Triangle (Tie saam gok) (2007)
Average Rating: 4.8/10
Reviews Counted: 14
Fresh: 7 | Rotten: 7
Semi-comic-action thriller Triangle teams three leading Hong Kong directors together with confusing results. For asian cinema aficionados only.
Average Rating: N/A
Critic Reviews: 3
Fresh: 0 | Rotten: 3
Semi-comic-action thriller Triangle teams three leading Hong Kong directors together with confusing results. For asian cinema aficionados only.
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Three maestro Chinese action directors - Ringo Lam, Tsui Hark and Johnny To - co-helm the adventure saga Triangle. The film actually constitutes a film serial, divided into thirds, with each filmmaker responsible for one episode. Three drinking buddies, Fai, Sam and Mok are visited one dark and stormy night by a strange old man who dazzles them with the tale of an ancient treasure. The artifact in question - worth untold amounts of money - lies buried beneath an almost impenetrable government
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Art House & International, Action & Adventure
Yau Nai-Hoi, Au Kin Yee, Yip Tin Shing, Half Leisure, Sharon Chung
Oct 1, 2007 Wide
Sep 15, 2009
Magnet Releasing/Magnolia Pictures
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Cast
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Louis Koo
Ah Fai -
Simon Yam
Lee Bo Sam -
Honglei Sun
Mok Chung Yuen -
Lam Ka-tung
Wen -
Kelly Lin
Ling -
Yao Yung
policeman -
Suet Lam
Fat Bo car mechanic -
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All Critics (14) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (7) | Rotten (7) | DVD (3)
Little of it however, is genuinely striking enough to suggest a welcome reception beyond the already converted.
Top CriticA seriocomic crimer by Tsui Hark, Ringo Lam and Johnnie To that's a diverting, sometimes head-scratching experiment that will mostly chime with Asian movie buffs rather than satisfy general auds as a single, homogenous pic.
The cinematic equivalent of an inedible mess where ingredients war with one another and no one has paid any attention to the poor fellow who must consume the meal.
Your best strategy is simply to sit back, try to follow along, and enjoy the hijinks.
A convoluted crime caper with strong ethical underpinnings to support its many moods and styles.
The film is made confusing not only by the twisting plot but by the varied styles of the three cult directors.
To's stylishly choreographed, action-led finale wraps things up with a blackly humorous and suspenseful stand-off in an outdoor restaurant.
But there is an inescapable air of disappointment that three brilliant directors have handed in a movie that barely scratches the potential of the experiment.
Three of Hong Kong cinema's top names take turns to direct this batty heist-gone-wrong thriller, which proceeds from stylish-but-incomprehensible (Tsui Hark) through crunchy and violent (Ringo Lam) to just barking (Johnnie To).
The filmic equivalent of pass-the-parcel on Triangle, a convoluted crime caper about a mysterious gold coin and the luckless bozos on its trail.
The results are messy, incoherent and ultimately three times as tedious.
It's a shaggy dog story, with a script obviously made up as the film was being shot, but reasonably engrossing as the directors enjoy exaggerating their own mannerisms.
Any fan who can tell Anthony Wong from Andy Lau will find worth watching for more than just the three-directors approach.
Audience Reviews for Triangle (Tie saam gok)
Super Reviewer
All that said, it's good to see the HK industry willing to experiment a bit instead of trying to make another Infernal Affairs or some crap with canto-pop idols. Hope that they can nail it the next.
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