Member lillippa328 Posted July 12, 2010 Member Share Posted July 12, 2010 Ive been wanting to grab me the DD version of PTU for a while, but I know theres a couple of PTUs out there... my questions: how many are there? Are they good? (pretty sure they are, but ya know) Whats the order of them? and do I need to watch them in order?Should I? andd what are the best versions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member mark187 Posted July 12, 2010 Member Share Posted July 12, 2010 hi, the original film PTU (2003) was directed by Johnnie To. it was a theatrical release shot on 35mm, and its the one put out by DD. the other five minor films are as follows Tactical Unit- The Code Tactical Unit- Human Nature Tactical Unit- No Way Out Tactical Unit- Partners Tactical Unit- Comrades in Arms I'm not sure of their exact order, but Comrades in Arms was the only one of them to be shot on 35mm and released theatrically. the other 4 were shot on video, and released straight to dvd, although The Code (I think this was the 1st one) got a screening at Udine Far East Film Festival. Law Wing-Cheong, frequent director/assistant director/editor/sometimes actor at Milkyway directed both The Code and Comrades in Arms. Lawrence Lau, director of Spacked Out/Gimme Gimme/My Name is Fame directed both Partners and No Way Out, and Andy Ng directed Human Nature. out of these 5 though, I've only seen Comrades in Arms which is pretty good. of course the original To film is excellent. as for the different versions, all 5 Tactical Unit films are released through Universe in HK. the dvd of Comrades in Arms looks good enough, so I'd guess the other four look about the same. as for the og PTU, I have the Mei Ah HK disc, which looks totally fine. as for their order...I dont know. technically Simon Yam, Maggie Siu, and Lam Suet were playing different characters in PTU than in these other movies. if you havent seen PTU, I'd say watch that first, and then the order of the others probably doesn't matter since it doesn't sound like their stories are connected with each other. hopefully that helps a bit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member fiol Posted July 12, 2010 Member Share Posted July 12, 2010 i disliked the original movie.. i found it boring as hell then i watched : -Tactical Unit- The Code -Tactical Unit- Comrades in Arms more a tv-movie like than a cinema's. boring boring and again,boring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ekisha Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 Human Nature and No Way Out are pretty good. I enjoyed every damn minute of these staright to dvd sequels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DiP Posted July 13, 2010 Member Share Posted July 13, 2010 No Way Out, Partners and Comrades in Arms were pretty good as follow-ups. The rest were alright. Btw, it's more appropriate to post discussions like this in the general cult film section. The PTU movies are police dramas, not martial arts movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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