Breaking News

Twilight across Kowloon’s neon grid, a single flare arcs over rooftops. A tactical squad botches one ambush, then chases another robbery live on air, desperate to erase the footage. Johnnie To turns chaos into a clockwork ballet of pistols and press passes.

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Johnnie To directed Breaking News in 2004. See Johnnie To's full filmography, where to start with Johnnie To, or where to go after you've seen everything by Johnnie To.

Breaking News was released in 2004 (CN original-language production), with a runtime of 90 minutes.