Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Language
- CN
- Country
- Hong Kong SAR China
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- In CN — subtitles on.
The story
After losing an election to become chairman of the Wo Lin Shing triad, a gang leader lashes out and tries to seize the dragon-head baton, the official symbol of a chairman's authority.
- gangster
- organized crime
- hoodlum
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Gordon Lam Ka-Tung — Kun
- Eddie Cheung Siu-Fai — Mr. So
- Lam Suet — Big Head
- Wong Tin-Lam — Uncle Teng
- Tam Bing-Man — Uncle Cocky
- Maggie Shiu Mei-Kei — Mrs. Big D
- David Chiang Da-Wei — Chief Superintendent Hui
- You Yongzhi — China Police Captain
- Wong Chung — Whistle
- Chan Siu-Pang — Uncle Monk
- Yuen Bun — Incense Master
- Directed
- Johnnie To
- Written
- Yip Tin-Shing, Yau Nai-Hoi
Production
- Rating
- 7.2 / 10 · 296 ratings
- Studio
- China Star Entertainment, One Hundred Years of Film Company, Milkyway Image
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
2005 · You’re hereElection
Where it starts.
Election 2
2006
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
