Directors: Frank Hui,
Jevons Au, Vicky Wong
Notable Cast: Gordon
Lam, Richie Jen, Jordan Chan, Tommy Wong, Elliot Ngok, Stephen Au, Lam Suet, Wan
Yeung-ming, Philip Keung, Frankie Ng, Lau Ka-yung, Hung Yan-yan, To Yin-gor,
Zhang Kai, Le Zi-long, Thimjapo Chattida, Aoi Ma, Kam Loi-kwan, Huang Kai-sen
Trivisa stirred
some pots when it first came out, thanks to its throwback style to older Hong
Kong dramatic thrillers, but when it won the Hong Kong Film Award for best picture last
year it solidified itself as a near instant classic that is being hailed as a
forerunner for a second golden age of Hong Kong cinema. While the domineering
force of Mainland Chinese cinema and its powerful focus on spectacle and
entertainment makes me hesitant to say that Hong Kong is going to mark itself
as a force to be reckoned with yet, it’s easy to see why people would think
that when watching Trivisa. This film
is good enough to almost convince me that the HK industry is on the brink of
something grand too. Particularly because of the young directors involved with
the film. While it’s not the action film that most people tend to think about
when they think classic Hong Kong film, it’s a throw back film to the era of
dramatic gangster thrillers that solidified the careers of John Woo, Ringo Lam,
and Johnnie To in the late 80s and early 90s. Quite frankly, it’s a film that
deserves to be mentioned with the likes of those iconic names and for those
looking for redemption in the modern landscape of Hong Kong cinema then yes, Trivisa just might be the beacon for a
movement to do just that.