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.
- Awards
- 15 wins & 28 nominations
Tony Ka Fai Leung
- Big D
- (as Tony Leung Ka Fai)
Eddie Cheung
- Mr. So
- (as Cheung Siu Fai)
Ka-Tung Lam
- Kun
- (as Lam Ka Tung)
Tian-Lin Wang
- Uncle Teng
- (as Wong Tin Lam)
Bing-Man Tam
- Uncle Cocky
- (as Tam Ping Man)
Maggie Siu
- Mrs. Big D
- (as Maggie Shiu)
Yong You
- China Police Captain
- (as Yao Yung)
Chung Wang
- Whistle
- (as Wong Chung)
Shao-Peng Chen
- Uncle Monk
- (as Chan Siu Pang)
Bun Yuen
- Incense Master
- (as Yuen Bun)
Ting Yip Ng
- Senior Inspector Tod
- (as Ng Yuk Sau)
Raymond Ho-Yin Wong
- Detective Wong
- (as Raymond Wong)
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- Writers
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- GoofsAll entries contain spoilers
- ConnectionsFeatured in Johnnie Got His Gun! (2010)
- SoundtracksFOREVER SMILE
Performed by Chow Hsuan
Music/Lyrics by Chen Ge Xin
Licensed courtesy of EMI Music Hong Kong/EMI Music Publishing Hong Kong
Featured review
Brotherhood of Power
Election marks the 2nd trial society theme movie directed by Johnnie To.
To marvellously casted Simon Yan and Tony Leung Kar Fai as Lok and Big D, as the two trial members who were chosen as candidates for the position of chairman for Ho Sing society, a 100 year old trial society.
While Lok is a man who keeps his cool at all times, Big D is not only impatient, but also thinks that he is on top of everything. Lok was chosen as the next chairman for 2 years. To have the total control of the gang, the newly elected chairman must be passed down with a Dragon Baton, which represents power and authority. Big D was extremely unhappy with the results that he was not chosen to be the next chairman after paying a handsome figure of bribes to the council members. He ordered his man to get the Baton before it falls onto the hands of Lok.
While Big D is getting the Baton, Lok has other plans for him.
This is one of the trial society theme movies where not much bloodshed is needed. Johnnie To puts the greed of the human beings in the movie, where bloodshed is commonly used in other trial society theme movies to show how the greed of human beings can caused the death or the downfall of one. However, no single bullet is used, hardly any gangfights are involved in Election. It's the battle of the wits that makes Election stands out of the rest.
Apart from Maggie Shiu, the only actress in Election with less than 5 lines to talk in the whole movie, masculinity rules the whole movie. Louis Koo and Nick Cheung, who was seen in To's previous film, are casted as an undercover cop and a gangster who sold his life to the gang respectively. Together with some of the veteran actors making their appearance in the film and the excellent script, it makes the only HK movie to represent Cannes Fil Festival 2005.
Election has hardly failed any critics who wants an different trial society theme movie.
To marvellously casted Simon Yan and Tony Leung Kar Fai as Lok and Big D, as the two trial members who were chosen as candidates for the position of chairman for Ho Sing society, a 100 year old trial society.
While Lok is a man who keeps his cool at all times, Big D is not only impatient, but also thinks that he is on top of everything. Lok was chosen as the next chairman for 2 years. To have the total control of the gang, the newly elected chairman must be passed down with a Dragon Baton, which represents power and authority. Big D was extremely unhappy with the results that he was not chosen to be the next chairman after paying a handsome figure of bribes to the council members. He ordered his man to get the Baton before it falls onto the hands of Lok.
While Big D is getting the Baton, Lok has other plans for him.
This is one of the trial society theme movies where not much bloodshed is needed. Johnnie To puts the greed of the human beings in the movie, where bloodshed is commonly used in other trial society theme movies to show how the greed of human beings can caused the death or the downfall of one. However, no single bullet is used, hardly any gangfights are involved in Election. It's the battle of the wits that makes Election stands out of the rest.
Apart from Maggie Shiu, the only actress in Election with less than 5 lines to talk in the whole movie, masculinity rules the whole movie. Louis Koo and Nick Cheung, who was seen in To's previous film, are casted as an undercover cop and a gangster who sold his life to the gang respectively. Together with some of the veteran actors making their appearance in the film and the excellent script, it makes the only HK movie to represent Cannes Fil Festival 2005.
Election has hardly failed any critics who wants an different trial society theme movie.
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $2,202,840
- Runtime1 hour 41 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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