Like many Hong Kong mob movies, Triad Election
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05/31/07
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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
Johnny To's superb, graceful new Triad Election actually has quite a bit in common with Francis Coppola's Godfather trilogy.
05/24/07
The movie is familiar on several levels but also has its own engaging style.
05/19/07
The director rejuvenates the genre by connecting the dots between a criminal subculture and a much bigger sociological picture. He’s finally given HK cinema its very own Godfather.
05/12/07
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
Comparisons to The Godfather Part II are inevitable. For a change, such comparisons are also favorable.
05/11/07
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
Like the best crime stories, this one isn't about how the bad guys live, it's about how we live.
04/28/07
Ready for The Godfather with a distinctly Hong Kong flavor?
04/27/07
Plenty 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
expertly captures the battle between old-school gangster pathology and the new cutthroat tactics of the corporate criminal
04/26/07
Further proof that Johnnie To is one of the medium's most accomplished directors.
04/26/07
The 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
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
Johnnie To's Election 2 is distinguished by intelligence, wit and violence but is lightly wounded by some ill-fitting moments.
04/24/07
Each 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
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