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Detective vs. Sleuths

2022 · 101 min

A jittery, hallucination-laced procedural that keeps you off balance, blending grisly murders with a detective's fraying mind and twisty revelations.

Directed by
Wai Ka-fai
Genres
Action, Crime, Mystery
Starring
Lau Ching-wan, Raymond Lam, Charlene Choi Chuek-yin
Tagline
There is no chosen sleuth among us.
Overview
A disgraced ex-police chief battles hallucinations and vigilante killers, risking his sanity to uncover a shocking truth about justice gone wrong.

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Directed by
Wai Ka-fai
Genres
Action, Crime, Mystery
Starring
Lau Ching-wan, Raymond Lam, Charlene Choi Chuek-yin
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • justice
  • madness
  • mystery
  • guilt
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror4
Humour2
Realism6
Romance1
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight6

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Details

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