Detective vs. Sleuths

[Machine Translation] Winner of Best Director, Best Actor, Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography at the 41st Hong Kong Film Awards! Lau Ching-wan and Wai Ka-fai, the duo behind the unique film "7 Suspects", return with another superb mystery and action film! A former detective who was called "God's Investigator" takes on a serial killer who shocks Hong Kong. This film is a sister story to "MAD Detective," which features a detective with a unique ability to read other people's hidden personalities and thoughts. Wai Ka-fai, who co-directed the previous film with Johnnie To, and Lau Ching-wan, who also played the main character, have teamed up again. While maintaining the unique characterization, the film is filled with flashy scenes such as gun battles in a crowded building and a marketplace, and a large-scale explosion scene using a harbor. In the world of mystery novels, eccentric behavior is common among the great detectives with Sherlock Holmes at the top of the list, but Ray, the protagonist of this film, is no slouch either, as he solves the mystery while engaging in heated discussions with the victim and others involved in the case, who are invisible to others. Charlene Choy, who dominated the scene with Gillian Chung in "Twins," plays the female detective who is the only one who understands and cooperates with him in the investigation. The film co-stars Raymond Lam of "Ling Yun Zhi: Hero of Love and Justice" and "The Lonely Queen," Tan Kai of "Aurisameki Part 1: Tsuki ni Kimi wo Mochi" and "Langyabo Part 2: The Changlin Army Comes in with the Wind and Clouds" and Karman Lee of "Black Feng and White Evening: Lovers Who Protect the Country" and "When Tang Tang Turns Color," among other Chinese dramas. The three actors were all active in Chinese drama productions, including Karman Lee of "When Tang Tang Turns Color. --One night, three people are burned alive at the port. The victims are men who were suspects in an unsolved murder case that took place 20 years ago, and the tragic end they met was a replica of the same case. The victims were suspects in an unsolved murder case that took place 20 years ago, and their grisly demise mimics the crime itself. In the past, there was a detective in the Hong Kong Police Department who was known as "Jinsan. Despite his genius and deductive powers, he was fired from the police force 17 years ago for causing trouble, and is now living as if he were homeless. Soon after, a series of bizarre crimes that are modeled after unsolved cases from the past begin to occur in Hong Kong...

Special Feature / Bonus Track: making-of, Japanese trailer(s)

第41回 香港電影金像奨 監督賞・主演男優賞・脚本賞・撮影賞を獲得! 異色作『MAD探偵 7人の容疑者』のラウ・チンワンとワイ・カーファイのコンビが再び放つ、超絶ミステリー&アクション! 香港を震撼させる連続猟奇殺人犯に、"神探=神の捜査官"と呼ばれた元刑事が挑む―。本作は、他者が押し隠している別人格や思考を読み取ることができる異能の持ち主である刑事を主人公にした『MAD探偵～』の姉妹編的な物語である。前作でジョニー・トーと共同で監督を務めたワイ・カーファイと、同じく主人公を演じた名優ラウ・チンワンが再タッグを結成。異色のキャラ設定はそのままに、雑居ビルや市場での銃撃戦、港を使った大規模な爆破シーンなどド派手な見せ場が盛り込まれ、中国での興行収入は7億元 (約150億円)を超え、2022年興収ランキング10位となる大ヒットを記録した。ミステリー小説の世界では、シャーロック・ホームズを筆頭に頭脳が明晰すぎる名探偵には奇矯な振る舞いが付き物だが、他人には見えていない被害者や事件関係者と激しく議論しながら謎を解いていく本作の主人公レイも相当なもの。そんな彼の唯一の理解者として捜査に協力する女性刑事を、ジリアン・チョンとのコンビユニット「Twins」で一世を風靡したシャーリーン・チョイが演じている。共演には、『凌雲志～愛と正義に生きた英雄～』『孤高の皇妃』のレイモンド・ラムや、『馭鮫記 前編: 月に君を想う』『琅邪榜(ろうやぼう)＜弐＞～風雲来る長林軍～』のタン・カイ、『黒豊と白夕～天下を守る恋人たち～』『海棠が色付く頃に』のカーマン・リーといった中国ドラマで活躍する俳優たちも顔をそろえた。 ――ある夜、港で3人の人物が生きたまま焼かれるという事件が発生。被害者は20年前に起きた未解決殺人事件の容疑者となった男たちで、彼らが迎えた悲惨な最期も、当の事件を真似たもの。そして地面には「神探」の文字が、これ見よがしに残されていた。かつて香港警察には神探と呼ばれた刑事が。天才的な閃きと推理力を持ちながら、17年前に問題を起こして警察をクビになったその男―レイは、今やホームレス同然の暮らしをしていた。やがて、香港では過去の未解決事件を模した猟奇犯罪が立て続けに発生し・・・。

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