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A detective helps a friend investigate the mysterious death of his father-in-law.A detective helps a friend investigate the mysterious death of his father-in-law.A detective helps a friend investigate the mysterious death of his father-in-law.
- Awards
- 5 wins & 15 nominations
Tony Leung Chiu-wai
- Detective Lau Ching Hei
- (as Tony Chiu Wai Leung)
Jinglei Xu
- Susan Chow
- (as Jing Lei Xu)
Bo Yuen Chan
- Lai Sun Wah
- (as Ricky Chan)
Yee Ting Chan
- Hei's Sister
- (as Chan Yee Ying)
Emotion Cheung
- Chan Wing Fu
- (as Cheung Kam Ching)
Yuk Wah Cheung
- Sister In Orphanage
- (as Cheung Yuk Wah)
Kun-Yang Chu
- Susan Chow's Doctor
- (as Chui Kwai Sam)
Woon-Ling Hau
- Landlord of the Seaside House
- (as Hau Waon Ling)
Lin Ho
- Temple Master
- (as Ho Lin)
Shu-Wing Ho
- Security Guard at Wah's Home
- (as Ho Shu Wing)
On Tik Hung
- Gangster at the Café
- (as Hung On Tik)
Chau Lim Kan
- School Principal
- (as Chau Lim Kang)
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Detective Lau Ching Hei: Beating crime used to be our mandate, now all that matters is the crime rate.
- ConnectionsReferences Cold Case (1997)
- SoundtracksSILENT NIGHT
Written by Franz Xaver Gruber (uncredited) and Joseph Mohr (uncredited)
Performed by Howard McCrary
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This time of the relationship between Hong Kong and China. Andy Lau's "Internal Affairs" examined the roles with far greater interest. This time, though, Lau has sunk to the level of soap, which is sad to see, especially considering how sophisticated his previous work is. Shu Qi is criminally misused to boot. "Confession of Pain" in no way compares to "The Banquet," "Curse of the Golden Flower," "Mo Gong," "Three Times," all of which function on more than one level without sinking into the error of this film, which is not so much paranoia as mawkish self-absorption.
As for camera work, set design, sound, and editing, this movie feels more like a commercial than a feature film. The effect is to cheapen what otherwise might have been great and deep. The same goes for the acting, which seems to have been texted in.
As for camera work, set design, sound, and editing, this movie feels more like a commercial than a feature film. The effect is to cheapen what otherwise might have been great and deep. The same goes for the acting, which seems to have been texted in.
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- Also known as
- Thương Thành
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- Budget
- $8,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $14,182,296
- Runtime1 hour 50 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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