Tie saam gok (2007)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Directors:

Ringo Lam
Johnnie To

Writers:

Sharon Chung (written by)
Kenny Kan (written by)

Release Date:

1 October 2007 (China)

Genre:

Action

Tagline:

Temptation. Jealousy. Destiny.

Plot:

Told in three 30-minute segments, three friends seek out the buried treasure of a mysterious stranger. |

Plot Keywords:

Directed By Several Directors

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Louis Koo	...	Fai
Simon Yam	...	Lee Bo Sam
Honglei Sun	...	Mok Chung Yuan (as Sun Hong Lei)
Ka Tung Lam	...	Wen (as Lam Ka Tung)
Kelly Lin	...	Ling
Yong You	...	Policeman (as Yao Yung)
Suet Lam	...	Fat Bo (as Lam Suet)
Haitao Li		(as Li Hai Tao)
Kai Wa Chan		(as Chan Kai Wa)
Chun Yip		(as Yip Chun)
Ho Sai Chan		(as Chan Ho Sai)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Libby Brien	...	Fai's Mother / Radio Voices (voice: English version)
Philip Hersh	...	Wen (voice: English version)

Also Known As:

Triangle (Hong Kong: English title) (International: English title)
Iron Triangle (Hong Kong: English title) (literal title)
Tie san jiao (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)

MPAA:

Rated R for some violence.

Runtime:

France:101 min (Cannes Film Festival) | Hong Kong:93 min

Country:

China | Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Hong Kong:IIB | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Company:

Milky Way Image Company

Soundtrack:

LOVE IS LIKE A BALLOON

An excellent piece

Very good effort from the three directors. The story were made so compact that the movie appeared too short to me. Because I am not a fan for either of them, I could not really tell which part was made by whom. However, the movie has kept quite a consistency in style, to me it is already an achievement for the three.

Great layout of stages and clues were provided to the audience. Some particular points may looked chance-medley, but there were also inevitability alongside (e.g. the crazy guy kept shaking his head seems odd, but he is the man who gives convincing enough reason to bring the wanted police, the three ghouls and the police officer together.).

The blackout section was the most exciting and breath taking part of the movie. When all the forces came meet together with interaction and conflict of interests. Very dramatic and humorous, with a touch of personal loyalty for covering each other.

There were also many choices available to characters, obvious one was when the antiquary guy throwing the treasure in the reed bush, when he had kill-or-not-to-kill option the moment before. Another example is when all 4 of them got out of the bush and looked back to the surrounded cop, they kept looking till confirming the cop is really good at shooting, and passed the option on to him.

Overall, with the discussion of the human nature against survival, the movie made itself outstanding.