2007's largest grossing film at the Hong Kong box office - the smash-hit Mad Detective - is one of the freshest and most satisfying films from that country in a decade. The traditional Hong Kong police film is turned on its head: the imaginative twist being our hero - Detective Bun (a role created for Lau Ching Wan) - who has the ability to 'see' people's inner personalities or hidden ghosts. Breaking new ground and establishing new cinematic rules, Johnnie To's latest giddily entertaining collaboration with Wai Ka Fai radically raises the level of storytelling in... modern film. This ingenious realisation of a supernaturally gifted copper is fast-paced and furious, yet also complex and disturbingly funny.Detective Bun (Lau Ching Wan) was recognised as a talented criminal profiler until he sliced off his right ear to offer as a gift at his chief's farewell party. Branded as 'mad' and discharged from the force, he has lived in seclusion with his beloved wife May (Kelly Lin) ever since. Strangely, Bun has the ability to 'see' a person's inner personality, their subconscious desires, emotions, and mental state. When a missing police gun is linked to several heists and murders, hotshot Inspector Ho (Andy On) calls on the valuable skills of his former mentor Bun to help unlock the killer's identity. However, Bun's unorthodox methods point to a fellow detective and take a schizophrenic turn for the worse... [show more]
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Johnny To directs this Cantonese-language drama starring Siu-Fai Cheung and Ka Tung Lam. An ex-police officer's psychic gift comes to his department's aid when a cop's missing firearm is linked to a series of murders. Thrown out of the police force after he sliced off half an ear as a gift to his departing boss, Inspector Bun (Ching Wan Lau) now lives on the periphery of society. Always seen as a bit mad by his fellow officers, Bun believes he possesses a psychic ability that enables him to see the hidden personalities and desires of the people around him. In his former job the visions helped him to solve much of his caseload, but now his gift only seems to torment him. However, when his former colleague Inspector Ho (Andy On) is handed the difficult case of tracking down a missing policeman whose gun has been used in recent murders, Bun is only too eager to help.
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