Hak se wui yi wo wai kwai (2006)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.4/10   

Director:

Johnnie To

Escritores:

Nai-Hoi Yau (written by) and
Tin-Shing Yip (written by)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

27 abril 2006 (Hong Kong)

Género:

Crimen | Drama | Suspenso

Frase comercial:

Even a criminal can serve his country

Plot:

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

Premios:

1 win & 5 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Johnnie To on top form

Reparto

Louis Koo	...	Jimmy Lee
Simon Yam	...	Lam Lok
Nick Cheung	...	Jet
Ka Tung Lam	...	Kun (as Lam Ka Tung)
Suet Lam	...	Big Head (as Lam Suet)
Siu-Fai Cheung	...	Mr. So (as Cheung Siu Fai)
Tian-lin Wang	...	'Uncle' Teng Wai (as Wong Tin Lam)
Mark Cheng	...	Bo
Ping-Man Tam	...	Uncle Cocky (as Tam Ping Man)
Yue-Tong Pan	...	Janice (as Pauline Pan)
Andy On	...	Lik
Yong You	...	Black Ren / Chinese Security Bureau Chief (as Yao Yung)
Mo-Hau Cheung	...	Mr. Shu (as Albert Cheung)
Bun Yuen		(as Yuen Bun)
Shing Lun Mok		(as Mok Shing Lun)

También conocida como:

Election 2 (International: English title) (UK)
Black Society 2: Triads Value Peace Most (Hong Kong: English title) (literal title)
Election II (International: English title)
Election: Volume 2 (UK) (DVD title)
Harmony Is a Virtue (International: English title)
Triad Election (USA)
Elección 2 (Argentina) (festival title) [es]

Duración:

92 min

País:

Hong Kong

Idioma:

Mandarin | Cantonés

Color:

Color | Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

Hong Kong:III | Singapore:M18 (cut) | Malaysia:18PL (cut) | France:-12 | Australia:MA | Argentina:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Finland:K-15 | USA:Unrated | UK:18

Compañía:

China Star Entertainment

Trivialidades:

The film was shown Out of Competition (midnight screening) at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. The film was shown in Grand Theatre Lumiere, the most prestigious theater at Cannes.

Citas:

Mr. Shi: From now on, you're welcome in China as tourists. But you can't do business here.
Jimmy: Why?
Mr. Shi: It's our policy.
Jimmy: Mr. Shu is also a gangster. Why can he do business in China?
Mr. Shi: We made a deal, and he's a patriot.
Jimmy: I can make you a deal. I can be a patriot.
Mr. Shi: What's your rank in Wo Sing? Not its Chairman?
Jimmy: If I run for Chairman, will you give me what I want?

Conexiones de Película:

Sigue Hak se wui (2005)

Johnnie To on top form

The ever-reliable Johnnie To's Election 2: Harmony is a Virtue is in many ways more impressive and definitely more ambitious than its predecessor even though it lacks its relentless forward momentum. Where the first film was a literal relay race, this is more of a distance event, but it's a much more engrossing look at the nature and politics of corruption. It does amp up the violence from the first film, particularly in one literally grinding sequence, but it never deteriorates into a gore show, focusing less on Simon Yam's Triad chairman after a second term than reluctant contender Louis Koo, contrasting the one's troubled relationship with his son (who qualified for a lifetime in therapy at the end of the first film) with the other's hopes for his future offspring. It ends with the possibility of hope for one son but the certainty of damnation for another that hasn't even been born, the film bookended by scenes at the same location, the first full of sunlight and promise and confidence, the second dark and cloudy as one character finds that the price of respectability is the very violent life he wants to turn his back on. It's also surprisingly critical of the corruption in the Chinese government, implying that its collusion with Triad gangsters goes way beyond mere backhanders but is actually a deliberate part of government policy as a means of exerting social control in Hong Kong through close ties with organised crime – a particularly perverse irony considering the Triads' origins as political rebels exiled from the mainland who became corrupted by crime. Unsurprisingly, it seems to have been banned in Mainland China.

Incidentally, although there is talk of a longer version existing because of three striking scenes in the film's trailers (including a Chinese execution, the open grave of the first film's last victim and a funeral), an interview on the 2-disc Panorama DVD reveals that these scenes were cut by To prior to release.