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A missing police pistol is connected to a series of recent heists and murders. Its owner Wong vanished earlier while pursuing a suspect in the mountains. His partner Chi-Wai miraculously returned unharmed. Hotshot Regional Crime Unit inspector Ho is in charge of the serial murder investigation. He knows the only chance he has .. Read more
| Starring | Lau Ching-Wan, Andy On, Gordon Lam, Kelly Lin |
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| Director | Johnny To, Wai Ka-Fai |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller, World Cinema |
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A missing police pistol is connected to a series of recent heists and murders. Its owner Wong vanished earlier while pursuing a suspect in the mountains. His partner Chi-Wai miraculously returned unharmed. Hotshot Regional Crime Unit inspector Ho is in charge of the serial murder investigation. He knows the only chance he has in cracking the case is to ask for help from his mentor/former boss Bun. Bun was recognized as a gifted criminal profiler until he went mad several years ago. Bun has the gift to see into a person's inner personality. This is where the subconscious desires, emotions and mental state are laid bare. For Bun, they are the key to unlocking a killer's identity. Bun comes to the conclusion Chi-wai has a total of seven personalities. The cop's alternate identities are responsible for his murderous behavior. However, Ho feels betrayed when Bun's investigation went beyond his imagination. What begins as a quest for answers has now taken a schizophrenic turn where truth and lies, reality and delusions intertwine.
| Starring | Lau Ching-Wan, Andy On, Gordon Lam, Kelly Lin, Ka Tung Lam, Kwok-Lun Lee |
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| Director | Johnny To, Wai Ka-Fai |
| Studio | EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 29 mins LOVEFiLM Instant: 1 hr 25 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 26 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: Cantonese LOVEFiLM Instant: Cantonese Blu-ray: Cantonese |
| Subtitles | LOVEFiLM Instant: English Blu-ray: English |
| Released | Production year: 2008 On LOVEFiLM Instant: LOVEFiLM Instant: 25 Dec 2009 To Rent: DVD: Unavailable for rental To Buy: DVD: 06 Jun 2060 Blu-ray: 03 Nov 2008 |
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Cinematically great, dramatically a bit turgid.
You would think a film about a detective who can see peoples inner personalities or alter ego's would be a fascinating and compelling experience. And Mad ... read more »
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Crazy Detecrive
Crazy film.Could not understand what was happenng.Was he seeing people who were ghosts? Was he a ghost? What happened at the end? Who was left standing? What ... read more »
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21st century schizoid men on film
Classic madness in this police thriller in which reality is so insane that it becomes almost real. Mad detective even cuts his ear off. It's ostensibly ... read more »
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Barking mad...
Probably the weirdest opening sequences ever committed to film... Lau Ching Wan plays Detective Bun: a mad, but effective, cop in Hong Kong. He solves cases by ... read more »
You know those signs, “You don’t have to be mad to work here, but it helps”? That should be the motto for the Hong Kong police department, if this exhilaratingly daffy thriller is anything to go by. The first time we see Inspector Bun (Ching Wan Lau) he’s giving multiple-stab wounds to a hanging slab of meat. The second time, he crawls up inside a suitcase and instructs a junior colleague to kick him down several flights of stairs. When he reemerges he announces the... Read more