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
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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.
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... [More]
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Reviews for Triad Election
Like the best crime stories, this one isn't about how the bad guys live, it's about how we live.
04/28/07
The film's violence erupts in rare, staccato bursts, all the more horrifying for coming out of nowhere.
08/24/07
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04/23/09
Guided by To’s elegant camera moves, less visceral than most Hong Kong filmmakers, the Election movies put a fresh, intriguing spin on the usual cinematic gangster motifs.
05/05/07
As in the first movie, To deftly references the Godfather trilogy, examining the moral equivocation and shifting alliances among various syndicate members.
04/24/07
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.
07/13/07
[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.
07/12/07
Johnny To's superb, graceful new Triad Election actually has quite a bit in common with Francis Coppola's Godfather trilogy.
05/24/07
Triad Election lacks the emotional punch or aesthetic dazzle to take it up a notch.
10/16/06
Two screenwriters were responsible for this fascinating look at organized crime in China, as well as the continuing governmental policies that make the triads thrive.
05/11/07
This remains a well-crafted genre movie, and one that promises further developments in its final scene.
07/06/07
Top CriticThe exposition is perfectly balanced with bloody action and muscular set-pieces.
10/26/07
With Mob fever spiked by the return of The Sopranos, now's the perfect time to enjoy the intense Godfather variations of director Johnnie To.
04/18/07
Top CriticWhatever he lacks in narrative drive, To is still the master of style.
12/07/07
Further proof that Johnnie To is one of the medium's most accomplished directors.
04/26/07
expertly captures the battle between old-school gangster pathology and the new cutthroat tactics of the corporate criminal
04/26/07
For anyone who saw Election, Johnnie To's masterful, modern reworking of the Hong Kong Triad drama and its mythology, Election 2 isn't so much a sequel as a logical extension of the story.
05/13/06
Reveals [director] To as a master of lean, close-quarters action.
06/07/07
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.
06/08/07
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