Directed by Johnnie To • 2004 • Hong Kong
Starring Nick Cheung Ka-fai, Richie Jen, Kelly Chen
Opening with a dazzling, seven-minute-long tracking shot and never letting up from there, this typically dynamic action thriller from director Johnnie To explores the gulf between the truth and what the media and those in charge want us to know. They were meant to take down a gang of robbers, but when a violent shootout goes horribly wrong, the police find themselves in an embarrassing position. Through media manipulation and even more violence, the cops try to balance the scales.
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PTU
Directed by Johnnie To • 2003 • Hong Kong
Starring Simon Yam, Maggie Siu Mei-kei, Lam SuetDirector Johnnie To’s propulsive action choreography and vivid feeling for the seedy corners of the neon-soaked Hong Kong night world are on full display in this stylishly moody thriller, one of the direct...
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Drug War
Directed by Johnnie To • 2012 • China, Hong Kong
Starring Louis Koo, Sun Honglei, Huang YiManufacturing just fifty grams of meth in China will earn you a death sentence. Timmy Choi (Louis Koo) just got caught making tons. Now he’s in the custody of Captain Zhang (Sun Honglei) and has one chance...
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Throw Down
Directed by Johnnie To • 2004 • Hong Kong
Starring Louis Koo, Aaron Kwok, Cherrie YingOne of the most personal films by the prolific Hong Kong auteur Johnnie To is a thrilling love letter to both the cinema of Akira Kurosawa and the art and philosophy of judo. Amid the neon-drenched nightclubs ...
