Directed by Johnnie To • 2012 • China, Hong Kong
Starring Louis Koo, Sun Honglei, Huang Yi
Manufacturing 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 to avoid execution—turn informant and help the cops bring down the powerful cartel he’s been cooking for. Over the next seventy-two sleepless hours, the sting spins out of control, the line between duty and recklessness is blurred, and it becomes unclear who has the upper hand. From Johnnie To, master of the Hong Kong crime thriller, comes a scary thrill ride through the modern criminal underworld.
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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 ...
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Life Without Principle
Directed by Johnnie To • 2011 • Hong Kong
Starring Sean Lau Ching-wan, Richie Jen, Myolie WuSet against the turbulent backdrop of the 2008 banking crisis, this gripping, intricately constructed portrait of capitalism’s corruption of the soul follows three people—a police officer (Richie Jen), a...
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Exiled
Directed by Johnnie To • 2006 • Hong Kong
Starring Anthony Wong, Francis Ng, Nick CheungAn ultrastylish underworld saga crackling with virtuosically choreographed bullet-spray, relentless tension, and vivid characters, this bravura thriller ranks among action auteur Johnnie To’s definitive achi...
