Election

One of the reasons why Hong Kong gangster films tend to look refreshingly different from their Hollywood or Western counterparts might be found in the peculiarities of organised crime in that part of the world. One of the films that uses those peculiarities to provide something exotic and even thought-provoking to an international audience is *Election*, a 2005 crime drama directed by Johnnie To. The film is set in…

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Since Ferris Bueller took a day off in 1986, Middle school improv and Matthew Broderick, the two words have become virtually inseparable. Still, it's been 35 years, and today we review a high school rom-com, Election. The educational atmosphere in Ferris Bueller's Day Off was close to a mountain of marshmallows. It was light, soft, delicious, and spotless. Election, on the other hand, is an entirely different story.…