Macau beat Las Vegas to take over as the gambling capital of the world, now it aims to emulate the US city's role in film

Cast shot from Choi Dong-hun?s 2012 heist thriller ?The Thieves? in Macau. Macau served as the backdrop for the recent big-budget blockbuster, the second-most successful South Korean film in history after 2006’s “The Host”. The enclave hopes to attract more productions in the film’s wake.