Inspector Lam investigates the brutal murder of Tsui, a famous musician. Wong, the designated suspect, just spent 20 years in jail for the murder of Tsui's daughter but has always claimed his innocence.
Acting
Nick Cheung's physically transformative, nearly mute performance
Cinematography
Hong Kong as suffocating labyrinth of rain and neon
Direction
Roy Chow's patient, dread-soaked reveals
Director
Roy Chow Hin-Yeung
Nick Cheung Ka-Fai
Wong Yuen-yeung
Simon Yam
Inspector George Lam Ching-chung
Kay Tse
Ying Au-yeung
Janice Man Wing-San
Zoe Tsui
Michael Wong
Han Tsui
Candice Yu On-On
Mrs. Tsui
Shawn Dou
young Wong Yuen-yeung
Gordon Liu Chia-Hui
Retired CID officer
Wong Ka-Lok
Young George Lam
Jun Kung
Former acquaintance of Eugene
Tian Zhuangzhuang
Former prison guard
Cheung Kwok-Keung
CID
Felix Lok Ying-Kwan
Chief Yu
Ken Hung
Zoe's classmate
Cherry Ngan Cheuk-Ling
George's daughter
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Nick Cheung gained 30 pounds and learned sign language for the role, then immediately lost it all for his next film. Method chaos.
The film reworks elements of the 1962 French thriller 'Les Yeux sans visage' through a specifically post-handover Hong Kong anxiety about erased histories and unacknowledged violence.
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