Lucky Grandma

2021
PG-13
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Synopsis

Grandma Wong (Tsai Chin), an eighty-year-old widow living in New York City's Chinatown, is a grouchy chain-smoking gambler struggling financially. After a fortune teller predicts her luck will change on October 28, she joins a pensioners' trip to Atlantic City. When her gambling fails, she unexpectedly comes into possession of a large sum of money belonging to the Chinese Mafia. Determined to keep her newfound wealth, Grandma Wong hires Big Pong (Ha Hsiao Yuan), a "discount bodyguard" from a rival gang, to protect her from the mafia's attempts to retrieve their money. As the mafia sends their goons after her, Grandma Wong proves she's not an easy target, setting up a hilarious and intense confrontation. This is a 2019 South Korean crime comedy directed by Sasie Sealy.