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Aug
21
2007

First Stills From Johnnie To’s MAD DETECTIVE Arrive!

Posted by Todd Brown at 8:36am.

Posted in Film News , Drama, Action, Asia, Toronto Film Festival 2007.

Grady Hendrix is a bad, bad man.  Either that or I’m just jealous that he got hold of the first stills from Mad Detective before I did even though I’ve been asking very nicely for a couple weeks now.  This is the latest from Hong Kong action auteur Johnnie To, a film produced somewhat on the sly while everybody was fixated on Triangle and the seemingly never ending production of The Sparrow.  It marks To’s reunion with a pair of his favorite collaborators, co-director and screenwriter Wai Ka-fai and star Lau Ching-Wan.  It is slated to premiere at this years Toronto International Film Festival and I’ll be there, front and center.  Damn straight.

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Reader Comments

  1. quartet4 08/21/2007 @ 9:10am

    Looking forward to this one.  Lau Ching-Wan’s great!

  2. Swarez 08/21/2007 @ 9:12am

    Cool beans. Hope to see this as well.

  3. sonny gaunt 08/21/2007 @ 3:48pm

    Wow, To with Wai Ka-fai is amazing enough, but my favorite To actor/collaborator as well? That is fried gold. I had honestly believed Lau to be the heir-apparent to the HK throne of acting-after CYF’s defection-glad to see him in a To film again-hopefully this will rekindle that amazing fiolm chemestry.

  4. sonny gaunt 08/21/2007 @ 3:52pm

    Just read the article that was linked-To believes it’s his best film in recent years? Wow, IMO To has made 3 phenominal films in a row-E, E-2, and EXILED-to hope that this is as good as or even better is a wet-dream.

  5. Fallister McCloud Twarson 08/21/2007 @ 11:27pm

    YEAH BABY. To is probably the only director to awaken my sweetness these days (save MIIKE of course). Can’t wait for this one.

  6. JMaruyama 08/22/2007 @ 9:59am

    Thanks Todd for this bit of news. Definitely waiting to see this as I’ve liked all of the Johnny To/Milky Way films thus far. I’m also hoping that the anthology “Triangle” comes out soon (if it hasn’t already).

  7. Aniya 09/24/2007 @ 11:04am

    The next Johnnie To with Chow Yun Fat, it s a action movie !
    http://www.kfccinema.com/

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