Robbie Coltrane as a shrink chasing a killer through Hong Kong's neon underbelly? Yes please.
A British businessman operating in Hong Kong has feelings of inferiority and turns to murder when he faces bankruptcy.
Acting
Coltrane's Fitz is magnetic—sweaty, brilliant, morally compromised.
Production
Hong Kong locations add exotic unease to familiar British crime formula.
Director
Richard Standeven
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Hong Kong's final years under British rule, the film unconsciously dramatizes anxious white masculinity facing irrelevance.
This was one of only two Cracker feature-length specials; the other, 'Nine Eleven,' was pulled from US airings after 2001 for obvious reasons.
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