In Johnnie To's (Election, Triad Election) latest flick, a team of four Chinese gang members arrives in Macau, on the eve of its re-assumption into China, to avenge the death of one of its members at the hand of a rival gang boss. The bullets fly freely in a seemingly empty urban landscape, where the only two cops stay safely in their car, rather than stop the violence. To's signature blend of Hong Kong action, over-the-top violence, and traditional Western overtones work together to create "a film that delivers all the visceral satisfaction of super-macho action picture and unabashedly sentimental depictions of loyalty and tenderness as well as plot twists that are surprising, often bizarre, yet feel just right." (NY Times) "Exiled is funny and weird and surprising and action-packed and genuinely beautiful." (The Oregonian) Cosponsored with the Hong Kong Students Assoc. more at exiledfilm.com 35mm Cinemascope
2007, color, 1 hour 50 minutes, Hong Kong