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Election 'Hak Se Wui' (Special Collector's Edition) 2 DVD Set
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Our Price: $27.95
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Average Customer Rating:  
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Panorama
EAN: 4895033750819
Feature: 2 disc package (region 0 NTSC)
Format: DVD Region
Number Of Items: 2
Publication Date: 2006
Region Code: 0.0
Running Time: 99
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
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Features
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2 disc package (region 0 NTSC)
Special Collector's Edition "Black & Silver Fonts slipcover"
Known as "Triad Election" pt. 1
Winner of the 25th Annual HK film Award for 2005 Best Picture
Offical Selection Competition of Cannes 2005.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Known as "Triad Election 1". A drama-thriller centered on a democratic election within an organized crime society. The time has come, as it does every two years, for the senior members of Hong Kong's oldest Triad, the Wo Shing Society, to elect a new chairman. Fierce rivalries emerge between the two eligible candidates. Lok, respected by the Uncles, is the favorite to win. But his rival Big D will stop at nothing to change this, including going against hundreds of years of Triad tradition and influencing the vote with money and violence.
When Wo Shing's ancient symbol of leadership, the Dragon's Head Baton, goes missing, a ruthless struggle for power erupts and the race to retrieve the Baton threatens to tear Wo Shing in two.
Can Wo Shing balance their traditional brotherhood with the cut-throat modern world of 21st century business?
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Election movies are To's best so far...
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... that I have watched to date. This special collector's edition is laudable for its DTS audio. Great sound, and good transfer for part one of the Election series. I've seen Exiled, Full-time Killer, Running Out of Time, the Heroic Trio, and The Mission, and now must rank both Election movies as To's best, if not two of the best HK films I've seen.
Highly recommendable.
I cannot tell if this set is Region 2, as my DVD player is a universal player, so that might sway your opinion of this set.
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Summary: A nice touch of triad lifestyle.
Comment: Election, winner of the 2005 HK film awards is a nice touch of triad lifestyle and politics. Beating Infernal Affairs II for BEST picture. Johnnie To's does it again and his work is close to Michael Mann's "Heat". The cinematography is good. Story was well written. Cast was great! I was surpise in how HK will follow up Infernal Affairs after it took the 2004 awards. This collector's edition disc set is a great value and footage of teh Cannes festival was intersting. I hope that America dos not make another Asain remake again.
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Summary: A good crime drama well worth watching if only to set up the superb sequel
Comment: Despite a tight narrative, Johnnie To's Election feels at times like it was once a longer picture, with many characters and plot strands abandoned or ultimately unresolved. Some of these are dealt with in the truly excellent and far superior sequel, Election 2: Harmony is a Virtue, but it's still a dependably enthralling thriller about a contested Triad election that bypasses the usual shootouts and explosions (though not the violence) in favor of constantly shifting alliances that can turn in the time it takes to make a phone call. It's also a film where the most ruthless character isn't always the most threatening one, as the chilling ending makes only too clear: one can imagine a lifetime of psychological counselling being necessary for all the trauma that one inflicts on one unfortunate bystander.
Extras on the 2-disc set aren't over-plentiful, but the interviews with Johnnie To, Simon Yam (always at his best under To's direction, and possibly never better here), Wang Tianlin and Tony Leung Ka Fei are more in-depth and thoughtful than usual. Also included are a brief featurette (like the interviews subtitled in English), stills galleries, 2 unsubtitled TV spots, 2 unsubtitled theatrical trailers, and booklet.
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