Gatao (2015)

Gatao: Directed by Joe Lee. With Alien Huang, Sunny Wang, Peng Sun, Chen-Nan Tsai. Xiong a Taiwan gangster gets released from prison when a rival gang lead by a ruthless man looks to expand their turf for a business deal.

“Usually, Iu0026#39;m always up for gangster movies. It does not matter from which country the film is from.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe IMDbu0026#39;s synopsis is quite misleading. Xiong doesnu0026#39;t get released from prison when a rival gang wants the turf owned by the gang Xiong integrates. Those two facts are not connected.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eXiong is loyal, and the first half of the movie tries to imprint this in our minds. But the movieu0026#39;s plot seems to focus on both Xiong and Qing-Feng, which is weird. Xiong is not participating in most of the action, but Qing-Feng appears to be the main focus of all this drama.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAbout the acting, nothing out of Taiwanu0026#39;s expected ordinary. No one really stands out.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eFinally, I have to say that the movieu0026#39;s plot is alright, but you see that it is more about the drama than anything else. Quite a few action scenes happen, and they are brief.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI probably would only recommend this film to someone who would tell me that he likes gangster or mob films. If, by then, I could remember this movieu0026#39;s title.”