2005 · crime · drama · triad
Election
Directed by Johnnie To1h 41m2005
After losing an election to become chairman of the Wo Lin Shing triad, a gang leader lashes out and tries to seize the dragon-head baton, the official symbol of a chairman's authority.
Our read: Election (2005) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded crime · drama · triad entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, kinetic, extreme crime / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
- bleak
- cold
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