Triad Election
  • Studio: Tartan
  • Release Date: Apr 25, 2007
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7.0 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 9 Ratings

User score distribution:
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  2. Mixed: 3 out of 9
  3. Negative: 1 out of 9

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  1. KenG.
    May 16, 2007
    4
    I have to admit, I haven't seen the first movie (Election) that this is a sequel to, and if I had, maybe my view would be different. But a good sequel should be able to stand on it own, and this doesn't. The first half of the movie is slow, very talky, and vague (I had trouble making sense of what was going on, and who everyone was, but again, maybe that would have been different if I had seen the first movie). There is a lot of brutal violence in the second half, to hold your attention, but this comes across more as just a collection of scenes with brutal violence, than it does coherent story telling.… Expand

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Metascore
83 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 16 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 16
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  1. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Joshua Katzman
    70
    As in the first movie, To deftly references the "Godfather" trilogy, examining the moral equivocation and shifting alliances among various syndicate members.
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  2. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    91
    A muscular sequel to To's riveting 2005 gangster picture "Election."
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  3. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Andrew O'Hehir
    80
    In To's movies no one is innocent, and the social corruption has reached down to the soul. He orchestrates action scenes with an elegance that suggests Scorsese.
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