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Director:
Writer:
Ivy Ho (written by)
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Release Date:
28 April 2005 (Hong Kong) more
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Plot:
A cop, a lawyer, and an assassin cross paths after the murder of a federal witness and the kidnapping of a famous pop star. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
5 wins & 3 nominations more
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Goes through the motions but without any heart. more (10 total)

Cast

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Aaron Kwok ... Suen Siu Yan
Ekin Cheng ... To Hou Sun
Daniel Wu ... Koo
Angelica Lee ... Su Fong / Amy (as Sinje Lee)
Jing Ning ... Ting (as Ning Jing)
Jan Lamb ... Chu
Rongguang Yu ... Inspector Mok (as Yu Rong Guang)
Gallen Law ... Yiu Tin Chung (as Lo Ka Leung)
Tommy Yuen ... Yiu Ha
Samuel Pang ... So Fu On
Suet-Fei Chiu ... Winnie (as Chloe)
Eric Tsang ... Uncle Choi (as Eric Tsang Chi Wai)
Sam Lee ... Leung Tak
Suet Lam ... Mou Wai Bun (as Lam Suet)
Tak-bun Wong ... Detector (as Kenny Wong)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Divergence (International: English title)
San cha kou (China: Mandarin title)
San zha hou (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for violence.
Runtime:
Hong Kong:101 min | Argentina:101 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Soundtrack:
DIVERGENCE (Theme Song) more

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4 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
Goes through the motions but without any heart., 16 February 2007
5/10
Author: massaster760 from United States

Divergence tells the story of three men: A reckless hit-man simply named Coke (Daniel Wu), Suen Siu-yan a police officer whose fiancée has been missing for 10 years (Aaron Kwok), and Barrister To, a lawyer (Ekin Cheng) who works for a mobster. While conducting a routine witness transfer Suen Siu-yan feels the wrath of the hit-man Coke, after barely escaping with his life he starts further investigation into the case, the prize being Barrister To's gangster boss. At this point, three seemingly unrelated lives converge into a hailstorm of bullets and bloodshed.

If it sounds like typical Hong Kong action flick thats because it is. Everything about this film, at a cursory glance, is typical. The Acting is well-done, and the cinematography and Direction is also good, and the action is good too. But there is still something lacking in Divergence. I had to watch this film twice to figure out what was missing. On the second viewing I figured it out. This movie has no heart. It has everything that makes a good action film but in the end, you just don't care about the characters. The film makes all the stops and covers all the bases, and it should be a great film. But sadly, it's not, I was hoping for a great gunkata thriller but I was sadly disappointed.

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