Exiled (Blu-ray) (Hong Kong Version)

Product Description

After the hugely popular Election series, Johnnie To offers Exiled, another astounding piece depicting triad characters. The film was rumored as the sequel to Tos acclaimed The Mission which features the same cast & a similar situation of brotherhood running into conflicts with triad regulations. Simon Yam, Anthony Wong, Francis Ng, Roy Cheung, & Lam Suet from The Mission return to team up with Nick Cheung, who has gained much acting experience through his supporting roles in Johnnie To movies like Breaking News & Election.

Wo (Nick Cheung), a gangster who went into exile for a few years after attempting to kill Boss Fay (Simon Yam), returns to Macau with his wife (Josie Ho) & their newborn baby, hoping to settle down. There he meets his four friends, two commissioned by Boss Fay to kill him & the other two coming to aid him. The five hitmen open the film with a carefully designed gunfight that brings out both enormous tension & peculiar elegance. The brilliantly choreographed gunplay in Exiled promises to offer a stunning experience.

Apart from the action, Johnnie Tos strength lies in bringing out the humane side of the action heroes, who in this film are doomed to be Exiled with their buddies. The strong bond among them simultaneously manifests in hard-boiled masculinity & sentimental emotions, a theme that is apparently contradictory but indeed recurs in many acclaimed Hong Kong action movies. From John Woos A Better Tomorrow to Johnnie Tos The Mission & Exiled, the alliance among action heroes remains a fascinating subject in Hong Kong cinema.