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ALL ABOUT AH-LONG
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Chow Yun Fat is a truck driver raising his son alone. This drama is complicated by the return of his former wife. A struggle ensues as the three try to reunify the family. In the end, Chow Yun Fat's character returns to his earlier passion as motorcycle racer for the film's climactic finale. Winner of the 1990 Hong Kong Academy Award for Best Actor. Mandarin with English Johnny To---Hong Kong---1989---100 mins.
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BIG HEAT (JOHNNY TO)
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A seasoned cop is forced to come out of semi-retirement when a friend is brutally murdered. Starring Waise Lee, Joey Wang (Green Snake) and Mathew Wong. In Cantonese with English subtitles. Johnny To---Hong Kong---1988---98 mins.
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CASINO RAIDERS II
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Andy Lau returns in this sequel to the 1989 hit. When a gambling kingpin is murdered by his top disciple, a former protege seeks revenge. Tightly directed escapism from Johnny To (Heroic Trio, The Mission). Johnny To---Hong Kong---1993---91 mins.
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EIGHTH HAPPINESS
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Chow Yun-Fat shows a very different screen persona in this wacky comedy--an early feature from future action specialist Johnny To (The Mission, Running Out of Time). Chow is an effeminate womanizer who uses his non-threatening demeanor to score big with the ladies. Complications with his brothers and their various girlfriends lead to plenty of laughter along the way. In Cantonese with English subtitles. Johnny To---Hong Kong---1988---88 mins.
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ELECTION
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A uniquely restrained, thought-provoking Triad film from Hong Kong, Johnny To's drama follows the struggle between two leaders (Simon Yam Tat Wah and Tony Leung Ka Fai) angling to control the powerful Wo Sing Society. When the aggressive, unpredictable Big D (Leung) begins bribing seniors in the underworld to sway the vote, calm and level-headed Lok (Yam) uses his influence to secure a favorable outcome, forcing a showdown between the candidates that stretches well past inauguration. "Riveting" (Entertainment Weekly). In Cantonese and Mandarin with English subtitles. Johnny To---Hong Kong---2005---89 mins.
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FULLTIME KILLER
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A cool, reserved assassin named "O" (Takashi Sorimachi) sees his position as the number one hit-man challenged by a flamboyant, reckless rival (Andy Lau). A determined cop (Simon Yam) stays hot on the trail of both men. Just when you think this material - so familiar in Hong Kong action cinema - has been exhausted, along comes another stylish effort from Johnny To (The Mission) to reinvigorate the formula. In Cantonese and Mandarin with Johnny To/Wai Ka-fai---Hong Kong---2001---103 mins.
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HELP! (D: JOHNNY TO)
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A scathing satire disguised as slapstick black comedy, Help!!! stars pop music idols Ekin Cheng, Jordan Chan and Cecilia Cheung as three young doctors trying to turn things around at a hospital plagued by systemic incompetence and cynicism. "...a vision of a world in which a regime of bureaucratism, oiled by the complacency of self-interest, necessarily trumps and negates the possibility of optimism, humanism, or self-sacrifice" (Shelly Kraicer, Johnny To/Wai Ka-fai---Hong Kong---2000---89 mins.
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HERO NEVER DIES
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Pop music superstar Leon Lai stars in this stylish, noir-esque action film from the director of The Heroic Trio. Dark and brooding with moments of unexpected humor, the lush visuals of this violent film won Johnny To Best Director honors from the Hong Kong Film Critics Society. In Cantonese and Mandarin with English subtitles. Johnny To---Hong Kong---1998---98 mins.
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LIFELINE
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Director Johnny To (The Mission, Running Out of Time) gives plent y of punch to this Hong Kong version of Backdraft, an exciting account o f a hard-luck firefighting unit. The hardened vet that leads the group is at odds with his by-the-book boss and his girlfriend, but he forges on, courageously risking his life along with his fellow crew members. In Cantonese with English subtitles. Johnny To---Hong Kong---1997---108 mins.
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LOVE FOR ALL SEASONS
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From the directors of Mad Detective comes this romantic comedy about a millionaire playboy who is breaking women's hearts left and right. When he is diagnosed with a mysterious illness, though, the doctor recommends he travel to an all-female martial arts school high in the Chinese mountains. If you've guessed that one of these karate-chopping girls will change his womanizing ways, you're on the right track. Starring Sammi Cheng and Louis Koo. In Cantonese and Mandarin with optional English subtitles. Johnny To/Wai Ka-fai---Hong Kong---2003---86 mins.
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LOVE ON A DIET
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Attractive, thin stars Sammi Cheng and Andy Lau don fat suits and make-up to play the obese lead characters of this romantic comedy. Cheng plays a woman who has gained a huge amount of weight after being dumped by her pianist lover. When she decides to lose the weight in an effort to win him back, she gets some assistance from her chubby pal (Lau). As their self-improvement mission progresses, they fall in love. In Cantonese with English subtitles. Johnny To/Wai Ka-fai---Hong Kong---2001---95 mins.
