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Mad Detective (Chinese: 神探) is a 2007 Hong Kong action film produced and directed by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-Fai. Mad Detective was first screened at the 64th Venice International Film Festival, and later premiered at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival, before being released in
Nov 29, 2007 · Mad Detective: Directed by Johnnie To, Ka-Fai Wai. With Ching Wan Lau, Andy On, Ka-Tung Lam, Kelly Lin. A rookie cop teams up with a former detective with a supernatural gift to hunt down a serial killer.
- (8.2K)
- Action, Crime, Mystery
- Johnnie To, Ka-Fai Wai
- 2007-11-29
Chan Kwai Bun (Lau Ching Wan) has the power to see people's "inner personalities," making him a very capable, if unorthodox and unstable, police detective.
- 90 min
- 117
- IFC Films
Runtime: 89 min. Language: Cantonese. Country: Hong Kong. Plot. A missing police pistol is connected to a series of recent heists and murders. Its owner WONG (Lee Kwok Lun) vanished earlier while pursuing a suspect in the mountains. His partner CHI-WAI (Lam Ka Tung) miraculously returned unharmed.
However, few are perhaps quite as detached from reality as detective Bun in Johnnie To and Wai Ka-fai's aptly titled “Mad Detective”. The 2007 film marks the pair's further exploration of the Hong-Kong crime thriller with mixed results.
TV-MA. Action · Crime · Thriller. An eccentric detective who can see into people's souls returns to the force to solve the case of a missing police officer in this offbeat crime drama. Starring: Ching Wan Lau Andy On Ka-Tung Lam Kelly Lin Kwok-Lun Lee. Directed by: Johnnie To Ka-Fai Wai.