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Election 2 (2006)

Directed by Johnnie To

Crime | Drama

Most recently watched by sleestakk

Overview

As election time nears, current Triad chairman Lok faces competition from his godsons. At the same time, Jimmy looks to increase his business relations with mainland China.

Length 92 minutes

Actors

Simon Yam | Louis Koo | Wong Tin-Lam | Gordon Lam | Nick Cheung | Lam Suet | Andy On | Mark Cheng | Cheung Siu-Fai | Tam Bing-Man | Poon Yuet-Tung | You Yong | Albert Cheung | Yuen Bun | Jonathan Lee Yat-Sing | Wong Sze-Yan | Chiu Chi-Shing | Law Keung | Alan Chui Chung-San | San Sin | Tong Pau-Chung | Chi Ping Chang | Chow Kin-Kwan | Cheung Wing-Cheung | Lee Fat-Yuen | Fan Man-Kit | Brenda Chan Kwai-Fan | Lu Ching-Ting | Chan Siu-Kai | Ling Chun-Pong | Chan Siu-Pang | Pak Man-Biu | Michael Mak Wai-Kin | Joe Chu Cho-Kuen | Terry Lee Ji-Ming | Patrick Ling Chi-Hung | Leung Shing-Hung | Chin Yiu-Wing | Lee Long-Ming | Victy Wong | Mok Shing-Lun

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

As much as I enjoyed the first one, I think the second one is even more sinister and sisyphean in Koo’s portrayal of the gangster who just wants to be a businessman but who must do gangster shit to get there.

Despite this being an all-three-movies on one Blu-ray disc set from Tartan, the image and sound quality of the second film is better than the first. All three could probably do with new 2K scan releases but Hong Kong film industry is notoriously shitty from a film preservation perspective so who knows what’s available.

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