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'Vengeance' mixed effort to globalize To


August 22, 2009 Globalize director Johnnie To, the master of Hong Kong gangster thrillers, with an English-language production featuring a star from the West. The French-Hong Kong co-production stars French rock legend Johnny Hallyday as Costello, an assassin-turned-chef who rushes to Asia to avenge the death of his daughter's husband and two sons. Clearly the movie's French investors wanted to preserve To's signature style.

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