Directed by Johnnie To • 2006 • Hong Kong
Starring Anthony Wong, Francis Ng, Nick Cheung
An 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 achievements. Evocatively set in the Portuguese colony of Macau just as it’s about to be handed over to China, EXILED traces the tangled loyalties that develop between an ex-gangster (Nick Cheung) and two groups of hitmen—one out to assassinate him, the other to protect him.
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Life Without Principle
Directed by Johnnie To • 2011 • Hong Kong
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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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Three
Directed by Johnnie To • 2016 • Hong Kong, China
Starring Zhao Wei, Louis Koo, Wallace ChungWhen three disparate souls—a doctor desperate to redeem her reputation (Zhao Wei), a policeman who will go to any length to seek justice (Louis Koo), and a criminal with a gunshot wound to the head (Wall...
