Throw Down (柔道龍虎榜) is a 2004 Hong Kong film directed by Johnnie To. The cinema of Hong Kong is one of the three major threads in the history of Chinese language cinema, alongside the cinema of China, and the cinema of Taiwan. ... Johnnie To Kei-fung (杜琪峰) (born April 22, 1955) is a Hong Kong film director and producer. ...
THROWDOWN took a page out of Japanese filmmaking and could have easily been one of the greatest films to come out of Hong Kong in many years.
Johnnie attempted to film ThrowDown romantically and it was obvious that he was trying to portray his personal views on life, growth, and how we should deal with problems, but this ended up making the film feel superficial and awkward.
ThrowDown was disappointing and I know for a fact that I probably won’t be watching it again anytime soon.