Throw Down

Versatile Hong-Kong filmmaker Johnny To ignores the usual rules of the chop-socky movie and turns out a stylish, bittersweet comedy that's more melancholy character study that bone-crunching smack down. As Sze-To (Louis Koo), the heavy drinking, heavy gambling manager of the After Hours Bar & Lounge, recovers from a massive hanger-over, he's visited by two strangers. Mona (Cherrie Ying), a persistent, aspiring singer who's already a little to old to compete against teen starlets, has come looking for a job as a singer, while Tony, an ambitious student of Judo, has come looking for a fight. Tony has been challenging Judo champs from dojos all over Hong Kong, cl...