If director Johnnie To wants to make Election 2 : Harmony Is A Virtue aka Hak se wui yi wo wai kwai in Cantonese a instant trial classic, he has achieved his goal.
Compared to the prequel, Election 2 gives the audience more punch, more kicks, and more violence. The greed of human being was once again, displayed on the election of the Chairman for the Ho Sing Trial, a secret society with a long history. Two years have passed since Lok (Simon Yam in another unforgettable role of a trial leader) becomes the chairman, and the election for the new chairman (which is a tradition among the Ho Sing, where a new chairman will be elected once every two years.)arrives again. Lok wished to be the chairman again, and he looked at his fellow assistants on their loyalty and threat to him.
Jimmy (Louis Koo), an undercover cop, is working on pirated VCD business with the trial, and his connection with the officials in China and success in business makes him favorable to be the next chairman; Kun (Lam Kar Tung) is doing fine, but he is ambitious to become the leader; Jet (Nick Cheung) remains loyal to Lok since day 1 when he joins Lok.
Sensing there are threats around him (especially Jimmy and Kun), Lok decided to get rid of them, and will do anything to be the next chairman. Jimmy, who is not interested to be the chairman, has the full support of his seniors. He was forced to become the chairman, as he sensed that Lok will come after him. Thus, both began to play the game of bribing and killing.
Johnnie To displayed the dirty tricks used in the trial and the business world to achieved everyone's objective. This not only display the dark side of the human nature, but also it gives us a view of the dark side of the Chinese government during the post 1997 HK handover, where bribery and connections are common practices among the officials. It also relates to one point, where money means power. With money, one can achieved its objective. Bribery, murder, power...all gained from tonnes of notes.
In terms of violence, Singapore audience were given the opportunity to enjoy Election 2 in the most original unedited version. Compared to the prequel, Election 2 is filled with tonnes of violence, where some sequence will make the audience leaving the theatre with unforgettable scenes. Johnnie To is playing Quentin Tarantino this time round, where he scripts Louis Koo's Jimmy to kill Lok's assistant and make mince meat out of the victim. Freshly made mince meat becomes the feed for the dogs, where it is one of the tactic used to get Jimmy's way through.
Once again, this is a movie where masculinity rules. Same as the prequel, this movie has only one supporting actress, with only less than 5 lines of dialogue. For guys who loves movie on the conflicts and tactics in the trials, Election 2 is made for you.
Compared to the prequel, Election 2 gives the audience more punch, more kicks, and more violence. The greed of human being was once again, displayed on the election of the Chairman for the Ho Sing Trial, a secret society with a long history. Two years have passed since Lok (Simon Yam in another unforgettable role of a trial leader) becomes the chairman, and the election for the new chairman (which is a tradition among the Ho Sing, where a new chairman will be elected once every two years.)arrives again. Lok wished to be the chairman again, and he looked at his fellow assistants on their loyalty and threat to him.
Jimmy (Louis Koo), an undercover cop, is working on pirated VCD business with the trial, and his connection with the officials in China and success in business makes him favorable to be the next chairman; Kun (Lam Kar Tung) is doing fine, but he is ambitious to become the leader; Jet (Nick Cheung) remains loyal to Lok since day 1 when he joins Lok.
Sensing there are threats around him (especially Jimmy and Kun), Lok decided to get rid of them, and will do anything to be the next chairman. Jimmy, who is not interested to be the chairman, has the full support of his seniors. He was forced to become the chairman, as he sensed that Lok will come after him. Thus, both began to play the game of bribing and killing.
Johnnie To displayed the dirty tricks used in the trial and the business world to achieved everyone's objective. This not only display the dark side of the human nature, but also it gives us a view of the dark side of the Chinese government during the post 1997 HK handover, where bribery and connections are common practices among the officials. It also relates to one point, where money means power. With money, one can achieved its objective. Bribery, murder, power...all gained from tonnes of notes.
In terms of violence, Singapore audience were given the opportunity to enjoy Election 2 in the most original unedited version. Compared to the prequel, Election 2 is filled with tonnes of violence, where some sequence will make the audience leaving the theatre with unforgettable scenes. Johnnie To is playing Quentin Tarantino this time round, where he scripts Louis Koo's Jimmy to kill Lok's assistant and make mince meat out of the victim. Freshly made mince meat becomes the feed for the dogs, where it is one of the tactic used to get Jimmy's way through.
Once again, this is a movie where masculinity rules. Same as the prequel, this movie has only one supporting actress, with only less than 5 lines of dialogue. For guys who loves movie on the conflicts and tactics in the trials, Election 2 is made for you.