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  • Election (2005)
    Review preview for Election

    The most interesting characters, ironically, are those with the least screen time.

    Scott Macdonald · 3 out of 5
    The power struggle of a Triad election in Hong Kong.
  • Election 2 (2006)
    Review preview for Election 2

    Whatever he lacks in narrative drive, To is still the master of style.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    Triad gang underlings vie for the top job.
  • Exiled (2006)
    Review preview for Exiled

    Johnny To's direction is as smooth as a well-cut suit and the violence has a balletic intensity.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
    Ageing hitmen take on one last job.
  • Fulltime Killer (2001)
    Review preview for Fulltime Killer

    This is not a film to be taken seriously.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Hong Kong action-packed story of two hitmen who share the same girl.
  • Ip Man (2008)
    Review preview for Ip Man

    The fighting is slick, frenetic and plentiful, mixing fast cutting with subtle wire-fu, even if it is by no means particularly original.

    Daniel Hooper · 3 out of 5
    The first biography of Grandmaster Ip, mentor of Bruce Lee.
  • PTU (2003)
    Review preview for PTU

    An enjoyable, high-energy romp.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    A cop's night spirals out of control when he loses his gun.
  • Sparrow (2008)
    Review preview for Sparrow

    aa work as breezy and charming as it is enigmatic.

    Anton Bitel · 3.5 out of 5
    A group of pickpockets find themselves on course for a showdown with a veteran from a rival gang
  • Vengeance (2009)
    Review preview for Vengeance

    With Vengeance, To gives well-worn tropes of the revenge thriller some mannered tweaks, before ultimately turning them on their head.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    A chef - and former killer - returns to Hong Kong to avenge the deaths of his daughter's family.

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