With Dada Chen at NYAFF 2013

With Dada Chen at NYAFF 2013
With Dada Chen at NYAFF 2013

Tuesday, April 04, 2017

Johnny To's THREE is available today on Blu-ray and DVD

Well Go USA
Entertainment
presents
Three / San ren xing
Directed by Johnnie To
Starring Louis Koo, Vicki Zhao, and Wallace Chung
Hong Kong/China, 2016, 89 minutes

Tensions mounts and bullets fly in master filmmaker Johnnie To’s (Drug War, Exiled, Election) Three, his latest showdown between cops, robbers and everyone else caught in the crossfire. The action-packed thriller will become available on Blu-ray™ and DVD on April 4th from Well Go USA Entertainment. (It's been available on digital since March 7th.) My review is based on watching the Blu-ray version.

When a police sting goes bad, a cornered criminal (Wallace Chung, Drug War) makes a desperate choice: he shoots himself, forcing the officers to cease fire and rush him to the hospital. Once there, he refuses treatment, waiting for his cohorts to break him out. Caught between an obsessed cop (Louis Koo, Triad Election) and the dedicated surgeon assigned to save his life (Zhao Wei, Red Cliff), the hospital is now a battleground of deception, double-crosses and a coming onslaught of violence.

Synopsis:
When three disparate souls—a doctor desperate to redeem her reputation (Vicki Zhao), a policeman who will go to any length to seek out justice (Louis Koo), and a criminal with a gunshot wound to the head (Wallace Chung)—are thrown together in the hustle and bustle of an emergency room, a hospital descends from a pristine sanctuary to an explosive battleground.

Disc Specs:
-- Audio:
   -- Cantonese DTS:x
   -- Cantonese 2.0 Stereo
-- Subtitles:
   -- English / Chinese / Off
-- Bonus Materials:
   -- Making of featurettes
      -- “Master Director Johnnie To”
      -- “Three Complex Characters"
   -- Trailer
-- Previews:
   -- Sky on Fire
   -- Cold War 2
   -- Operation Mekong

AsianCineFest Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars; a fairly decent action film from To, but not one of his best.

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