Triangle (2007)
5/10
Great Director, Odd Film - Review of "Triangle"
23 January 2023
Warning: Spoilers
"Triangle" (2007) co-directed by three famous directors of Hong Kong Cinema, Tsui Hark, Ringo Lam Ling-Tung and Johnnie To Kei-Fung, the production concept is that Tsui Hark was in charge of directing the first paragraph, followed by Ringo Lam, and finally buried by Johnnie To at the end, each director filmed about 30 minutes, and the same cast of actors performed, turning it into a feature film of about 90 minutes.

Three good friends and directors who worked together in Cinema City in the 1980s, each with their own style. In the first paragraph of Tsui Hark, Lee Bo-Sam played by Simon Yam Tat-Wah, Fai played by Louis Koo Tin-Lok, Mok Chung-Yuan played by Sun Honglei, and Lam Ka-Tung played Wen and Ling played by Kelly Lin Hsi-Lei, show their relationship. This paragraph can become the ending paragraph. Tsui Hark asked Ringo Lam to go to the relay. However, Ringo Lam also succeeded in taking over, and in a twist, the relationship between the characters was pushed to madness. Lee Bo-Sam knew about Wen and Ling's adultery, and also knew that Fai betrayed him and Mok Chung-Yuan. And Mok Chung-Yuan also showed irrational madness because of money.

In the end, Johnnie To drove them into the remote fish steak in the poor alley, and together with the gangster who had looked for Fai earlier, there was a Johnnie To-style melee. At the same time, it also responded to Ringo Lam's film "Victim" (1999), which pushed the relationship between husband and wife to extinction, and regained the love between husband and wife due to the coincidence and impermanence of world events.

The three major directors can work together to make this film. It can be seen that everyone cherishes each other, but they do not work together to make a work with a consensus and direction. Instead, they test each other's ability and skill in the way of "solitaire". Tsui Hark is the highest generation, opened a complex concept and layout, and asked Ringo Lam and Johnnie To to try to relay. Under the three-person battle, the film became separated but not broken, stylish but not harmonious, and became the odd film in Hong Kong Cinema.

By Kam Po LAM (original in Chinese)
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