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Election Reviews

2005

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from 1197 members

A drama-thriller centered on a democratic election within an organized crime society. Read more

Starring	Simon Yam, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Louis Koo, Nick Cheung
Director	Johnny To
Genres	Thriller

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- ELECTION is a wonderfully acidulous satire....[The film] turns the usual conventions of the high-school comedy on their head.
- 40768
- - Sight and Sound
  - 08 Oct 2007 at 15:25
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- - 17
  - 0
  Still life in Hong Kong
  
  A welcome surprise. I've been despairing lately as Hong Kong cinema has been in steady decline for about five years, being populated as it is by pretty pop ... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Death Fish II
  - Between the land and the sky
  - 27 Oct 2006 at 10:32
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- - 0
  - 0
  To vote or not to vote.
  
  A ganster flick chop suey style. OK in places and fun at times, but you could keep your finger on the FFwrd button and still get the gist.
  
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- - a customer
  - Midlands
  - 23 Jun 2009 at 14:07
- - 0
  - 0
  average
  
  i actually saw election 2 before this and i felt election 2 was much better.
  
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- - a customer
  - London
  - 10 Apr 2009 at 15:08
- - 0
  - 0
  Good but couldve been excellent
  
  A interesting film that surprises you. When hong kong gangster films are mentioned you assume style, gruesome violence and plenty of action however this in most... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Bolton, England
  - 07 Oct 2008 at 20:52
- - 0
  - 1
  Inscrutable.
  
  This is an extremely difficult film to understand. It doesn't help that it is in Cantonese with subtitles, since, quite often, when you're reading the ... read more »
  
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- - JohnnyX
  - 100 reviews
  - Bristol
  - 21 Sep 2008 at 03:37
- - 0
  - 0
  Election
  
  double thumbs down - sorry Johnny - watch Exile instead :)
  
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- - malo1
  - 9 reviews
  - Chippenham
  - 11 Aug 2008 at 11:26
- - 0
  - 0
  Not worth a vote
  
  It should be noted that this a TV pilot and not a bona fide feature film. This in itself is disappointing. It might have helped if it had been any good but that... read more »
  
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- - Bribaba
  - 146 reviews
  - London
  - 19 Mar 2008 at 14:23
- - 6
  - 0
  Disappointing
  
  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide
  
  Having seen and liked Running Out of Time and Exiled, and reading the positive reviews on this site, I decided to rent Election. I was hugely disappointed.read more »
  
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- - DavieMcDave
  - 1 review
  - Davesville
  - 16 Jan 2008 at 13:53
- - 3
  - 6
  Poor
  
  Okay this film was really boring. It is about the triads in Hong Kong and it is a really dismal film, with little action and suspense. I... read more »
  
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- 380713
- - a customer
  - West London
  - 03 Nov 2006 at 10:14
- - 10
  - 0
  This Gets My Vote.
  
  This first rate tale of gangster life in Hong Kong pulls you in from the very beginning. The story of the struggle to win 'democratic' power within the ... read more »
  
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- - Ian Davies
  - Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales
  - 01 Nov 2006 at 10:17
- - 17
  - 0
  Still life in Hong Kong
  
  A welcome surprise. I've been despairing lately as Hong Kong cinema has been in steady decline for about five years, being populated as it is by pretty pop ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 378475
- - Death Fish II
  - Between the land and the sky
  - 27 Oct 2006 at 10:32
View all members' reviews (11)

- - 17
  - 0
  Still life in Hong Kong
  
  A welcome surprise. I've been despairing lately as Hong Kong cinema has been in steady decline for about five years, being populated as it is by pretty pop ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 378475
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Death Fish II
  - Between the land and the sky
  - 27 Oct 2006 at 10:32
- - 10
  - 0
  This Gets My Vote.
  
  This first rate tale of gangster life in Hong Kong pulls you in from the very beginning. The story of the struggle to win 'democratic' power within the ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 379862
- - Ian Davies
  - Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales
  - 01 Nov 2006 at 10:17
- - 6
  - 0
  Disappointing
  
  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide
  
  Having seen and liked Running Out of Time and Exiled, and reading the positive reviews on this site, I decided to rent Election. I was hugely disappointed.read more »
  
  Report this review
- 513786
- - DavieMcDave
  - 1 review
  - Davesville
  - 16 Jan 2008 at 13:53
- - 0
  - 0
  Not worth a vote
  
  It should be noted that this a TV pilot and not a bona fide feature film. This in itself is disappointing. It might have helped if it had been any good but that... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 542245
- - Bribaba
  - 146 reviews
  - London
  - 19 Mar 2008 at 14:23
- - 0
  - 0
  Election
  
  double thumbs down - sorry Johnny - watch Exile instead :)
  
  Report this review
- 611736
- - malo1
  - 9 reviews
  - Chippenham
  - 11 Aug 2008 at 11:26
- - 0
  - 0
  Good but couldve been excellent
  
  A interesting film that surprises you. When hong kong gangster films are mentioned you assume style, gruesome violence and plenty of action however this in most... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 640585
- - a customer
  - Bolton, England
  - 07 Oct 2008 at 20:52
- - 0
  - 0
  average
  
  i actually saw election 2 before this and i felt election 2 was much better.
  
  Report this review
- 741243
- - a customer
  - London
  - 10 Apr 2009 at 15:08
- - 0
  - 0
  To vote or not to vote.
  
  A ganster flick chop suey style. OK in places and fun at times, but you could keep your finger on the FFwrd button and still get the gist.
  
  Report this review
- 774928
- - a customer
  - Midlands
  - 23 Jun 2009 at 14:07
- - 0
  - 1
  Inscrutable.
  
  This is an extremely difficult film to understand. It doesn't help that it is in Cantonese with subtitles, since, quite often, when you're reading the ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 632561
- - JohnnyX
  - 100 reviews
  - Bristol
  - 21 Sep 2008 at 03:37
- - 3
  - 6
  Poor
  
  Okay this film was really boring. It is about the triads in Hong Kong and it is a really dismal film, with little action and suspense. I... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 380713
- - a customer
  - West London
  - 03 Nov 2006 at 10:14

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