Throw Down (2004)
Full BluRay 1:1 | 1080p MPEG-4 AVC @ 23956 Kbps | 01:34:57 | 23,04 Gb
Audio: Cantonese TrueHD Audio 7.1 @ 3945 Kbps; Mandarin AC3 5.1 @ 640 Kbps | Subs: English, T/Chinese
Genre: Drama | 2 wins | Hong Kong, China
When a young judo player finds great success in his field, he takes his rising star a little hard and finds solace in drinking at his club that he now owns and then gambling with what little money he generally makes. However, he isn’t that lucky in the world of gambling and is growing in debt. Enter into the picture a young woman looking for work as a singer at his club, and a young judo player looking to take on a legend. Thus begins our tale of renewal, sports and the search for acceptance as only Johnny To could tell it.
Simply terrific film from Johnnie To that's probably a little too self-amused for its own good, but qualifies as involving cinema nonetheless. The sum of the parts may not mean all that much, but the parts themselves are great stuff.