Johnnie To Kei-Fung's PTU

PTU is an underappreciated noir masterpiece by one of Hong Kong’s most prolific and commercially successful directors. Johnnie To Kei-fung has been called “the poet of post-1997 and the economic savior of the Hong Kong film industry” for an extraordinary range of films produced during some of Hong Kong cinema’s most difficult years. While many of To’s celebrated films such as Election, Exiled and The Mission feature themes of criminal glory and revenge, PTU centers on the ethical dilemmas, ...