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Certificate 15

Cast Lau Ching-wan Andy On.

Directors Johnny To Wai Ka-Fai.

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Running Time 85 minutes

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Mad Detective (Sun taam)
Eccentric and brilliant

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Plot
A rookie cop teams up with an eccentric but brilliant detective to hunt down a serial killer.

Review

This smartarse cop drama teams Hong Kong’s most prolific action auteur, Johnny To, with two favourites - lead Lau Ching-wan and screenwriter Wai Ka-Fai. The result is as gung-ho, occasionally brilliant and ultimately frustrating as exercises in artistic back-slapping tend to be. Lau shines as the eccentric Inspector Bun, whose methods are tolerated while he cracks case after case. Then he slices off his own ear as a present for a senior officer and earns a swift discharge. Five years later, a former protégé enlists Bun’s help on an uncrackable case involving a missing cop. But just how mad is Bun? To’s Election duo and Exiled are slicker affairs, but there’s still plenty here to please the fans.

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The first Johnnie To film I`ve seen and I liked it. It`s a great mix of Hong Kong crime flick and mindfuck and it works out great. The great thing about it is that as a viewer you already pretty much know what it is that`s going on but it remains interesting and intense nonetheless, something that is mainly due to the great acting performance from Lau Ching Wan as the titular Mad Detective. Great film. /b] ... More

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