At the end of the film, "Let everything follow the wind" is simply a stroke of god, rendering all the historic heaviness and fatalistic sadness to the extreme. The film is written about the trivial life of three bandits, as well as the repressed, unwilling and eager heart. This is by no means a gangster film that celebrates loyalty or pleasure. It is more like an ambitious historical documentary that maps the grandest historical transformation of 1997 with stories in the underground world.
When the politicians gathered in the square and shook hands with each other under the salute, the thief king was killed, arrested, and encircled in the broken alley, accompanied by dull gunshots. The fate of the three of them is so kink together with the big time, vicissitudes of life mysterious beyond words. They have brought the curtain down on an era for themselves and for Hong Kong.
71% - Audience
6.9Plot summary
In early 1997, mobsters Kwai Ching-hung, Yip Kwok-foon and Cheuk Tze-keung, whom have never met one another, are all in Hong Kong. Thereafter, rumour has it that Hong Kong's three most notorious mobsters, known in the underworld as the "Three Kings of Thieves", are plotting together to score a final hit before the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong. However, none are initially aware of the rumour. Yip is living as a fugitive after a gunfight with the Royal Hong Kong Police. He now makes his fortunes by smuggling counterfeit electronics. Powerful and prestigious in the past, Yip must now grovel to high Chinese officials. Although successful in his business, he becomes depressed. When the rumour comes to him, he feels the urge to give up everything and pick up his gun once again to join forces with the others. Kwai is very cautious and uses several pseudonyms to hide his identity. Although the scale of his crimes is nowhere as large as Yip's and Cheuk's, but he has managed to commit repeated robberies that are totally unknown to the police. Small-scale robberies, which have become his expertise, have minimal risk but also little profit. As he hears of the rumour, he realizes that he will make a large fortune by collaborating with Yip and Cheuk. He initially restrains himself and chooses to ignore it. However, Cheuk begins to have second thoughts. Cheuk has recently abducted the son of a rich tycoon and successfully extorted a ransom, all while under police surveillance. Wanting to raise the bar for himself, he hears about the rumour and becomes obsessed with the idea, going to extreme lengths to seek out Yip and Kwai.
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1997,Great winds blow upon high hills .
Best Hong Kong film in the first eight months of 2016
Best Hong Kong film in the first eight months of 2016. Three actors, three stories, all have a slight taste of old Hong Kong films. It seems that if you want to inherit the tradition of Hong Kong Film, you can't think about the trial! The shortcomings are that the whole is not bold and somewhat shrunken. The portrayal of the ugly faces of mainland officials is also a bright spot.
"We will be fatter than Chow Yun-Fat."
Exploring Shudder's exclusive list during my free 30 day special offer on the site,I was intrigued to find in the middle of the Horror flick listings,a Hong Kong crime title. Having enjoyed producer Johnnie To's Mad Detective (2007-also reviewed) I handed over to a viewing.
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Heading to 1997 from the opening clip of Thatcher presenting the one country, two systems deceleration, co-directors Jevons Au/Frank Hui and Vicky Wong impressively present a united vision in capturing underworld leaders feel the earth shaking beneath their feet in the run up to the Handover, via lean stilted wide-shots of gangs smuggling items to sell for huge profits on the mainland, returning to dusty, Neo-Noir neon-lit winding streets filled with a anxiety of the oncoming unknown.
Breaking away from the adrenaline rush of the Heroic Bloodshed genre, the directors give the action scenes a brittle chalky atmosphere of straight, by the book kill shots, reflecting the professional way the gangsters hold themselves in.
Altering the real names of gangster Kwai Ping-hung (one time Hong Kong's most wanted) bank robber Yip Kai-foon, and kidnapper Cheung Tze-keung for this fictional gathering of the trio, the screenplay by Thomas Ng/Tin Shu Mak and Man Hong Lung take a low-key Neo-Noir forensic approach to to their crime union, hanging low in the safe houses where Yip begins to make a boom on mobile phone sales,powered by the sly, underhanded identity changes of Kwai, all held together by slick Cheuk in a criminal handover