Only example I can think of in a crime film when a character ingests too much coke and it's the soft drink.

A Johnnie To produced triptych about a trio of gangsters in the approaching days of the 1997 holdover and dealing in their own quiet desperate way with their irrelevance in face of the new order. Each story is handled by a different director (Frank Hui, Jevons Au and Vicky Wong) but edited together in a way that suggests To’s earlier Life Without Principle. It seems like every 10 year anniversary of the holdover brings new batch of movies haunted by it (2006-2007 batch included Milkyway’s own Hooked on You), this one can be a bit muddled on spots but the anxiety is real and carries the film along.

three fallen kings as twilight falls on their world. like to's three the curtain falls just as we expect the climax, and realize we weren't watching that kind of film after all. lovingly obsessed with procedure, language, manners, and a sort of formalized/falsely-convivial dialogue; none of the shoot-outs are half as interesting as the obsessive exchange of vases. as always lam suet gets the best laugh.

Berlinale 2016 #12: Johnnie To's Milkyway Productions, which took this project under its wings, presents an intertwined tale of the portraits of three legendary gangsters from Hong Kong. A film that combines the efforts of three debutante directors. The time and place is just moments before the handover in 1997 in HK itself and in Ghuangzhou, China, where they try to set up a new business in trading luxury goods illegally. The cinematography is done quite well and you'll find some Hk styled pathos and humour, too - as well as some blood shedded heroically. This is not an unforgettable film, but a solid effort that knows very well how to entertain.

Considering that Johnnie To produced this, it's not surprising that this film feels like a huge love letter to Johnnie To gangster films like Exiled. Still, considering that his latest output has been a bit off center, a film like Trivisa comes as a throwback breath of fresh air. Instead of the big spectacle that China has been craving, this one goes for the subtle and the intentionally slow build and it works splendidly. The casting is perfection and the tone/atmosphere works to craft a film that's all about the weight of power instead of the flash of it. Fair warning though, this is NOT an action movie and instead grinds itself into the dramatic thriller genre, so keep that in mind before seeing it. Well worth the watch though.

Latest treasure for Hong Kong movie fans. so glad we still have this kind of films in Hong Kong

太好看了啊

最后一段拍的还行，银河的宿命论展现地有点过于工整。

Destins croisés de trois malfrats de Hong Kong à la veille de la rétrocession.

cool but disappointing that the never really meet, huge anti-climax

I'm not a fan of Johnnie To, but I found something to admire in this. Can't put my finger on exactly what, though. I didn't know about the handover until this, and I'm not sure how much of the uncertainty this movie's atmosphere exudes is "accurate", but it's very nice.

An extremely busy, convoluted Hong Kong crime thriller that apparently was wildly successful in Asia... I've never been a fan of extremely plot heavy films with a large number of interchangeable characters that operate like narrative cogs in the larger machine, but if you like Hong Kong police stories, this is probably for you.

Considering that Johnnie To produced this, it's not surprising that this film feels like a huge love letter to Johnnie To gangster films like Exiled. Still, considering that his latest output has been a bit off center, a film like Trivisa comes as a throwback breath of fresh air. Instead of the big spectacle that China has been craving, this one goes for the subtle and the intentionally slow build and it works splendidly. The casting is perfection and the tone/atmosphere works to craft a film that's all about the weight of power instead of the flash of it. Fair warning though, this is NOT an action movie and instead grinds itself into the dramatic thriller genre, so keep that in mind before seeing it. Well worth the watch though.