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Shanghai Vice

1999 · 1 season

A sober, immersive look at drug policing in a vast city, tense and grim but human.

Created by
Phil Agland
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Ian Holm
Overview
In a city where heroin dealing can bring the death sentence, drug rings mean business…and so do the police. The activities of the city’s vice squad – including high-level sting operations and the interrogations of murder suspects and drug runners - are at the heart of the stories.
How it feels
Dark, tense, earnest and bleak. Measured and needs your attention.
About
Crime, justice, power, survival
Content
Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
Note
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Created by
Phil Agland
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Ian Holm
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour1
Realism10
Romance0
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

Cast

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Details

Genres
documentary
Created by
Phil Agland
Starring
Ian Holm
Length
1 seasons, 7 episodes, 50 min each
Network
Channel 4
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
Mandarin, English

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