Real estate tycoon Wong Ho-Chiu (Anthony Wong Chau-Sang) suffers great pain when his daughter Daisy (Janice Man) is kidnapped and killed. Wong Ho-Chiu turns to his trusted bodyguard Chor (Richie Ren) to seek out the perpetrators and exact revenge. Wong Ho-Chiu goes one step further and orders Chor to videotape each of their executions. Once Chor tracks down the final perpetrator Wong Ho-Chiu decides to kill that person himself. When Wong Ho-Chiu learns about the perpetrator’s past, he has second thoughts …
Acting
Anthony Wong's thousand-yard stare says everything
Direction
Johnnie To disciple goes full moral corrosion
Cinematography
Handheld execution videos that implicate YOU
Director
Law Wing-Cheong
Anthony Wong Chau-Sang
Wong Ho-chiu
Richie Jen
Chor
Janice Man Wing-San
Daisy
Maggie Cheung Ho-Yee
Mrs. Wong
Candy Lo Hau-Yam
Amy
Lam Lei
Pang
Jun Kung
Pang's accomplice
Lam King-Kong
Pang's accomplice
Charlie Cho Cha-Lee
TK
Chiu Chi-Shing
Elena Kong Mei-Yee
Chiu's deceased wife
Alan Chui Chung-San
Yao's ex-triad boss
Samuel Leung Cheuk-Moon
Mark
Tommy Yuen Man-On
Kwok Wing Chiu's son
Winston Yeh Ying-Wen
Daniel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Law Wing-Cheong was Johnnie To's editor for years; this is his solo revenge thriller stripped of heroic gloss.
The title 'Punished' in Chinese (報應) literally means 'karma/retribution'—Wong thinks he's God, learns he's just another sinner.
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