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Crime/Violence · Suspense/Mystery · Ditective

CountryHong Kong,China
Production Year1999
Running Time93min
Format35mm
ColorCOLOR

Program Note

Lu has fourteen days to live. He plots the heist of the century, a robbery that will be his last breath in the world, which Police negotiator Ho should play to its end. In the farthest asphalt jungle with the typical good-and-evil struggle, two top-class professionals clash in a showdown of pure wits and guts. To’s unique crime film proves the words on a wireless can be tenser than the trigger of a gun.

Director

Johnnie TO

With a film career spanning over 25 years, Johnnie To is one of Hong Kong’s leading directors. Having achieved success with commercial films in the 80’s, To turned to more personal works in the mid-90s following the creation of his production company Milkyway Image. Election(2005) premiered in Competition at the Cannes Film Festival and won To his third Best Director Award at the 25th Hong Kong Film Awards. In 2007, To′s Triangle was an Official Selection at the 60th Cannes Film Festival, and Mad Detective was in Competition at Venice. His other films include All About Ah-long(1989), The Mission(1999), Throw Down(2004), Exiled(2006), and Vengeance(2009).

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