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Jimmy Lee
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Kun
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Mr. So
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Big Head
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Tian-lin Wang | ... |
Uncle Teng Wai
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Uncle Cocky
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Mrs. Big D
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David Chiang | ... |
Chief Superintendent Hui
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Yong You | ... |
China Police Captain
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Chung Wang | ... |
Whistle
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Uncle Monk
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Tally
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Storyline
Rival gang leaders are locked in a struggle to become the new chairman of Hong Kong's Triad society.
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Country:
Hong KongRelease Date:
20 October 2005 (Hong Kong) See more »Also Known As:
Election See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
$439,874 (Hong Kong) (28 October 2005)Gross:
$2,023,907 (Hong Kong) (18 November 2005)Company Credits
Production Co:
China Star Entertainment, Milky Way Image Company, One Hundred Years of Film Company See more »
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2.35 : 1
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Performed by Chow Hsuan
Music/Lyrics by Chen Ge Xin
Licensed courtesy of EMI Music Hong Kong/EMI Music Publishing Hong Kong
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Did You Know?
Trivia
Quentin Tarantino loved this film so much; his quote "The Best Film of the Year" is on this film's United States DVD cover. See more »Soundtracks
"FOREVER SMILE"Performed by Chow Hsuan
Music/Lyrics by Chen Ge Xin
Licensed courtesy of EMI Music Hong Kong/EMI Music Publishing Hong Kong
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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-Rituals. Characters are constantly on the move, and although as a viewer you kinda always remain an outsider, it's still possible to feel the suspense coming from certain decisions and ambitions of the characters. Furthermore Johnnie To succeeds in creating some truly opulent images due to meticulously composed lighting and atmospheric light-shadow contrasts. Although there's hardly any action, the ending is still shocking in it's ruthless depicting of brutality. Cool movie that deserves more attention, and I came to like the minimalistic acoustic guitar score quite a bit.