
As election time nears, current Triad chairman Lok (Yam) faces competition from his godsons. At the same time, Jimmy (Koo) looks to increase his business relations with mainland China.... (Full plot summary below)
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As election time nears, current Triad chairman Lok (Yam) faces competition from his godsons. At the same time, Jimmy (Koo) looks to increase his business relations with mainland China.
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| Murphy's Movie ReviewsTed Murphytackles big ideas like the preservation of tradition and the overall reach of destiny, but also slyly suggests that the Triad of the 21st Century has evolved into something like a giant corporation. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonJohnny To's superb, graceful new Triad Election actually has quite a bit in common with Francis Coppola's Godfather trilogy. |
| New York ObserverAndrew SarrisIn 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. |
| St. Paul Pioneer PressChris Hewitt (St. Paul)Like many Hong Kong mob movies, Triad Election |
| Not Coming to a Theater Near YouLeo GoldsmithFor all its emulation of American gangster films, Triad Election is first and foremost a portrait of Hong Kong, painted in great swaths of black and red. |
| The Stranger (Seattle, WA)Andrew WrightShameless pulp it may be, but to watch it is to see a master craftsman continuing to refine his talent. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesBill StametsIf Machiavelli's The Prince and Sun Tzu's The Art of War translate to other centuries and cultures, so might Election and Triad Election. |
| Deseret News (Salt Lake City)Jeff ViceTwo screenwriters were responsible for this fascinating look at organized crime in China, as well as the continuing governmental policies that make the triads thrive. |
| Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Alberta)Brian GibsonDrips with a thick, Stygian darkness, but also offers violence that's too explicit and willfully perverse to be thoughtfully disturbing. . . . a little too overwrought, too operatic after its regal predecessor. |
| Filmcritic.comChris Cabinexpertly captures the battle between old-school gangster pathology and the new cutthroat tactics of the corporate criminal |