Triangle (previously known as The Iron Triangle), is about one story told by three Hong Kong master directors in a relay. Tsui Hark, Ringo Lam and Johnnie To, who had known each other for decades, took turn to develop the project, each one of them independently wrote and directed a third of the film and they did not discuss their parts with others. With no script and very limited information about their roles, actors had to to figure out the overall plot through scenes with fellow cast members.

Hark in Act One establishes a tale about a heist of buried treasure from a government building by three down-on-their-luck pals. These would be Fai (Louis Koo), Sam (Simon Yam) and Mok (Sun Hong Lei). He jams the story with all sorts of poorly introduced characters and shoots in a fast, slick style with rapid edits, odd angles and a quick pace heightened by music.

But what's the treasure? Well, that's Lam's problem. Lam unveils a burial robe made with gold lifted from an ancient coffin. Mok, who deals with antiques, declares it to be worth a fortune. But Lam gets distracted from the heist story by Sam's wife, a woman he married because she resembles his first wife who died in a tragic car accident. She is having an affair with a cop, but Sam has grown suspicious. His obsession with this betrayal threatens the success of the heist.

For his part, To just wants to have fun. Cops, gangsters and assorted oddballs chase after the burial robe in a mad scramble in a remote countryside. Things get so screwy that Sam's wife is brutally hit by a car, but within minutes she is munching on a sandwich while complaining about being tired.

The audience knows how she feels: The movie runs you over and tires you out without doing anything truly clever or interesting. The thing barely passes muster as a pastiche of Hong Kong cinema as "Triangle" is too nonsensical and incoherent to engage a viewer on any but the visual level. Cinematography, stunts, editing and production design are all superb.

Director: Tsui Hark, Ringo Lam, Johnnie To
Cast: Louis Koo, Simon Yam, Sun Hong Lei, Lam Ka Tung, Kelly Lin
Language: Cantonese, Mandarin

i like the thing about each director writing and directing the 30% of the film without telling the other directors thingy...
but seeing that it is another HK gangster flick, i think i might be giving this a miss...

not to say that it is a bad film though. i have enough of gangster flick to last me a life time... unless something truly exceptional appear in this film.

this is not a gangster flick...more like a thriller to me.

so you guys actually watched this movie??
should i go watch?

anyone watched? comments please..

This is one very interesting project from HK. Three gigantic master directors from HK produced into 1 movie.

It's like buying one ticket to watch 3 director's film together.

It could be a history moment.

means wat?

worth a watch or not?

between "Brother" and this one...which one should I watch first?

Watch it today. Totally crap. Plot are nonsensical. It does not make sense at all. Just look at the Lam Suet madcap acting and you know you are tanked big time.

This is what you get when directors don't even know what is the storyline all about.

I think the 3 directors should refund my money from making such crappy movie.

huh?really?well...i gotta think twice then before i go watch...

chinese film = Crap

Then I better go for "Brothers" starring Andy Lau and his good ol' pals

No other movie ever came close to being as shitty as this movie. It's such a bullshit eg : the lady character was knocked down head on by a speeding car and guess what? After all the fuss by the men trying to get her to the hospital to save her life, she actually got up and went to grab a bite, and this happening suddenly


Imagine 20 more scenes like this and this is your film

serious sh*t it sucs tat bad? holy sh*t. Luckily i did not watch this yet.. lol.. My friends wanted to watch it badly the other day but we opted for brothers instead. Not really nice thou..

funny tho but the papers today kinda gave raving reviews for this flick

my housemate watch this movie yesterday, he gave 2/10 rating ...he told me this movie is now top his worst movie he ever see this year.

Ouch..this is awfully bad based on the review from you guys. haha...
But at least Johnnie To can make something special, rite?

I read he is handling the ending. I always have more faith in him.

p/s: I watched "The Exiled" yesterday. It is more focusing on character development. It's a slow paced action movie. Quite touching to see how the brothers protecting each others with sacrification.

Interesting, i actually felt it was quite a bumpy ride..
but i wont rate it that low. it's an interesting insight on 3 of the biggest directors.

And it's cool to see how it's all linked no?
then again, some people might not like the different elements of each director.

were thinking of watching triangle and brothers (support chinese film), but after reading all the comment, will think twice. but really love to watch movies, recently don't have good movies to watch . any recommendation?

Is still watchable for movie Triangle. Just watch on Wed or early show so can save some $$$.

But dont ever go watch Brothers!!!
This movie really is a Sh|t~!

Michael Miu: Gangster leader but doesnt look like a gangster leader at all
Andy Lau: Ke le feh
Wong Yat-wah: Blind 1.
Tong Chun-yip: Ke le feh also
Eason Chan: Bak Chi Jei. U really want to cut off his d|ck when u see his face!!!