QUOTE (Virgin.net)
Synopsis
The time has come, as it does every two years, for the senior members of Hong Kong‘s oldest Triad, The Wo Shing Society, to elect a new chairman. Lok, respected by the Uncles is the favourite to win. But his rival Big D will stop at nothing to change this, including going against hundreds of years of Triad tradition and influencing the vote with money and violence. Can Wo Shing balance their traditional brotherhood ways with the cutthroat modern world of 21st century business?
The time has come, as it does every two years, for the senior members of Hong Kong‘s oldest Triad, The Wo Shing Society, to elect a new chairman. Lok, respected by the Uncles is the favourite to win. But his rival Big D will stop at nothing to change this, including going against hundreds of years of Triad tradition and influencing the vote with money and violence. Can Wo Shing balance their traditional brotherhood ways with the cutthroat modern world of 21st century business?
http://film.virgin.net/synopsis/synopsis.a...trailersarchive
QUOTE (Wikipedia)
Election (Chinese title: 黑社會 – literally "Black Society", a common Cantonese reference to the society of triads) is a 2005 movie directed by Johnnie To with a large ensemble cast. The two actors Simon Yam and Tony Leung play two gang leaders engaged in a power struggle to become the leader of the Hong Kong Triad society.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Election_(2005_film)
[Trailer]
Saw a little trailer while just browsing HK films, so if you liked the infernal affairs trilogy or if you like Mafia like films, you might like this.
The movie focuses on the so called "black society" in Hong Kong, which actually does exist. It looks into how triads are formed and organised whilst also touching on how HK police deal with them and such...
This movie is pretty big in HK and I hear there's going to be a second one coming out this year aswell. I really want to see this xP, it should be coming out in the UK soon since I hear Optimum has taken it up.
Tartan has acquired all rights of this film in the US, that's all I know.
But anyways, it's rated 18 for the UK so it's most likely it's rated R in the US... this movie is supposedly rather violent due to the fact that you get to see the triad's method of killing people and such. xP
So anyone seen this around or heard anything about it? I'm guessing this should be coming in the UK around the summer time since alot of HK films that make it over here are usually a year old.
Like maybe bishie actors and great action.