Cannes. Election 2.

Elizabeth Kerr in the Hollywood Reporter: "For anyone who saw Election, Johnnie To's masterful, modern reworking of the Hong Kong Triad drama and its mythology, Election 2, isn't so much a sequel as a logical extension of the story."

Back in April, Variety's Russell Edwards found it "distinguished by intelligence, wit and violence but... it won't quite knock the original off its perch."

SB Toh in the Malaysian Star: "This new film is, by comparison, less mysterious, more contrived, its politics tending to overwhelm its story. Election 2 isn't To's best work, but - strident and relevant - it is, all the same, quite a film. A must-see."

At LoveHKFilm, Kozo calls it "a quick but astoundingly effective sequel that logically extends upon the storylines and themes presented in the original film."

Screening Out of Competition. Earlier: Grady Hendrix at Kaiju Shakedown and, right here, Saul Symonds.

Posted by dwhudson at May 19, 2006 12:05 PM