Gatao 2: Rise of the King (2018)

• Year: 2018
• Released: 14 Feb 2018
• Country: Taiwan
• Adwords: 2 wins & 5 nominations
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8324576/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/gatao_2_rise_of_the_king
• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: Mandarin, Min Nan, Spanish, English
• Genre: Crime
• Runtime: 127 min
• Writer: Red Chang, Jerry Sun
• Director: Cheng-Kuo Yen
• Cast: Collin Chou, Shih-Sian Wang, Jack Kao

6.1/10

Gatao 2: Rise of the King Storyline

Ren has finally succeeded his boss as the head of the North Fort Gang. For so long, his ambitions had been held back; now, he can realize them. But the ruthless Jian returns with his own gang. Though Ren and Jian were once like brothers, Ren’s position is challenged, causing tensions with Qing, his loyal captain. Now that former friends are enemies, what is the price of loyalty? What will be left of friendship when the smoke of battle clears?

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Gatao 2: Rise of the King Movie Reviews

It’s An Asian Movie

I normally like and enjoy watching the majority of asian gangster movies but this one was far from the norm. Fake looking shoot-outs and not believable fight scenes. Talk talk talk, way to much dialog and not enough action. Constant socializing, eating, drinking, singing plus yak-fests when they should be out killing people like all good gangster movies do. Everybody is constantly ass kissing the boss (look-at-meme) who likes to sing in public. All in all????? This movie pretty much SUCKED. Watch only if you’ve got nothing else to watch.

Laughable

Laughable acting, laughable script, laughable “action” sequences. An absolute piece of garbage.

Sharp and amoral Tawainese gangsrer tale

A fair stab (pun intended) at making a Jonny To style modern gangster showdown movie, with what looks like a large dollop of SK style, particularly where the cinematography is concerned. There’s some very tasteful slow pullbacks, pivot pans and tracking shots (with some smooth dronework thrown in) that tells me they didn’t skimp on the quality, and hope it could be fixed in post with crappy editing and efx. The script isn’t fantastically original, reminding me unerringly of the classic Chow Yun Fat triad movies, with more than a hint of Miike’s Black Society trilogy, but the acting and delivery is excellent. The action sequences are brutal, amoral, and merciless, in the gloriously coldblooded Paris Lockdown style.

Overall, not the best triad turf war movie ever made, but the production values lift it into the realm of the absorbing and very watchable. My rating: five beers, and two packs of salted cashews.= a solid 7 .