Movie

A Day Without Policemen

1993 · 98 min

A brooding, boozy slow burn that erupts into brutal gunplay as a haunted cop confronts his past.

Overview: Chan Wai (Simon Yam) is a former inner-city policeman recovering from a traumatic experience involving an AK-47. After the incident, he was assigned to a rural island as police chief of a small village. He passes his uneventful days there drinking beer, smoking hash and daydreaming... but when a group of heavily armed thugs invade his district, he must face his trauma head-on and fight back.
How it feels: Dark, tense, melancholic and cynical. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Trauma, isolation, violence, survival
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: trauma
isolation
violence
survival
healing
Places: countryside
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild