Throw Down (Rudao longhu bang)
A judo champion gone to seed, an ambitious newcomer in search of a master, a young singer who refuses to be told that she has no talent, the challenge of an unbeatable rival. Acclaimed Hong Kong director Johnnie To describes this as his homage to Kurosawa, particularly the master's debut feature Sanshiro Sugata. To gives us his own judo saga full of superb set pieces: three overlapping interrogations in a nightclub, a villain who can't resist insulting his opponents even if they're little kids, a chase which starts in a gambling den, peters out and then reignites. Last year's award-winning Running On Karma showed that To is a director who is increasingly alert to the underlying abstraction that can be teased out of popular genres.
Supported by the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office
Reviews
“Johnnie To's a rare find – a distinctive action director who possesses a style that is flexible enough so that it never feels as if he's repeating himself. Throw Down, his latest, is nothing less than a playful musical masquerading in a street fighter's clothes.”
Jeremy Heilman, MovieMartyr.com
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When
8:00 PM Wednesday, 23 February
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Greater Union - Cinema 1
Ticket Price
Full price $14
Industry $12
SPU Concession $10
As Part Of
Hong KongAbout Throw Down
95 minutes35mm
2.35:1
Dolby SR
In Cantonese with English subtitles
Print Source
Chinatown Cinema
Phyllis Chan
phyllisc@chinatowncinema.com.au
Festivals
Melbourne2004Taipei 2004
Tokyo FILMex 2004
Torino 2004
Toronto 2004
Venice 2004
About the Director
Johnnie To
Johnnie To was born in 1955 in Hong Kong. To began work in television in 1976 before making the transition into feature films with The Enigmatic Case in 1980. Since then, he has made over 40 films, many appearing at various international film festivals.
Filmography
Yesterday Once More (2004)Throw Down (2004)
Breaking News (2004)
Running On Karma (2003)
Turn Left, Turn Right (2003)
PTU (2003)
Love for All Seasons (2003)
My Left Eye Sees Ghosts (2002)
Fat Choi Spirit (2002)
Running Out of Time 2 (2001)
Fulltime Killer (2001)
Love On a Diet (2001)
Wu Yen (2001)
Help!!! (2000)
The Mission (1999)
Running Out of Time (1999)
Where a Good Man Goes (1999)
A Hero Never Dies (1998)
Fireline (1997)
A Moment of Romance III (1996)
Loving You (1995)
Mad Monk (1993)
The Bare-Footed Kid (1993)
Heroic Trio 2: Executioners (1993)
Casino Raiders 2 (1993)
The Heroic Trio (1993)
Justice, My Foot (1992)
Lucky Encounter (1992)
Royal Scoundrel (1991)
The Story of My Son (1990)
Iron Butterfly, Part 2: See No Daylight (1989)
The Fun, the Luck, and the Tycoon (1989)
All About Ah-Long (1989)
The Eighth Happiness (1988)
The Big Heat (1988)
Seven Years Itch (1987)
Happy Ghost 3 (1986)
The Enigmatic Case (1980)
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