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Reviews Counted:19
Fresh:19
Rotten:0
Average Rating:7.8/10
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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Top CriticIf 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
Top Critic[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
Top CriticThis remains a well-crafted genre movie, and one that promises further developments in its final scene.
07/06/07
Top CriticDense, demanding concentration, lacking any romantic (but plenty of sordid) violence, extremely involving and rewarding of careful attention.
06/21/07
Top CriticLike 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
Top CriticTriad 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.
05/31/07
Top CriticThe movie is familiar on several levels but also has its own engaging style.
05/19/07
Top CriticReady for The Godfather with a distinctly Hong Kong flavor?
04/27/07
Top CriticPlenty of films owe a debt to The Godfather, but it's rare to see inspiration used as successfully as it is here.
04/27/07
Top CriticThe parallels to all three Godfather films are there, if you care to look, but the Election films have other pleasures.
04/25/07
Top CriticThe surfaces gleam as luxuriously in Johnnie To's exemplary gangster thriller Triad Election as those in a similarly slicked-up Hollywood film, but the blood on the floor here seems stickier.
04/25/07
Top CriticAs in the first movie, To deftly references the Godfather trilogy, examining the moral equivocation and shifting alliances among various syndicate members.
04/24/07
Top CriticJohnnie To's Election 2 is distinguished by intelligence, wit and violence but is lightly wounded by some ill-fitting moments.
04/24/07
Top CriticEach angle -- and To's take on the plight of the modern gangster -- is inspired.
04/24/07
Top CriticTriad Election is something like a surprise candy, with a hard, sweet veneer and a shockingly bitter center.
04/19/07
Top CriticWith 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 CriticIn contrast to many recent action films, women are neither empowered nor abused in this predominantly male universe. The visual style throughout is disarmingly classical in the fluidity of its camera movements.
04/18/07
Top CriticFor 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
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