Once again proving that rumors of the death of great Hong Kong filmmaking have been greatly exaggerated, auteur Johnnie To follows his acclaimed triad duet ELECTION and TRIAD ELECTION/ELECTION II with this extraordinarily beautiful gangster drama.
Tired of life on the run, exiled gangster Wo (Nick Cheung) returns to Macao on the eve of the 1998 Portuguese handover in hopes of settling down with his wife, Jin (Josie Ho), and their month-old baby, though Wo knows coming home means his death. Wo and his old friend Tai (Francis Ng) conspired to kill tyrannical Boss Fay (Simon Yam); when the plan went awry, Wo alone took the rap and never rolled over. Now Boss F...
Released:
2006
Rated:
NR
Length:
113 mins