The Best Movies About the Triads (Chinese Mafia)
Gangster films in Hong Kong exploded in popularity in the late 1980s. Over the next 25 years, countless such films were produced, until Hong Kong cinema began to decline in the 2010s. In mainland China, it's notoriously forbidden to romanticize crime on screen. Today, I'll be talking about some of the genre's most notable examples.
Movie List:
00:00 Intro
00:39 1. John Woo Movies
Bright Tomorrow 2: Whirlwind Fire (1987) IMDb: 7.30 Ying Hung Boon Sik II
The Hitman (1989) IMDb: 7.80 Dip Huet Seung Hung
Bullet in the Head (1990) IMDb: 7.60 Dip Huet Gai Tau
Hard Boiled (1992) IMDb: 7.80 Lat Sau San Taam
01:51 2. Infernal Affairs (2002) IMDb: 8.00 Mou Gaan Dou
Infernal Affairs 2 (2003) IMDb: 7.30 Mou Gaan Dou II
Infernal Affairs 3 (2003) IMDb: 6.90 Mou gaan dou III: Jung gik mou gaan
02:32 3. Mission (1999) IMDb: 7.50 Cheung foh
03:20 4. Election (2005) IMDb: 7.10 Hak se wooi
04:06 5. City on Fire (1987) IMDb: 7.10 Lung foo fung wan
05:00 6. The Tiger Cage (1988) IMDb: 6.70 Dak ging to lung
05:41 7. S.P.L. Stars of Destiny 2 (2015) IMDb: 6.80 Saat po long 2
06:24 8. Young and Dangerous (1996) IMDb: 7.10 Goo wak chai: Yan joi gong woo
06:57 9. The Longest Night (1998) IMDb: 7.30 Am faa
07:34 10. Heroes Don't Die (1998) IMDb: 7.10 Chan sam ying hung