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Mad Detective
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Detective Bun was recognised as a talented criminal profiler until he sliced off his right ear to offer as a gift at farewell party of his chief. Branded as mad and discharged from the force, he has lived in seclusion with his beloved wife May ever since. Strangely, Bun has the ability to see inner personality of a person, their subconscious desires, emotions, and mental state. When a missing police gun is linked to several heists and murders, hotshot Inspector Ho calls on the valuable skills of his former mentor Bun to help unlock the identity of the killer. However, Buns unorthodox methods point to a fellow detective and take a schizophrenic turn for the worse.
Detective Bun was recognised as a talented criminal profiler until he sliced off his right ear to offer as a gift at farewell party of his chief. Branded as mad and discharged from the force, he has lived in seclusion with his beloved wife May ever since. Strangely, Bun has the ability to see inner personality of a person, their subconscious desires, emotions, and mental state. When a missing police gun is linked to several heists and murders, hotshot Inspector Ho calls on the valuable skills of his former mentor Bun to help unlock the identity of the killer. However, Buns unorthodox methods point to a fellow detective and take a schizophrenic turn for the worse.
Actors:
Wah Wo Wong,
Wai Leung Hung,
Apple Chau,
Ching Ting Law,
Ronald Yan,
Eddy Ko,
Siu-Fai Cheung
Wah Wo Wong
Wai Leung Hung
Apple Chau
Ching Ting Law
Ronald Yan
Eddy Ko
1937, Zhongshan, Guangdong, China
Siu-Fai Cheung
4 February 1963, Hong Kong
Director:
Johnnie To ,
Ka-Fai Wai
Johnnie To
22 April 1955, Hong Kong
Ka-Fai Wai
1 January 1962, Hong Kong
Country:
Hong Kong
Keywords:
#Andy On #Ching Wan Lau #Johnnie To #Ka Tung Lam #Ka-Fai Wai #Mad Detective #Milky Way Image Company #One Hundred Years of Film Company
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July 18, 2008
A freewheeling narrative that twists around its central themes with manic intensity.
September 26, 2008
Expect an inferior American remake within five years.
New York Times
July 18, 2008
If the insanely inventive and entertaining Mad Detective weren't so weird -- and in Cantonese -- hordes of action geeks would be lining the block to see it.
Filmcritic.com
July 17, 2008
too cluttered to be engrossing or even entertaining
AV Club
July 17, 2008
Fleeting confusion and bizarre literalization aside, Mad Detective is an effective mystery story, with an oddball hero -- like TV's Monk, but far crazier -- and some moments of visceral violence that raise the stakes.
May 09, 2010
An inventive oddball pic that's diverting and borders on the ridiculous but never becomes uninteresting or completely loses its way.
August 08, 2008
A stylishly funky Hong Kong thriller from cult director Johnnie To and co-writer/codirector Wai Ka Fai.
Little White Lies
August 09, 2008
Cleverly scripted, brilliantly acted and masterfully edited, Mad Detective explores the very human capacity to lose one's moral centre in a crisis.
Time Out
July 16, 2008
Every moment in Mad Detective seems engineered for maximum oddity; it almost becomes overwhelming...Yet the movie feels adventuresome, too, a new bridge to Asiaâ(TM)s soulful ghost canon. Itâ(TM)s a metaphysical mystery masquerading as a doodle.
July 21, 2008
More comical than compelling, but what do you expect of a chopsocky revolving around a head case of a hero begging to be buried alive in order to channel his psychic powers?
July 18, 2008
Mad Detective doesn't always make sense, and you cannot always tell what is real and what is imaginary, but viewers will be having too much zonked-out fun to care.
July 16, 2008
Even if you lose track of who's shooting whom and why during the abstract climactic face-off, the clever last shot shows you're not alone.