Rival gang leaders are locked in a struggle to become the new chairman of Hong Kong's Triad society.
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★★★★★
I always thought this would be a long and boring Talking-Heads flick full of static interior takes, dude, I was wrong. "Election" is a highly fascinating and thoroughly captivating thriller-drama, taking a deep and realistic view behind the origins of Triads-R...
★★★★★
There can be no denying that Hak Se Wui (Election in English) is a well made and well thought out film. The film uses numerous clever pieces of identification all the time playing with modernity yet sticking to tradition a theme played with throughout the fi...
★★★★★
This isn't as violent as I was expecting which makes the violent scenes appear all the more brutal and effective.
There are a lot of twists and turns and back stabbing and double crossing all the way through the film making it hard to know who's side a partic...
★★★★★
Election is a complex Hong Kong gangster drama that convinces with its realistic vibe. The movie details the rivalry between the calm, diplomatic and mild-mannered Lok and the excitable, hot-tempered and self-centered Big D. Once Lok has been elected as the ne...
★★★★★
The essential appeal of gangster films lies in the notion of the inter-linking of depravity and honour. And honour is arguably the more fictitious of the two qualities: it is said that after 'The Godfather' was made, real life mafioso started imitating Don Cor...
