Close-Up is a feature that spotlights films now playing on Mubi. Johnnie To's Vengeance (2009) is showing August 12 – September 11, 2018 in the United States as part of the series Johnnie To: Men on a Mission.Hong Kong director Johnnie To’s gangster story of violence and retribution has all the usual ingredients: icy hitmen, decisive tests of loyalty, grand showdowns, moody cityscapes…and food. Our aging hero, Francis Costello (French singer Johnny Hallyday), is a chef who owns a restaurant at the Champs-Élysées. And in an early scene, without wasting too much time—a quality that he shares with his director—Costello sets about displaying his culinary skills. He has just flown in to Macau upon hearing of the devastation that has befallen his daughter and her family, and is visiting her recently-decimated home for the first time. And yet, not once does he stop to grieve at the sight of his daughter’s destroyed haven,...
- 9/2/2018
- MUBI
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