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Director:
Writers:
Ivy Ho (screenplay)
Hai Yan (novel)
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Release Date:
25 December 2003 (China) more
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The film has been made after a popular novel that is devoted to the everyday work of a drug police team... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
2 wins & 2 nominations more
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This film thinks inadequate storytelling gives it depth more (4 total)

Cast

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Wei Zhao ... An Xin
Nicholas Tse ... Maojie
Yunlong Liu ... Yang Rui
Jianbin Chen ... Tienjun
Haiying Sun ... Mr. Pan
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Yanjun Bi ... Yang's father
Abao Chen ... Tiejun's mother
Yangyang Dong ... Xiao Xiong (Baby)
Qiang Fu ... Mao's father
Zhilan Gao ... Mao's mother
Jiantao Hong ... Liu Minghao
Guanghou Liu ... Lao Qian
Zhu Lun ... Xiao Kang
Li Niu ... Zhong Ning
Gejie Renboqie
Jiatong Su ... Xiao Xiong (An Xin' son)
Jinglin Tang ... Mao Fang
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Goddess of Mercy (Hong Kong: English title) (International: English title) (USA)
Jade Goddess of Mercy (Hong Kong: English title)
Juk gun jam (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
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110 min
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This film thinks inadequate storytelling gives it depth, 25 June 2009
4/10
Author: sitenoise from http://sitenoise-atthemovies.blogspot.com/

Not the worst movie I've seen, but easily one of the most poorly constructed. There *is* an intriguing story buried beneath everything but you have to keep reminding yourself what it is while you wonder why it's not being told very well. It's not a nice looking film either. Zhao Wei has never looked more lost and out of place. The scenes of her fighting off armed criminals while holding her baby in one hand would have been funny if they weren't so disgusting. The fact that it looked completely phony doesn't redeem anything. The scenes of warfare-like gun play that are just plopped in from time to time look like they were lifted from a middle-schooler's Super 8 film project.

I knew in the first fifteen minutes this thing was a mess but I kept the faith, and while it hinted at getting on track from time to time it just kept failing. Someone brought a bucket full of story-boarded scenes to the party but neglected to introduce them to Mr. Story.

You can't just claim that because this isn't run-of-the-mill Hollywood fare that it deserves respect. Good film makers (Ann Hui is one of them) can fail too.

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