ELECTION: VOLUME 1
aka HAK SE WUI

Year: 2005
UK: Optimum Releasing
Cast: Simon Yam, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Louis Koo, Nick Cheung, Cheung Siu Fai, Lam Suet, Lam Ka Tung, Wong Tin Lam, Tam Ping Man, Maggie Shiu
Director: Johnnie To
Country: Hong Kong
Language: Cantonese (English subtitles)
UK: 101 mins
UK Certificate: 18 contains strong violence
UK Release Date: 9 June 2006
UK Distributor

Synopsis

The time has come, as it does every two years, for the senior members of Hong Kong's oldest Triad, The Wo Shing Society, to elect a new chairman. Fierce rivalries emerge between the two eligible candidates. Lok Simon Yam), respected by the Uncles is the favourite to win. But his rival Big D (Tony Leung Ka-Fai) will stop at nothing to change this, including going against hundreds of years of Triad tradition and influencing the vote with money and violence.

When Wo Shing's ancient symbol of leadership, the Dragon's Head Baton, goes missing, a ruthless struggle for power erupts and the race to retrieve the Baton threatens to tear Wo Shing in two.

Can Wo Shing balance their traditional brotherhood ways with the cut-throat modern world of 21st century business?