Credited cast: | |||
Josh Hartnett | ... | Kline | |
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Nu Yên-Khê Tran | ... | Lili (as Tran Nu Yên-Khê) |
Lee Byung-Hun | ... | Su Dongpo | |
Takuya Kimura | ... | Shitao | |
Shawn Yue | ... | Meng Zi | |
Elias Koteas | ... | Hasford | |
Eusebio Poncela | ... | Vargas | |
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Simón Andreu | |||
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Thea Aquino | ... | Dancer |
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Bo Yuen Chan | ... | Dai Xi |
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Tse-ho Chow | ... | Mifu |
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Russ Kingston | ... | Felix Sportis |
Jo Kuk | ... | 9mm Lover | |
Sam Lee | ... | Monk Artist | |
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Álvaro Longoria | ... | Psychiatrist |
Ex-Los Angeles cop turned private eye Kline travels to Hong Kong in search of Shitao, the missing son of a powerful pharmaceutical conglomerate boss. Enlisting Meng Zi a friend and a former colleague now working for the Hong Kong Police, Kline follows a faint trail left by the ethereal Shitao. The path leads to local gangster Su Dongpo and his beautiful, drug addicted girlfriend Lili. But Kline is distracted from his search, haunted by memories of the serial killer Hasford whose 'body of work' was the reason Kline quit the police force. Will Kline once again need to lose his mind to find his latest quarry? Written by Central Films
OK, I've been wanting to watch this for soooo long and finally I made it! First of all forget the adverts, they completely betray the movie. I was expecting a real good HK gangster movie with a western edge but what I got was much slower, more serious and very edgy. Josh Hartnett was great, possibly the best I've ever seen him and to be honest I usually can't stand him. Well, changed my mind! Unfortunately there were parts of the movie where the dialog was difficult to understand, and this was down down to the Asian actors.....BUT.... It wasn't impossible, and overall the acting in the movie was great. The thing that struck me most about the film was the cinematography which had that real Asian edge, think of any modern Korean movie, it:s beautiful! And the speed of the movie which was sloooow but perfect! I loved it, and I think if you have ever been into Asian cinema or any other for that fact you will too. I:m not going to tell you anything about the story, just watch it......