Johnnie To’s project, of having three directors emerging from his Fresh Wave program directing three different segments, each dedicated to one of the actual, most notorious kingpins of the 90’s (Kwai Ping-hung Yip Kai Foon and Cheung Tze-keung) and then welding the three together, was one of his greatest success of the latest years, with “Trivisa” earning a number of awards from festivals in the Sinophone world.
The story unfolds in early 1997, just before the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong to China. The three aforementioned kingpins have fallen to hard times, for the most part. Yip Kwok-foon, a bit time robber, is on the hiding after a gunfight with the Royal Hong Kong Police, instead dealing with the smuggling of counterfeit electronics. He makes a lot of money but is highly unsatisfied due to the lack of thrill, but also because he has to kowtow to Chinese Officials.
The story unfolds in early 1997, just before the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong to China. The three aforementioned kingpins have fallen to hard times, for the most part. Yip Kwok-foon, a bit time robber, is on the hiding after a gunfight with the Royal Hong Kong Police, instead dealing with the smuggling of counterfeit electronics. He makes a lot of money but is highly unsatisfied due to the lack of thrill, but also because he has to kowtow to Chinese Officials.
- 1/21/2019
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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