| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital rdatr |
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optical rdarm |
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video file rdaft |
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DVD video |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
| System Details |
DVD, wide screen presentation. |
| Language |
Mandarin dialogue; English subtitles. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
| Cast |
Joan Chen, Xiao Yang, Tan Zhuo, Philip Keung. |
| Audience |
Rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
A remake of the Indian-Malaysian film Drishyam, this Chinese box-office blockbuster is a Hollywood-esque cat-and-mouse crime thriller. Working family man and self- described movie-geek Li is thrown into a battle of wits with the law after his daughter accidentally kills, and his wife hurriedly buries a fellow student who had sexually molested her. The dead boy's father is an ambitious politician, and his mother is La Wen, a steely eyed, morally corrupt police chief. Utilizing his encyclopedic knowledge of crime cinema, Li concocts a complicated alibi but for La Wen, the crime is personal, and she smells a cover-up. An inventive, twistily-plotted tale of blackmail, murder and justice, with the two families caught up in a deadly game. |
| Subject |
Fathers -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Daughters -- Crimes against -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Murder -- Investigation -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Crime films.
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Foreign films, Chinese.
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Thrillers (Motion pictures)
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DVD-video discs.
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| Added Author |
Quah, Sam, film director.
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Chen, Joan, 1961- actor.
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Yang, Xiao, actor.
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Zhuo, Tan, actor.
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Jiang, Haowen, actor.
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Artsploitation Films (Firm), publisher.
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| Standard No. |
851597006421 |
| Music No. |
ART76 Artsploitation |
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