Election 2
Director: Johnnie To
Genre: Thriller, Crime Fiction, Action, World cinema, Action/Adventure, Drama, Chinese Movies
Year: 2006
Country: Hong Kong
Language: Cantonese, Standard Mandarin, Standard Cantonese, Mandarin Chinese
Starring: Louis Koo, Simon Yam, Nick Cheung, Lam Suet, Lam Ka Tung, Andy On, Mark Cheng, Cheung Siu Fai
Election 2 (simplified Chinese: 黑社会:以和为贵; traditional Chinese: 黑社會:以和爲貴 Literal Title: Black Society: Value Peace Most), also known as Triad Election in the United States, is a 2006 Hong Kong crime film directed by Johnnie To with a large ensemble cast that includes Louis Koo, Simon Yam and Nick Cheung. A sequel to the 2005 film Election, the film concludes the events of the first film centering on Lok (Yam), who this time struggles to keep his title as triad boss as a triad re-election draws near, while Jimmy (Koo) attempts to retire as a triad to become a legitimate businessman.
Lok (Simon Yam) is now holding his position as triad chairman of the Wo Shing society unthreatened in Hong Kong. As his two-year term expires, a new chairman election nears, but Lok contemplates breaking tradition, attempting to seek re-election. At the same time, Jimmy (Louis Koo) is trying to escape Wo Shing by building a legitimate business empire in mainland China. When he is arrested in an illegal financial trade with a government official for the building of a new logisitics center and highway, the section chief of the National Security Bureau forbids him to re-enter the mainland to do business,
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