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Limbo

2021 · 118 min

A grimy, relentless descent into urban darkness that grips you with dread and never lets go.

Directed by
Soi Cheang
Genres
Thriller, Crime, Drama
Starring
Gordon Lam Ka-tung, Liu Yase, Mason Lee
Overview
Veteran detective Cham works with rookie cop Will to hunt down the city's serial killer. The investigation leads them to a lair littered with dismembered female limbs, and an ex-con who killed Cham's wife and child years ago...

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Directed by
Soi Cheang
Genres
Thriller, Crime, Drama
Starring
Gordon Lam Ka-tung, Liu Yase, Mason Lee
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
relentless, 4 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • revenge
  • guilt
  • corruption
  • violence
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror6
Humour1
Realism7
Romance0
Tension8
Darkness9
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Genres
thriller, crime, drama, action
Directed by
Soi Cheang
Written by
Shum Kwan-Sin, Au Kin-yee
Starring
Gordon Lam Ka-tung, Liu Yase, Mason Lee, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Sammy Sum Chun-hin, Fish Liew Chi-yu, Hanna Chan, Lam Hoi-yan
Music
Kenji Kawai
Cinematography
Cheng Siu-Keung
Runtime
118 min
Country
China, Hong Kong
Languages
Cantonese, Japanese, Mandarin

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