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Tag / Johnnie To

September 19, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Heroic Trio, The (1993)

  • To, Johnnie
  • 1993, Hong Kong, Johnnie To
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To deliberately takes B-movie action preposterousness to wildly delirious levels in this work of inventive imagination and delightful campiness. 

⭐⭐⭐⭐

Rating: 4 out of 5.

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March 18, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Three (2016)

  • To, Johnnie
  • 2016, Hong Kong, Johnnie To
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To’s odd anti-action structural experiment takes too long to build up a self-contained story set in a hospital ward as doctors, cops and criminals try to outwit one another psychologically, that when the action comes, it feels like a stylistic distraction.    

⭐⭐⭐

Rating: 3 out of 5.

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March 17, 2019 by Eternality Tan

Drug War (2013)

  • To, Johnnie
  • 2013, Hong Kong, Johnnie To
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3.5 stars

A violent climactic showdown between cops and drug dealers redeems this part-intriguing, part-draggy work by Johnnie To.

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March 17, 2019 by Eternality Tan

Life Without Principle (2011)

  • To, Johnnie
  • 2011, Hong Kong, Johnnie To
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3 stars

A film of two halves – the first uninteresting, and the second intriguing in this flawed Johnnie To drama.

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March 13, 2019 by Eternality Tan

Election (2005)

  • To, Johnnie
  • 2005, Hong Kong, Johnnie To
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3.5 stars

There’s not much action in this, but To develops a mostly engrossing triad flick about infighting and power plays.

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March 10, 2019May 5, 2019 by Eternality Tan

Vengeance (2009)

  • To, Johnnie
  • 2009, Hong Kong, Johnnie To
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3.5 stars

More of what we have come to expect from Johnnie To operating in the crime-thriller territory, but now with a French lead in tow.

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