Tough cop Ken Li (Cheng) is at the top of his game, but he's going to need some help to solve a grisly crime that the offender, a respected police officer, doesn't even remember committing. He seeks out Jack Lai (Lai), a former psychologist now in disgrace and behind bars, who has an uncanny ability to bend people to his will. Making an uneasy truce, this unconventional pair set out on a mission to find the man responsible, a master of hypnotism who will stop at nothing to get his revenge!
Acting
Leon Lai's unnerving calm vs Ekin Cheng's barely-contained rage
Direction
Benny Chan's kinetic staging of psychological showdowns
Writing
The uneasy bromance that dares to get genuinely weird
Director
Benny Chan Muk-Sing
Leon Lai Ming
Jack Lai
Ekin Cheng
Ken
Francis Ng Chun-Yu
Hoi
Karena Lam Kar-Yan
Brenda
Raymond Ho-Yin Wong
Officer Yeung
Anson Leung Chun-Yat
Tom
Samuel Pang King-Chi
Chi
Rico Kwok
Chi
Kam Hing-Yin
Commander Wong
Xu Jinglei
Mandy Cheuk
Evergreen Mak Cheung-Ching
Officer Lau
Kenny Wong Tak-Ban
Snr Insp K. L. Cheung
Chan Tat-Kwong
Frank Liu Zong-Ji
Courtney Wu
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Leon Lai learned basic hypnosis techniques for the role and reportedly unnerved crew members between takes. The man committed.
Released during Hong Kong cinema's post-handover identity crisis, the film's fractured protagonists mirror a city questioning its own memory and allegiances.
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