Vengeance (2009 film)

Vengeance Chinese is a 2009 Hong KongFrench thriller film directed by Johnnie To, and written by Wai KaFai. It stars Johnny Hallyday, Anthony Wong, Lam KaTung, Lam Suet, Simon Yam and Sylvie Testud. Vengeance tells the story of Francis Costello, a French chef and former assassin. When his daughter, soninlaw and grandchildren are attacked by a gang of Triads, Costello heads to Macau to embark on a violent quest for revenge, enlisting the aid of three hitmen. The film explores the themes of assassination, violence and the influence of Triads in modern society. Produced by Milkyway Image, the film was released by ARP Slection in France, and Media Asia Films in Hong Kong.

In Macau, three men break into a house, shoot a French woman Sylvie Testud and kill her husband and two children. The womans father, Francis Costello Johnny Hallyday, arrives to visit his daughter who is now suffering from serious injuries. She is nevertheless able to tell her father that there were three shooters and that she shot one of the killers in the ear. At a hotel, Costello meets Kwai Anthony Wong, Chu Lam KaTung and Fat Lok Lam Suet, a trio of hitmen who are hired to murder the unfaithful wife of Triad crime boss George Fung Simon Yam. After overhearing the murder in a hotel room, Costello reaches an unspoken agreement to walk away. Costello later tracks down Kwais syndicate, hands them a stack of Euros and his watch, and asks them to help him avenge his daughters familys deaths. Before doing so, though, he takes a Polaroid picture of each of the hitmen, and writes down their names, so that he will not forget what they look like. Together, the four make their way to the apartment where the shooting occurred and surmise the weapons used.The four men visit a landfill to meet Kwais cousin Tony, who supplies illegal arms. Tony mentions that he sold matching weapons to a trio of Hong Kong hitmen who work on Seafood Street. As the four men reach the street, they see a man with a bandage over his ear. However, they see only two men. Kwais syndicate decide to wait until the men lead them to the third attacker. The two suspects head towards the countryside as Kwais syndicate follows. ........

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