directed by Wilson Yip
Written by Edmond Wong Chi-Mun
Produced by Raymond Wong Pak-Ming
Box OfficeBudget: $8.0MRevenue: $9K

Top Cast

Karena Ng Chin-Yu

Karena Ng Chin-Yu

Cheng Meisi

Raymond Wong Pak-Ming

Raymond Wong Pak-Ming

Professor Hong

Wu Jing

Wu Jing

Bi Yewu

Louis Koo

Louis Koo

Gu Xinyue

Wu Chun

Wu Chun

Ling Fung

Yan Ni

Yan Ni

Volleyball Team Coach

Vincent Kok Tak-Chiu

Vincent Kok Tak-Chiu

Renata Tan

Renata Tan

Yip Sai-Wing

Yip Sai-Wing

Loletta Lee Lai-Chun

Loletta Lee Lai-Chun

Themes & Keywords

fireflyingwindfightmagicattackmind readingchinesebattlecollege studentoverallsmagicianasiansupernatural powerelementswaterpowerlightsabers

About Magic to Win

Magic to Win is a fantasy, comedy, action film released in 2011 exploring themes of fire, flying, wind, fight, magic, attack. Directed by Wilson Yip, it stars Karena Ng Chin-Yu, Raymond Wong Pak-Ming, Wu Jing. Nobody knows that Professor Hong Sum Kwai is actually the Water Magician, one of the five elemental wizards. One day, Hong accidentally loses his magical powers, which are transferred to his student Cheng Meisi. The girl happily uses the superhuman abilities she acquired by luck in life, at school, and on the volleyball court, but those powers also land her in trouble as a war of wizardry rages around her... Fire Magician Bi Yewu is desperate to turn back time to change a tragedy in the past, but to do so he needs to bring together the powers of all five elemental wizards. Wood Magician Gu Xinyue foresees catastrophe if time is warped, so he alerts the other wizards - including Earth Magician Ling Feng and Metal Magician Charlie - to join forces and prevent it from happening...

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