Soon after a young police officer reports for duty, he is confronted with the unspoken rules. There are people who cannot be questioned and cases that cannot be further investigated. Although he has been sidelined, he refuses to give up the old case. However, having spent so much time and effort, will he find out the truth or some long forgotten conscience?
Acting
Kaiser Chuang's weary determination carries every frame.
Direction
Cheng's restrained camera lets silences scream louder than violence.
Director
Wen-Tang Cheng
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Reflects real Taiwanese police scandals of the 2010s, where 'eating cases' (burying investigations) was systemic.
The title's irony: a maverick here doesn't win—he's simply the last one to stop pretending the game is fair.
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