Yau doh lung fu bong (2004)

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   Siskoid

   The premise is one that sounds familiar. The neon-noir Throw Down is about a judo champion burnt out on booze and gambling, and events seem to point to a comeback. Enter Johnnie To who never does what you expect with any kind of material. Where there should be exciting music (fights, chases, tragedy), he opts for lyricism. Where there should be a big championship, there's a strange private fight in tall grass. Judo taken down to its poetics. You get thrown down, you get back up. Simple. And while Aaron Kwok is more or less a catalyst, frequent To collaborator Louis Koo is on that journey, along with Cherrie Ying as an unreasonably-ambitious, insolent singer. She's quite funny. It's not a traditional fight movie, though there is plenty of judo, an infrequent style in martial arts films. This slightly absurd world where everybody is liable to throw anybody else can seem silly, but by the end, you'll be thinking about taking classes. Watch out for dislocated shoulders if you do. Seems like a bit of a jumble in the first act, but it delivers on smiles and heart in a peculiar way few other sports movies manage. 2 years 2 months ago
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   Shingwauk

   Hard to like either of the lead characters. 3 years 4 months ago
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   nymets138

   Watch it with English subtitles here: https://zoowoman.website/wp/movies/throw-down/ 3 years 7 months ago

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