From The Acclaimed Director Of ELECTION

PTU: POLICE TACTICAL UNIT

"Incredibly Entertaintaining" - Elvis Mitchell, New York Times

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DIRECTED BY

Johnnie To

FEATURING

Simon Yam
Lam Suet

USER RATING

4.2

Acclaimed director Johnnie To (Election) scores again with this action-packed thriller, nominated for 10 Hong Kong Film Awards. When an obnoxious detective loses his gun to four young thugs, it’s up to the Police Tactical Unit and their iron-willed leader to recover the weapon and clean up the mess before daybreak. What follows is “sheer over-the-top delirium” (Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter), as their mission intersects with a gangland assassination that threatens to ignite an all-out war. Gripping and unpredictable, PTU is a masterpiece of stylized cool and explosive action.

ORIGINAL RELEASE

Hong Kong, 2003

RUNNING TIME

88mins

SPECIAL FEATURES

Into The Perilous Night: An Exclusive Interview With Acclaimed Director Johnnie To
On The Trail Of The Smoking Gun: An Exclusive Interview With Leading Man Simon Yam
Cool As A Kat: An exclusive Interview With Leading Lady Maggie Shiu
Feature Commentary With Hong Kong Cinema Expert Bey Logan
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Release Date
2008-03-25

Studio
Mei Ah Films Production Co.Ltd

Rating
R

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FORMAT

NTSC Region 1
1 Disc
DVD

PICTURE

Enhanced for 16x9 Television

OPTIONAL SUBTITLES

English
Spanish

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AVERAGE RATING

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4.2

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Crazy Movie, I Mean C'mon ITZ JOHNNY TO!!!

Another Great Film From Johnny To Since It Is Very Very Very Tense, Make Sure You This Out!!!

- Fiz, The Field, Mass | March 01, 2008

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Top Class Film

A Quirky journey through one long night, but not in a self conscious nudge nudge style. Just Jonnie To doing what he does best.

- DD, UK | March 19, 2008

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Pinnacle of modern day Film Noir genre

This movie, along with The Mission, are the definition of "cool". Like absolute zero, there's just nothing colder than that. If there's one thing the Coen Brothers got it right in No Country (and their other films) is their willingness to trust the audience to be intelligent enough to figure things out for themselves. To connect the dots if you will. Such has been the case for Johnnie To, and other Asian (esp. Japanese) and European film makers just about forever. PTU too is demonstrative of that trust.

- colonylaser, US | March 20, 2008

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It's the STYLE, LIGHTING, and ACTING !

A top gem on Johnnie To's portfolio. Thanks to Dragon Dynasty (DD) to feature Maggie Shiu and Simon Yam's exclusive interviews. I picked up DD's PTU over Mei Ah's due to this adds-on.

- s h a w, UK | March 27, 2008

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Not bad at all

I have not seen this movie yet, but i am looking forward to seeing it

- MauriceB, Rochester, NY | July 26, 2008

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