Election (2-Disc Deluxe Edition) (Hong Kong Version) DVD Region All
Tony Leung Ka Fai (Actor)
| Simon Yam (Actor)
| Johnnie To (Director)
| Louis Koo (Actor)
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quadshock
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August 2, 2006
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August 2, 2006
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Not overrated.
Not overrated.
| If anything, underrated. Underrated because not enough people know about this film, yet. I know it's not right, but I want to compare this to the last successful triad film from Hong Kong, Infernal Affairs, to give people a better idea of what this is. Johnnie To saw that violence like this was necessary in order to portray this type of gang life accurately, and did not sacrifice anything just so more people can see it. Whereas IA consisted more of twists and turns that caused the audience to think "wow whoever wrote the storyline is clever", this movie is much more believable and, to me, alive. Simply put, IA is a complex machine while Election has flesh and bones. It made me use my head, not the way one solves math problems, but the way one wants to see things from multiple perspectives. I respect both films equally (I respect To more than the other two directors though), but this movie is denser and takes more to really grasp. I'm on the eve of watching it again, then selling it so I can get the special edition shown here, because it's that good. |
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trigun
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April 30, 2006
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April 30, 2006
Can't wait for election 2
| Now being as though this was a great triad film, it was also a very different type of triad film. If you are expecting a young and dangerous type of film, look somewhere else because this is more of a subtle and slow paced film. You truely have to love the Gangster genre in order to enjoy this movie. The movie is basically centered around two main protagonists fighting for the top spot in this HUGE organization. One is willing to bribe and intimidate his way to the top while the other uses his suave manors and positive (as so it seems sometimes) attitude to help persuade his fellow brothers into choosing him. There really isn't much violence and no gun fights (Which was somewhat of a let down for me but ahwell). This film does not have a good guy because in reality, both men fighting to win are bad men. Altogether, great film but a bit slow at times. |
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January 8, 2006
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January 8, 2006
2 disc is better than 1
| Given that this film actually entered a film festival, it's not your average HK gang movie. The 2nd disc is loaded with many extra. Good buy, but for fans of this genre only. |
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