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Triad Election

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Triad Election (2007)

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Reviews Counted: 46

Fresh: 44

Rotten:2

Average Rating: 7.4/10

Consensus: Taking its cues from the Godfather series, Triad Election understands how a giddy mix of thrills and gunplay can make for compelling cinema.

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Theatrical Release:Apr 25, 2007 Limited

Synopsis: Wo Sing is Hong Kong’s oldest Triad Society. Under the leadership of its current Chairman Lok, it has grown to become the most feared crime organization in the city. Jimmy (Louis Koo), a... Wo Sing is Hong Kong’s oldest Triad Society. Under the leadership of its current Chairman Lok, it has grown to become the most feared crime organization in the city. Jimmy (Louis Koo), a twenty-first-century gangster with an M.B.A., wants to go clean by building a legitimate business empire. His profit-making enterprises have already made him a favorite in the upcoming Chairman election, but his popularity has also brought him to the attention of the Chinese authorities, who believe he is the perfect middleman to bring the Triads and the Central Government into peaceful co-existence. The Chinese authorities offer Jimmy access to the Mainland’s business market should he choose to lead Wo Sing for the next two years. The irony is not lost on Jimmy: in order to escape the Triads, first he must become their leader. -- © Tartan Films [More]

Starring: Louis Koo, Simon Yam, Suet Lam, Andy On

Starring: Louis Koo, Simon Yam, Suet Lam, Andy On, Mark Cheng, Nick Cheung, Siu-Fai Cheung, Ka Tung Lam

Director: Johnnie To

Director: Johnnie To
Screenwriter: Nai-Hoi Yau, Tin-shing Yip
Producer: Johnny To, Dennis Law
Composer: Robert Ellis-Geiger
Studio: Tartan Films

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Whatever he lacks in narrative drive, To is still the master of style.

Full Review Source: Eye for Film | comment Comment
12/07/07
Amber Wilkinson
Eye for Film

Drips with a thick, Stygian darkness, but also offers violence that's too explicit and willfully perverse to be thoughtfully disturbing. . . . a little too overwrought, too operatic after its regal predecessor.

Full Review Source: Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada) | comment Comment
11/19/07
Brian Gibson
Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)

The exposition is perfectly balanced with bloody action and muscular set-pieces.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
10/26/07
Justin Bowyer
Empire Magazine

The film's violence erupts in rare, staccato bursts, all the more horrifying for coming out of nowhere.

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08/24/07
Ty Burr
Boston Globe
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If it is too stylistically modest to win converts among the multiplex crowd, the film surely rewards followers of the genre.

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08/11/07
Marrit Ingman
Austin Chronicle

tackles big ideas like the preservation of tradition and the overall reach of destiny, but also slyly suggests that the Triad of the 21st Century has evolved into something like a giant corporation.

Full Review Source: Murphy's Movie Reviews | comment Comment
07/14/07
Ted Murphy
Murphy's Movie Reviews

If Machiavelli's The Prince and Sun Tzu's The Art of War translate to other centuries and cultures, so might Election and Triad Election.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
07/13/07
Bill Stamets
Chicago Sun-Times
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[Director To's] talent for documentary-style realism and navigating complex political systems sets him apart, though his nationalism puts him squarely in the mainstream.

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07/12/07
Robert K. Elder
Chicago Tribune
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The movie’s most powerful component is political.

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07/12/07
Ben Kenigsberg
Time Out

This remains a well-crafted genre movie, and one that promises further developments in its final scene.

Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | comment Comment
07/06/07
Terry Lawson
Detroit Free Press
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Dense, demanding concentration, lacking any romantic (but plenty of sordid) violence, extremely involving and rewarding of careful attention.

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06/21/07
Stephen Hunter
Washington Post
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Like the late John Frankenheimer, director To marries his drama with action and superb composition to achieve compelling results at times.

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06/18/07
Tom Keogh
Seattle Times

If you're willing to do the work, Triad Election pays you in tragedy.

Full Review Source: Oregonian | comment Comment
06/15/07
Mike Russell
Oregonian

... exhibit A in the case for the Hong Kong gangster film as the new genre standard.

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06/14/07
Sean Axmaker
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Shameless pulp it may be, but to watch it is to see a master craftsman continuing to refine his talent.

Full Review Source: The Stranger (Seattle, WA) | comment Comment
06/13/07
Andrew Wright
The Stranger (Seattle, WA)

Into a season of Hollywood blockbusters, this import arrives with the impact of a high-velocity bullet.

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06/08/07
Pam Grady
Reel.com

Like any good sequel, this film takes what is familiar with the original's concept -- in this case, an internecine struggle for supremacy -- and deepens it.

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06/08/07
Robert Abele
Los Angeles Times
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Reveals [director] To as a master of lean, close-quarters action.

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06/07/07
Scott Foundas
L.A. Weekly

Triad Election is slow-burning and sedate, even dull in stretches. But it deserves credit for presenting such a courageous critique of the Chinese system, which combines the worst aspects of official corruption and mob lawlessness.

Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | comment Comment
05/31/07
Colin Covert
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Like many Hong Kong mob movies, Triad Election

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05/31/07
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
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