GCS 003: "A Hero Never Dies" by Johnnie To

Hi all,

today I'm bringing you one of my favorite scenes in the GCS series.

A scene out of a film from the amazing director Johnnie To from the movie

A Hero Never Dies http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0176809/

Jack and Martin are members of rival Chinese triads in the middle of a gang war. Both of their gang leaders like to get advice from a fortune teller living in Thailand. On one such trip, Martin's gang ambushes Jack's at a Thai hotel. There is a spectacular shootout, in which both Martin and Jack are severely wounded. The leader of Jack's gang was at the hotel, unlike Martin's, and escapes. Afterwards, both gang leaders, Mr. Fong of Martin's and Mr. Yam of Jack's, go to a general and make peace. Meanwhile, both Jack and Martin are hospitalized. Martin's legs are amputated, and his girlfriend whores herself in order to get them back into Hong Kong...

This scene I'm showing you today, is a scene from the beginning of the film where both character meet up, and the amazing is that they don't say a word to eachother during the whole scene, and even with that you totally get a grap of their relationship, and that is what I call great directing. This whole scene with the coins, the singer singing "Sukiyaki" on the background, no useless lines of dialogues. It just makes an amazing scene!

And this movie is PACKED with scenes like that! A must-watch!

I hope you all enjoy the scene! And tell me what you think about it!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zrow1Ym_fA4