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User Rating:
6.5/10   343 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Ringo Lam (writer)
Joe Ma (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
16 October 1999 (Hong Kong) more
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Plot:
A computer engineer is kidnapped and tortured. Since then, his girlfriend senses he's no longer the same person... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 8 nominations more
User Comments:
Excellent and unusual Hong Kong thriller more (5 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Tony Leung Ka Fai ... Pit
Ching Wan Lau ... Manson Ma
Amy Kwok ... Amy Fu
Emily Kwan ... Po
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Man Cheong Chan
Tony Chiu

Collin Chou ... Shing
King-fai Chung ... Chairman Lee
Kong Fu Keung
Shiu Hung Hui ... Yee
Suki Kwan ... Grace
Yiu-Cheung Lai ... Bee / Ting Gun-kwun
David Lee
Joe Lee ... Uncle Kwai
Wai-sheung Lee
Ngai Lui

Alannah Ong ... Chairman Lee's wife
Rebecca Tam
Chun Kong Wong
Wah Wo Wong ... Security Guard Wong
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Mu lou xiong guang (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
The Victim (International: English title)
Victim (Hong Kong: English title)
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Runtime:
90 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful.
Excellent and unusual Hong Kong thriller, 12 July 2005
8/10
Author: TrevorAclea from London, England

Ringo Lam's 'Victim' is a movie that it's difficult to talk about without giving away too much, but I'll try. A thriller with supernatural undertones and a particularly intriguing plot, it certainly stands out from the main body of his work - there are action scenes, and they're well handled, but this is much more of a character-led mystery.

After a pointless killing in a car park, the police discover that their prime suspect is actually a victim, abducted by brutal kidnappers. But why would anyone kidnap an unemployed man with heavy debts? When he's returned without a ransom, dumped in a supposedly haunted hotel that was the site of a brutal murder, things get weirder still as he seems to have developed an entirely different personality. Is it post-traumatic stress or is he possessed by a murderer's ghost - or is it something completely different? Like most mysteries, once the cat is out of the bag it loses much of its grip, although the explanation is quite satisfying. But for the most part it's a beautifully crafted with several standout sequences and some surprisingly strong performances.

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