The chief investigator of Hong Kong’s Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) is banking on a key witness, the corporate accountant Jack, to testify in court against a high-level customs officer and a tobacco trading company CEO accused of bribery and smuggling. When neither Jack nor the CEO show up on the day of the hearing, King is given seven days to save the prosecution’s case.
Acting
Lau Ching-wan's weary integrity vs. Cheung's slippery menace
Direction
Alan Mak's clinical precision builds dread through bureaucracy
Writing
Twisty script keeps you guessing who's playing whom
Director
Alan Mak Siu-Fai
Sean Lau Ching-wan
Chan King Chi
Nick Cheung Ka-Fai
Hui Chik Yiu
Karena Lam Kar-Yan
Kong Suet Yee
Carlos Chan Ka-Lok
Gary
Kathy Tong Yee
Tsz Ching
Hugo Ng Doi-Yung
Ko Ching-Man
Charlene Chang Qian
Jenny
Anita Yuen Wing-Yee
Chung Ka Ling
Alex Fong Chung-Sun
Ma Yuk Man
Felix Lok Ying-Kwan
David Lam Wai
Bonnie Wong Man-Wai
Ben Yuen Foo-Wah
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The ICAC is a uniquely Hong Kong institution, created in 1974 after a massive police corruption scandal—this film operates in the shadow of that real legacy.
This reunited Infernal Affairs co-writer Alan Mak with stars Lau Ching-wan and Nick Cheung, but swaps that film's moles-in-organizations tension for courtroom procedural dread.
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