Blood 13 (2018)

A reckless female detective, Xingmin, when investigating a murder case, finds the victim dead naked, hung upside down in the basement bathroom. Old detective Laozhou assures that this is ... See full summary »

Director:

Candy Li

Writer:

Tu Hu

Stars:

Lu Huang, Gang Xie, Bo Qian

Cast

Credited cast:
Lu Huang	...	Xing Min
Gang Xie	...	Lao Zhou
Bo Qian	...	Ke Zhenghua
Heng Li	...	Mei Shuo
Bin Li	...	Liu Yang
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Xiaoran Chang	...	Cheng Yao
Xinhua Chen	...	General Gao
Changwei Chu	...	Police A
Yafei Dai	...	Cheng Xiao
Yan Deng	...	Nurse B
Cheng Fang	...	Suspect
Meiling Hou	...	Female Pimp
Yibin Hou	...	Skinny Man
Jiaqiao Huang	...	Xing Min's Father
Donghao Li	...	Forensic

Storyline

A reckless female detective, Xingmin, when investigating a murder case, finds the victim dead naked, hung upside down in the basement bathroom. Old detective Laozhou assures that this is one of the prostitute serial murder cases that he has been after for 15 years. As Xingmin tracks down the murderer, she has to deal with her inner prejudice against prostitutes caused by her traumatizing childhood memory, while irresistibly resonate to the murderer herself. To breakthrough the case, she needs to conquer her nightmare and risk herself to uncover the truth.

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Plot Keywords:

serial killer | human monster | female victim | murder investigation | prostitution | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Lu Huang and Candy Li were featured in an episode of the popluar podcast L-Squared in October of 2019 to discuss the film.

User Reviews

It was rather mundane and sort of boring...

I had no idea what I was in for when I sat down to watch this 2018 movie titled "Blood 13" (aka "Xue shi san") from writer Tu Hu and director Candy Li. But given the movie's cover, I assumed it was a horror movie of sorts. Well, turns out that this was a crime thriller movie.

The storyline told in "Blood 13" was a bit confusing, and if I have to be bluntly honest, it was a bit boring. There was just simply too little of any interest happening throughout the course of the movie. And that resulted in the movie feeling like it a was 4 hour movie that I was watching and not just the 99 minutes that the movie ran for.

If felt like writer Tu Hu had set out to accomplish a bit too much with the storyline presented in "Blood 13", and it wasn't a wholly accomplished endeavor. I must admit that I was only mildly entertained by what transpired throughout the course of the movie.

The acting in the movie was adequate, although I can't really point out any single actor or actress and say that he or she was the star of the movie. I believe it was the mundane storyline and script that was the cause of this.

I am rating "Blood 13" a very mediocre five out of ten stars. If you enjoy a good crime thriller, then there are far better choices readily available. And while I managed to sit through all of "Blood 13", this is not a movie that I will be returning to watch a second time.

Details

Official Sites:

Yogurt Time Films

Country:

China

Language:

Mandarin

Release Date:

20 August 2019 (USA)

Also Known As:

Blood 13

Box Office

Budget:

CNY5,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$69,175

Company Credits

Production Co:

Astrocompass Media Company, Yogurt Time Films

Technical Specs

Color:

Color