Rotten
Little of it however, is genuinely striking enough to suggest a welcome reception beyond the already converted.
Trevor Johnston, Time Out
Triangle
Temptation. Jealousy. Destiny.
2007 · 1h 33m · R
Crime, Thriller
Directed by
Ringo Lam Ling-tung
,
Johnnie To
,
Tsui Hark
Overview
Life has not been kind to drinking buddies Sam, Fai, and Mok as they struggle to make ends meet, until one stormy evening a mysterious old man appears before them in a bar with a 'get rich quick' scheme: an ancient treasure is buried under a high-security government building.
Director and cast
- Ringo Lam Ling-tung Director
- Johnnie To Director
- Tsui Hark Director
- Louis Koo as Fai
- Simon Yam as Lee Bo Sam
- Sun Honglei as Mok Chung Yuan (as Sun Hong Lei)
- Gordon Lam Ka-tung as Wen (as Lam Ka Tung)
- Kelly Lin Hsi-lei as Ling
- You Yongzhi as Policeman (as Yao Yung)
- Lam Suet as Fat Bo (as Lam Suet)
- Li Haitao Cast
- Chan Kai-Wa Cast
- Benny Lam Diy-Kuen Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
53%
Tomatometer
Rotten
A seriocomic crimer by Tsui Hark, Ringo Lam and Johnnie To that's a diverting, sometimes head-scratching experiment that will mostly chime with Asian movie buffs rather than satisfy general auds as a single, homogenous pic.
Derek Elley, Variety
Rotten
The cinematic equivalent of an inedible mess where ingredients war with one another and no one has paid any attention to the poor fellow who must consume the meal.
Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter
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