Election (2005)
Director: Johnny To;
Cinematograper: Siu-keung Cheng;
Editor: Patrick Tam
Note: this is a new feature here at the Creek, covering films I love but don’t have time (or I’m just too lazy) to write about in a full-length review.
This predecessor to 2006’s Triad Election (which I reviewed here) chronicles the rise to power of [...]
Tags: Election, Johnnie To, Simon Lam
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Remember Al Pacino’s over-the-top histrionics in Coppola’s equally over-the-top Godfather: Part III? Remember how he bellowed “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in?” Well, that’s the plot of Johnnie To’s Triad Election, and a venerable one it is, too. It’s served not only gangster flicks, but cop movies [...]
Tags: Hong Kong, Johnnie To, Louis Koo, Simon Lam
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