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MAD DETECTIVE
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According to David Bordwell, co-author of the Film Art textbook: "Johnnie To and Wai Ka-fai have reunited for The Mad Detective, which i s as off-balance as you'd expect from its premise. Evidently spun off those TV series that feature telepathic profilers, the film stars Lau Ching-wan as a detective who solves cases by intuiting crooks' 'inner personalities.' We're introduced to him crawling into a suitcase and asking his partner to throw it downstairs. After a few bumpy descents, he flops out and names the man who packed up a girl's body the same way. Soon Lau is mentally reenacting a convenience-store robbery, and To/Wai cut together various versions of it as he plays with the possibilities." Nominated for the Golden Lion at the 2007 Venice Film Festival. In Cantonese with optional English subtitles. Johnny To/Wai Ka-fai---Hong Kong---2007---86 mins.
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MAD MONK, THE
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This Hong Kong import directed by Johnnie To and featuring comedy star Stephen Chow is based on a legendary Chinese character who helped the poor and upheld justice by fighting corrupt officials. Stephen Chow plays this figure for laughs as he tries to change the lives of three bad people: a beggar (Anthony Wong), a prostitute (Maggie Cheung) and a killer. Johnny To---Hong Kong---1993---85 mins.
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MISSION
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Voted Best Picture by the Hong Kong Film Critics' Society, this edgy thriller stars Anthony Wong, Francis Ng and Simon Yam. After an attempt on his life fails, a mob boss hires five bodyguards to find the would-be assassin. An unexpected turn of events puts their loyalty to the test. From director Johnny To, one of the most popular Hong Kong directors of the post-John Woo era. In Cantonese and Mandarin with English subtitles. Johnny To---Hong Kong---1999---88 mins.
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MY LEFT EYE SEES GHOSTS
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Johnny To (Running Out of Time, The Mission) directs this horror comedy starring Lau Ching Wan and Hong Kong pop diva Sammi Cheng. When a widow (Cheng) discovers that she can see ghosts out of her left eye, she starts to receive regular visits from ghosts seeking help in finishing their last wishes. Wan plays a particularly naughty ghost who promises to look for the widow's husband on the other side if she helps him discover his last regret. In Cantonese and Mandarin with English subtitles. Johnny To---Hong Kong---2002---97 mins.
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NEEDING YOU...
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Film and recording star Andy Lau was teamed with Cantopop singer Sammi Cheng in this romantic comedy, which proved to be the most commercially successful Hong Kong feature of 2000. Directors Johnny To and Wai Ka-fai depart from the action genre and show they can handle romance with the best of them. Lau and Cheng play mismatched employees in the same office who develop a love-hate relationship. Soon, the hate side fades away as opposites attract. In Cantonese with English subtitles. Johnny To/Wai Ka-fai---Hong Kong---2000---104 mins.
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RUNNING ON KARMA
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Hong Kong superstars Andy Lau (House of Flying Daggers) and Cecilia Cheung (The Promise) lend their skills to this offbeat murder mystery that combines comic book attitude with a bit of Zen philosophy. Lau plays Big , a muscle-bound, psychic monk who leaves the order when a friend is murdered. He sets out to find the killer and a more "colorful" life for himself along the way. Winner of three Hong Kong Film Awards, including Best Picture. Director Johnny To "arguably paved the way for an industry capable of making Infernal Affairs" (Charles Leary, Senses of Cinema). Includes original Cantonese, English, and Mandarin audio options with English and Hong Kong/China---2003---93 mins.
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RUNNING OUT OF TIME 2
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In this sequel to the 1999 hit, Lau Ching Wan returns as the top hostage negotiator from the first film, now promoted to police superintendent. He ends up in another dangerous game with a clever criminal, this time played by Ekin Cheng (The Storm Riders). In Cantonese with English subtitles. Johnny To/Law Wing-cheong---Hong Kong---2001---95 mins.
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TRIAD ELECTION
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The power struggles continue in Johnny To's effective follow-up to his yakuza hit, Election. Two years have past since the first, and the triads are set to elect a new leader. The sitting heads have other plans, though. In Mandarin and Cantonese with English subtitles. Johnny To---Hong Kong---2006---92 mins.
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TRIANGLE (TIT SAMGOK)
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"Three Hong Kong cult helmers play pass-the-parcel in Triangle, a seriocomic crimer by Tsui Hark, Ringo Lam and Johnnie To that's a diverting, sometimes head-scratching experiment that will mostly chime with Asian movie buffs...Passage from an antsy setup, via more character-driven drama, to an elaborately choreographed finale plays to the strengths of each director as well as being a mini-primer of their different styles" (Derek Elley, Variety). In Cantonese with English subtitles.
Tsui Hark/Ringo Lam/Johnnie To---Hong Kong---2007---92 mins.
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