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Mad Detective

Sun taam (Mad Detective)

2007

Johnnie To, Wai Ka-Fai

Lau Ching-Wan, Andy On, Gordon Lam, Kelly Lin ...

6.5

773

Thriller. Action Cinematic action masters Johnnie To and Wai Ka-fai return with the explosive MAD DETECTIVE, an incendiary adventure full of delightfully off-kilter events and a fascinating journey into the human psyche. When a missing detective’s gun is implicated in a recent series of heists and murders, a hot shot inspector HO (Andy On) seeks out his former boss, BUN (Lau Ching Wan), a gifted criminal profiler now living in seclusion with his wife ... [+]

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Rob Mackie The Guardian	"You can safely assume two things: 1) there will be a Hollywood remake; 2) it won't be half as good as this (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Dan Fainaru Screendaily	"The main point of interest here, however, is not the pretty banal case, but the manner in which To and Wai handle the various personalities."	POS
United States	Derek Elley Variety	"'Mad Detective' is a neat idea that doesn’t quite hit the bull’s-eye"	NEU
United Kingdom	Anna Hart Empire	"Director Johnny To's previous flicks are slicker affairs, but there's still plenty here to please the fans (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Noel Murray AV Club	"An effective mystery story, with an oddball hero (...) and some moments of visceral violence that raise the stakes."	POS
United States	Joshua Rothkopf Time Out	"The movie feels adventuresome (...) It’s a metaphysical mystery masquerading as a doodle (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Nick Schager Slant	"The tale’s bizarre energy benefits from the directors’ refusal to get bogged down in weighty psychological analysis (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	POS

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