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Mad Detective Reviews

2008

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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
Director	Johnny To, Wai Ka-Fai
Genres	Drama, Thriller, World Cinema

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- A good cop requires intuition, or so you learn when you watch cop movies. Facts get you only so far. But does intuition... read more on Time Out
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- - Joshua Rothkopf
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  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:21
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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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  - Northernsky
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  - Halifax
  - 27 Oct 2008 at 20:26
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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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- - wrightman
  - 83 reviews
  - Maidstone
  - 08 Nov 2011 at 09:07
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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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- - juradino
  - 701 reviews
  - London
  - 14 Aug 2011 at 20:35
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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 »
  
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- - Tomosan
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  - Hindhead
  - 17 Jul 2011 at 22:18
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  Mad Detective
  
  Intriguing, confusing, liked it in a strange way, Don't blink or you will be lost I forget how many times had to rewind to try and pick up the threads
  
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  - Norwich UK
  - 21 Dec 2010 at 23:18
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  Cinematically interesting, but utterly confuzzling!
  
  Blimey...and you thought 'Inception' was confusing!
  
  As a huge fan of Asian cinema I've had to begrudingly accept that my poor, sleep-... read more »
  
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  - Nocmonster
  - 29 reviews
  - Barnet
  - 25 Nov 2010 at 14:20
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  Mad Detective
  
  Having watched the excellent PTU by the same director I really looked forward to this unfortunately, this film does not live up to expectation. The plot is ... read more »
  
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  - 31 reviews
  - Leeds
  - 19 Aug 2010 at 18:27
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  Boring Waste of Time
  
  thankfully i didnt waste a rental on this film, i watched it on the website, there arent many films that i wil stop watching, but this is one of them, it was so... read more »
  
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- - Freelancer
  - 58 reviews
  - Birmingham
  - 06 Jul 2010 at 20:53
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  mad detective
  
  Quite a good film, wouldnt watch again but wasnt bad
  
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- - choward
  - 36 reviews
  - Hereford
  - 24 Jan 2010 at 14:19
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  Blah
  
  Could have been a really great story, but in the end up was just a piece of nonsense.
  
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- - hitch1983
  - 71 reviews
  - Dumfries
  - 30 Nov 2009 at 08:43
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  Interesting and unusual
  
  I liked this quite a lot as a fan of interesting and unusual formats, the story is very good, the action is very good although there isn't that much of it, ... read more »
  
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- - JonnyBoyo
  - 17 reviews
  - Ashford
  - 03 Aug 2009 at 10:30
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- - 14
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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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  - Northernsky
  - 318 reviews
  - Halifax
  - 27 Oct 2008 at 20:26
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  Not Bad
  
  Would have been better if it was in english, as reading the subtitles can take you away from the fast paced story line.
  
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  - Bourne End
  - 20 Jan 2009 at 14:40
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  Read me!
  
  I nearly went four stars, but there was something about this movie, I just loved it! If you're slightly mad, it will probably make sense when you watch it. ... read more »
  
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  - Iver
  - 03 Dec 2008 at 16:36
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  Cinematically interesting, but utterly confuzzling!
  
  Blimey...and you thought 'Inception' was confusing!
  
  As a huge fan of Asian cinema I've had to begrudingly accept that my poor, sleep-... read more »
  
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  - Nocmonster
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  - Barnet
  - 25 Nov 2010 at 14:20
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  Mad Detective
  
  Intriguing, confusing, liked it in a strange way, Don't blink or you will be lost I forget how many times had to rewind to try and pick up the threads
  
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  - Norwich UK
  - 21 Dec 2010 at 23:18
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  interesting
  
  the plot twists and turns and keeps the viewer guessing as to what happens next.
  
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  - London
  - 13 May 2009 at 23:33
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  Mad as a hatter!
  
  Great film but I need someone to tell me about the ending haha.
  
  Completely off it's trolley and crazy but worth a look as I can tell you now, you... read more »
  
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- - King1and
  - 148 reviews
  - South Gloucestershire
  - 18 May 2009 at 12:22
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  use emotions to solve a crime not logic
  
  The credo of the mad detective who has psychic powers that sees the inner personalities of those around him, cops and robbers alike. Despite the cinematic ... read more »
  
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- - itstinks
  - 573 reviews
  - North of Reading
  - 23 Jun 2009 at 09:39
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  Brilliantly Mad
  
  Really inventive and original stuff. You'll never see anything like this coming out of Hollywood.
  
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- - Oldboy65
  - 7 reviews
  - Edinburgh
  - 01 Aug 2009 at 10:32
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  Interesting and unusual
  
  I liked this quite a lot as a fan of interesting and unusual formats, the story is very good, the action is very good although there isn't that much of it, ... read more »
  
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- - JonnyBoyo
  - 17 reviews
  - Ashford
  - 03 Aug 2009 at 10:30

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  Directors Johnnie To (TRIAD ELECTION) and Wai Ka Fai (FULLTIME KILLER) team up for this quirky action film that was a huge hit in its native Hong Kong. Lau Ching Wan (BLACK MASK) plays Bun, a criminal profiler who's gone off the deep end. After slicing off his ear at a going-away party, he's forced ...

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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 ...