A convoluted crime caper with strong ethical underpinnings to support its many moods and styles.
Triangle (2007)
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Reviews Counted:13
Fresh:6
Rotten:7
Average Rating:4.6/10
Consensus: Semi-comic-action thriller Triangle teams three leading Hong Kong directors together with confusing results. For asian cinema aficionados only.
Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins
Genre: Dramas
Theatrical Release:29-08-2008
Synopsis: Three maestro Chinese action directors--Ringo Lam, Tsui Hark, and Johnny To--co-helm the adventure saga TRIANGLE. The film actually constitutes a film serial, divided into thirds, with each... Three maestro Chinese action directors--Ringo Lam, Tsui Hark, and Johnny To--co-helm the adventure saga TRIANGLE. The film actually constitutes a film serial, divided into thirds, with each filmmaker responsible for one episode. Three drinking buddies, Fai, Sam, and Mok, are visited one dark and stormy night by a strange old man who dazzles them with the tale of an ancient treasure. The artifact in question--worth untold amounts of money--lies buried beneath an almost impenetrable government facility. The retrieval mission is theirs, if they wish to accept it, and if they can claim the treasure, they get to keep it. Indeed, the "loot"--a magnificent robe of interwoven golden strands, its monetary value inestimable--outstrips everyone's expectations. But in time, the friends' greed and selfishness begin to overshadow their considerations of loyalty, trust, and friendship. [More]
Starring: Louis Koo, Simon Yam, Honglei Sun, Ka Tung Lam
Starring: Louis Koo, Simon Yam, Honglei Sun, Ka Tung Lam, Kelly Lin
Director: Hark Tsui, Ringo Lam, Johnny To
Director: Hark Tsui, Ringo Lam, Johnny To
Screenwriter: Half Leisure, Sharon Chung, Kenny Kan, Yip Tin-shing, Half Keisure, Au Kin Yee, Nai-Hoi Yau
Composer: Guy Zerafa, David Klotz
Reviews for Triangle
The film is made confusing not only by the twisting plot but by the varied styles of the three cult directors.
To’s stylishly choreographed, action-led finale wraps things up with a blackly humorous and suspenseful stand-off in an outdoor restaurant.
But there is an inescapable air of disappointment that three brilliant directors have handed in a movie that barely scratches the potential of the experiment.
Three of Hong Kong cinema's top names take turns to direct this batty heist-gone-wrong thriller, which proceeds from stylish-but-incomprehensible (Tsui Hark) through crunchy and violent (Ringo Lam) to just barking (Johnnie To).
The filmic equivalent of pass-the-parcel on Triangle, a convoluted crime caper about a mysterious gold coin and the luckless bozos on its trail.
The results are messy, incoherent and ultimately three times as tedious.
Little of it however, is genuinely striking enough to suggest a welcome reception beyond the already converted.
It’s a shaggy dog story, with a script obviously made up as the film was being shot, but reasonably engrossing as the directors enjoy exaggerating their own mannerisms.
Your best strategy is simply to sit back, try to follow along, and enjoy the hijinks.
A seriocomic crimer by Tsui Hark, Ringo Lam and Johnnie To that's a diverting, sometimes head-scratching experiment that will mostly chime with Asian movie buffs rather than satisfy general auds as a single, homogenous pic.
Any fan who can tell Anthony Wong from Andy Lau will find worth watching for more than just the three-directors approach.
The cinematic equivalent of an inedible mess where ingredients war with one another and no one has paid any attention to the poor fellow who must consume the meal.
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