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An assistant TV director in the Shaw Studios era, Johnnie To became famous when his 1989 Film '' All About Ah Long '', starring Chow Yun-Fat , became one of the biggest box office hits in that year. In 1996, To and and frequent collaborator Wai Ka-Fai formed Milkyway Image , a company now well known for creating good quality films that will appeal to a mass audience. Although he has directed extremely popular comedies and Rom-com s like '' Justice, My Foot '', '' Needing You '' and '' Love On A Diet '', his more serious works are mostly about masculinity and male bonding ('' The Mission '', and '' Running Out Of Time ''), or simply about guns (again, ''The Mission''). Another theme is fate and the concept that our lives may not be under our control ('' PTU '', '' Expect The Unexpected '' and '' Running On Karma ''). To's films have played around the international festival circuit. '''' in the Out-of-Competition midnight screening in 2004 , and '' Election '' in Competition in 2005 . '' Election 2 '' (aka ''Triad Election'') was screened in Out-of-Competition midnight screening at Cannes Film Festival in 2006. In North America, To's films have been consistently screened at the '' Toronto Film Festival ''. '' The Mission '', '' Fulltime Killer '', '' PTU '', '' Breaking News '', and '' Throw Down '' all screened between 1999 and 2005. In 2006, '' Election '', '' Election 2 '' (aka ''Triad Election'') , and '' Exiled '' were screened. In 2007, '' Election 2 '' (aka ''Triad Election'') and '' Exiled '' will be released in US theatrically. TRIVIA
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