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Election

Original title: Hak se wooi
  • 2005
  • 12
  • 1h 41m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
11K
YOUR RATING
Election (2005)
CrimeDramaThriller

Rival gang leaders are locked in a struggle to become the new chairman of Hong Kong's Triad society.Rival gang leaders are locked in a struggle to become the new chairman of Hong Kong's Triad society.Rival gang leaders are locked in a struggle to become the new chairman of Hong Kong's Triad society.

  • Director
    • Johnnie To
  • Writers
    • Nai-Hoi Yau
    • Tin-Shing Yip
  • Stars
    • Louis Koo
    • Suet Lam
    • Tony Ka Fai Leung
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
    11K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Johnnie To
    • Writers
      • Nai-Hoi Yau
      • Tin-Shing Yip
    • Stars
      • Louis Koo
      • Suet Lam
      • Tony Ka Fai Leung
    • 37User reviews
    • 89Critic reviews
    • 73Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 15 wins & 28 nominations

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    Louis Koo and Wai Kit Pang in Election (2005)
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    Election (2005)
    Simon Yam in Election (2005)
    Tony Ka Fai Leung and Simon Yam in Election (2005)
    Louis Koo and Wai Kit Pang in Election (2005)
    Louis Koo, Wing-Cheong Law, Kun Wai Andy Ma, and Johnnie To in Election (2005)
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    Louis Koo, Wing-Cheong Law, Johnnie To, Tin-Shing Yip, and Hirotake Okazaki in Election (2005)
    Election (2005)

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    Louis Koo
    Louis Koo
    • Jimmy
    Suet Lam
    Suet Lam
    • Big Head
    • (as Lam Suet)
    Tony Ka Fai Leung
    Tony Ka Fai Leung
    • Big D
    • (as Tony Leung Ka Fai)
    Eddie Cheung
    Eddie Cheung
    • Mr. So
    • (as Cheung Siu Fai)
    Simon Yam
    Simon Yam
    • Lok
    Nick Cheung
    Nick Cheung
    • Jet
    Ka-Tung Lam
    Ka-Tung Lam
    • Kun
    • (as Lam Ka Tung)
    Tian-Lin Wang
    Tian-Lin Wang
    • Uncle Teng
    • (as Wong Tin Lam)
    Bing-Man Tam
    Bing-Man Tam
    • Uncle Cocky
    • (as Tam Ping Man)
    Maggie Siu
    Maggie Siu
    • Mrs. Big D
    • (as Maggie Shiu)
    David Chiang
    David Chiang
    • Chief Superintendent Hui
    Yong You
    • China Police Captain
    • (as Yao Yung)
    Chung Wang
    Chung Wang
    • Whistle
    • (as Wong Chung)
    Shao-Peng Chen
    Shao-Peng Chen
    • Uncle Monk
    • (as Chan Siu Pang)
    Bun Yuen
    Bun Yuen
    • Incense Master
    • (as Yuen Bun)
    Ting Yip Ng
    Ting Yip Ng
    • Senior Inspector Tod
    • (as Ng Yuk Sau)
    Ronald Yan
    Ronald Yan
    • Senior Inspector Yu
    Raymond Ho-Yin Wong
    Raymond Ho-Yin Wong
    • Detective Wong
    • (as Raymond Wong)
    • Director
      • Johnnie To
    • Writers
      • Nai-Hoi Yau
      • Tin-Shing Yip
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The porcelain spoon eating scene was based on Suet Lam's real life experience in triads.
    • Goofs
      All entries contain spoilers
    • Quotes

      Big D: [to Lok] Don't talk to me until you have the baton!

    • Connections
      Featured in Johnnie Got His Gun! (2010)
    • 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

    User reviews37

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    6/10
    Good Director's and Actors. Wrong Script.
    This film has some great directing with its suspense theme and its few dramatic moments and also some great first class acting. Johnny To is a great and wonderful director. The cast was pretty neat too. But I found that there were major problems with the script. First of all the story doesn't seem to develop that much and isn't that interesting at all. The beginning was good and simple with them talking about the election and stuff. Then while it progressed all I saw was some people talking about how the election was going and stuff. There was no drama at all except for some scenes where they kidnapped a few members of the enemy elective party for ransom and also don't forget the shock that happened in the end which I won't reveal for spoiler reasons. The only that kept me moving in the film was some of the interesting facts they gave us about Triad street life in the movie. It's a movie I would watch once and never watch it again because it deserves some awards and recognitions for great acting and directing but should be laughed at for terrible story line.
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    • kavinps
    • Feb 10, 2009

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 3, 2007 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • Hong Kong
    • Languages
      • Cantonese
      • Mandarin
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Xã Hội Đen
    • Filming locations
      • Central, Hong Kong, China
    • Production companies
      • China Star Entertainment
      • Milky Way Image Company
      • One Hundred Years of Film Company
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    Box office

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    • Gross worldwide
      • $2,202,840
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 41 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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