Triad Election
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Election (2005)
Johnny To's sequel Triad Election was released in U.S. theaters in the summer of 2007, and by the end of the year, Tartan had released its predecessor Election on a Region 1 DVD. I saw them out of order, but it didn't particularly matter (although I do prefer the sequel). The action in Election revolves around the battle for the chairman position in the Wo Shing Society. The two top contenders are the volatile Big D (Tony Leung Ka Fai) and the more traditional, rational Lok (Simon Yam). Big D has bribed and threatened the senior members to get their vote, but Lok gets in anyway, so Big D steals the symbol of the chairman's power, the ancient Dragon Head Baton. read more...
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With: Simon Yam, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Louis Koo, Nick Cheung, Lam Ka Tung, Cheung Siu Fai, Lam Suet, Wong Tin Lam, Tam Ping Man, Maggie Shiu, David Chiang, Yao Yung, Wong Chung, Chan Siu Pang, Yuen Bun
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Written by: Yip Tin-shing, Yau Nai-hoi
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Directed by: Johnny To
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MPAA Rating: Unrated
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Language: Cantonese, Mandarin, with English subtitles
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Running Time: 97 minutes
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Release Date: 05/13/2005
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Drug War (2013)
I've been following director Johnnie To's career for some time now, since I first saw and loved The Heroic Trio (1993). I have not seen all of his movies, as they don't often show up here in the States, and he tends to make them faster than I can find them. But I have seen a fair number, including the superb Election (2005), Triad Election (2006), and Exiled (2006). Yet the jaw-dropping new Drug War ups the ante. It's the best To film I've seen since The Heroic Trio. read more...
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With: Louis Koo, Sun Honglei, Huang Yi, Wallace Chung, Gao Yunxiang, Li Guangjie, Guo Tao, Li Jing, Lo Hoi-pang, Eddie Cheung, Gordon Lam, Michelle Ye, Lam Suet
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Written by: Wai Ka-Fai, Yau Nai-hoi, Ryker Chan, Yu Xi
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Directed by: Johnnie To
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MPAA Rating: R for strong violence, drug content and language
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Language: Mandarin, with English subtitles
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Running Time: 105 minutes
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Release Date: 08/15/2013
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With: Claire Trevor, Lawrence Tierney, Walter Slezak, Phillip Terry, Audrey Long, Elisha Cook Jr., Isabel Jewell, Esther Howard, Kathryn Card, Tony Barrett, Grandon Rhodes
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Written by: Eve Greene, Richard Macaulay based on a novel by James Gunn
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Directed by: Robert Wise
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MPAA Rating: Unrated
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Running Time: 92 minutes
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Release Date: 05/02/1947
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Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
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With: Nicolas Cage, Patricia Arquette, John Goodman, Ving Rhames, Tom Sizemore, Marc Anthony, Mary Beth Hurt, Cliff Curtis, Nestor Serrano, Aida Turturro, Larry Fessenden
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Written by: Paul Schrader, based on a novel by Joe Connelly
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Directed by: Martin Scorsese
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MPAA Rating: R for gritty, violent content, drug use and language
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Running Time: 121 minutes
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Release Date: 10/21/1999
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Exiled (2007)
After Johnny To's superb, Godfather-like Triad Election comes this equally amazing, but altogether different gangster film, much closer to a John Woo-like exploration of male bonding and astonishing, violent standoffs. read more...
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With: Anthony Wong, Francis Ng, Nick Cheung, Josie Ho, Roy Cheung, Lam Suet, Simon Yam, Lam Ka Tung, Richie Jen
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Written by: Szeto Kam-yuen, Yip Tin-shing
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Directed by: Johnny To (a.k.a. Johnnie To)
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MPAA Rating: R for strong violence and some sexual content
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Language: Cantonese with English subtitles
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Running Time: 110 minutes
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Release Date: 09/05/2006
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