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...results were impressive: gnarled, noirish items like The Odd One Dies and Where a Good Man Goes. Milkyway developed a solid rep, and its house star, the sensitively sullen Lau Ching-wan, became the poor man's Chow Yun-fat. A Hero Never Dies, a blueprint for Fulltime Killer in its rivalry of two gang lieutenants, won a fistful of critics' prizes. Running Out of Time garnered Andy Lau his first Best Actor citation in the Hong Kong Film Awards. With The Mission, To was elevated to top status among Asian action auteurs. One of his first Milkyway films...
...Sammi Cheng; it grossed a robust $5 million. Soon after, he opened the gun drama Fulltime Killer, with Lau as a preening, delirious assassin; so far, the film has taken in $3 million. With his creative partner, Wai Ka-fai, To runs Hong Kong's premier indie production company, Milkyway Image. And for two years he was COO of the film division of Charles Heung's China Star Entertainment. He resigned last month to?what else??make more movies. He's already at work on another crime film, P.T.U., starring Simon Yam as a member of Hong Kong's Police...
...faster," the American journalist A.J. Liebling used to say, "and faster than anybody who can write better." In the film game, To is the embodiment of that maxim. He makes quality pictures in quantity. He drives himself hard and his staff nuts; 24/7 is a normal work week at Milkyway. He suffered a severe burn on his right forearm while making Fulltime Killer, but kept on shooting. His editors have stayed in the cutting room 10 days and nights straight to get a movie in theaters on time. It's all about the work ethic?and the work passion...
...save other men's movies, as in the hyper-violent The Big Heat, about a cop with projectile dysfunction (he can't fire his gun). To helmed sequels (Happy Ghost 3, Casino Raiders 2) and launched franchises (the Moment of Romance trilogy). Then three lucky things happened: he founded Milkyway to be in control of his films; he hooked up with Wai; and nearly all the big action directors left for the U.S. In this vacuum, To's cramped, gritty melodramas shone like chrome bullets...
...Sorimachi are in a fireworks warehouse. "We've got stuff exploding everywhere to the music of Mozart's Figaro," says To, for once enthusiastic. "It's fantastical, it's magical. I think this film will change a few minds in Hong Kong. It's the new look for Milkyway. It's amazing stuff...
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