Leaving it all behind...
A friendship is formed between an ex-gangster, and two groups of hitmen - those who want to protect him and those who were sent to kill him.
Jin
MrJago
Aug 12, 2015
My favourite Johnnie To movie. Friendship and Brotherhood. Anthony Wong is incredibly cool. The final shootout is poetry in bullets.
The film's tagline is: "Leaving it all behind..."
The original title is "放‧逐" (CN).
The production budget was $4.8M.
The runtime is 108 minutes (1h 48m).
The film was directed by Johnnie To.
The screenplay was written by Yip Tin-Shing and Szeto Kam-Yuen.
The score was composed by Guy Zerafa.
Cinematography was handled by Cheng Siu-Keung.
This title is listed on IMDb as tt0796212.
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259 votes
Critic avg. 10.0 (1 reviews)
Review score distribution
放‧逐
Released
M
广州话 / 廣州話
Hong Kong
$4,800,000
