2007 · crime · thriller · hongkong
Mad Detective
Directed by Wai Ka-fai, Johnnie To1h 31m2007
Bun, a schizophrenic, former police inspector comes out of retirement to help a rookie detective solve a complex murder case involving a missing colleague and a suspected policeman suffering from a multiple personality disorder.
Our read: Mad Detective (2007) reads as a sombre, steady, surreal crime · thriller · hongkong entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, steady, measured crime / thriller, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- intense
- inventive
- bleak
- cold
- signature
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