The H.K. Triad (1999)
Reviewed by: MilesC on 1999-12-12
Not a bad movie, but not exactly great, either. The first half is marred somewhat by an over-abundance of English-language songs; Clarence Fok seems to think that a constant stream of oldies is all that's necessary to make another "Goodfellas." Unfortunately, the first half focuses far too much on the romantic exploits of Lau and Ng, which I suspect is not the what the audience for this sort of movie wants to see. The brutality quotient is upped considerably in the second half, however, which is, I'm somewhat ashamed to say, a rather exciting stream of beatings and tortures. The jury's still out on this one- I bought it blind, and have only watched it once- but I'm going to call it pretty good. Not one of Lau Ching-Wan's better recent efforts, but certainly not a complete throwaway.