Johnny To
1) Exiled
Publisher
Distributed by Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
The time is 1998. The setting is Macau. Every living soul jumps at every chance to make quick money before the Portuguese colony ushers in a new era under the Chinese rule. A relationship is formed between an ex-gangster trying to turn over a new leaf with his wife and newborn baby and two groups of hitmen - those who want to protect him and those who were sent to kill him.
Series
Criterion collection volume 1207
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
中文(繁體)
Formats
Description
"The Heroic Trio and its sequel, Executioners, follow a new kind of justice league: a team of blade-throwing, shotgun-toting, kung fu-fighting heroines who join forces to battle evildoers in a dystopian, noirish city"--Container.
Series
Criterion collection volume 1092
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
中文(繁體)
Formats
Description
With rousing martial-arts action and wild comedy, Hong Kong auteur Johnnie To₂s most personal film is a thrilling love letter to both the cinema of Akira Kurosawa and the art of judo.
Publisher
Tai Seng Entertainment [distributor]
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
Biggie has the special gift of seeing into people's past lives. He used to be a Buddhist monk until he left the monastery following his childhood friend's brutal murder. He meets rookie cop Yee and uses his gift to help her track down his friend's murderer.
6) Three
Publisher
Well Go USA Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
Realizing that he will be defeated in no time during a police showdown, a thug shoots himself to force the cops to cease fire and take him to the hospital. In the hospital, he claims human rights to refuse immediate treatment in order to bide time for his underlings to rescue him. The detective in charge sees through his scheme but decides to play along so as to capture his whole gang once and for all.
Publisher
Indomina Releasing
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
"After his daughter is abducted and killed, a powerful tycoon appoints his ex-bodyguard to avenge her death by hunting down and videotaping the murders of everyone involved in the unsolved crime. But when his hired killer tracks down the mastermind, the tycoon faces the difficult decision of whether he can carry out the final execution himself"--Container.
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
中文(繁體)
Formats
Description
Manufacturing just 50 grams of meth in China will earn you a death sentence. Timmy Choi just got caught making tons. Now he's in the custody of Captain Zhang, and has one chance to avoid execution - turn informant and help the cops bring down the powerful cartel he's been cooking for. Over the next 72 sleepless hours, the sting spins out of control, the line between duty and recklessness is blurred, and it becomes unclear who actually has the upper...
Publisher
Mei ya yu le
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
Summary in vernacular field only.
Bun is an outcast detective who always seems to crack the case despite having some rather serious personality flaws. When Bun slices off his ear and offers it up as a gift at a party staged to honor one of his superiors, he is promptly forced into early retirement. Subsequently withdrawn into his own world and tormented by the specters of his former vocation, Bun finds his unique ability to see the hidden personalities...
Publisher
DEJ Productions
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
There are rules every professional killer must follow to stay alive. No history. No name. No attachments. But this assassin is willing to risk it all to uncover her mysterious past and to be with the man she loves. Now, betrayal will put her in the crossfire, and the line will be drawn between her job as the deadliest assassin in Hong Kong and her dreams of a normal life.
12) Motorway
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
An overconfident rookie in the Stealth Riders division, a secret police unit consisting of the best drivers on the force that take down criminals in the drag racing underworld, teams up with his veteran partner to take on a legendary escape driver who has never been caught. As they put together a strategic plan to take this criminal down they put the pedal to the metal in a death defying showdown with only their cars as weapons.
Publisher
BayView Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
A movie musical spectacular revolving around corporate maneuvering and romantic intrigue. Hong Kong legend Johnnie To delivers a biting takedown of capitalism, detailing the financial crisis following the Lehman Brothers collapse and what one company has to do to fight to stay alive.
Publisher
Arrow Video
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
中文(繁體)
Appears on list
Description
Running out of time: Expert hostage negotiator Ho Sheung-sang is drawn into a psychological game of cat and mouse when a criminal mastermind with weeks to live decides to take on the entire Hong Kong police force. There's more to his plan than meets the eye, but can Inspector Ho figure it out and catch him in time? He's got 72 hours to try. Running out of time 2: Inspector Ho pursues a sophisticated art thief with a taste for the theatrical.