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Mad Detective

Play trailer Poster for Mad Detective 2008,  1h 29m,  Crime/ Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 80% 20 Reviews Tomatometer 85% 2,500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
80% Tomatometer 20 Reviews 85% Popcornmeter 2,500+ Ratings
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. He is invited back to active duty by Ho Ka On (Andy On), a cop investigating the disappearance of a fellow officer whose weapon has been used in multiple robberies. Ho and Ko Chi Wai (Lam Ka Tung), the missing cop's partner, go after an Indian suspect. Bun, however, can see both men's inner selves and suspects something else at play.

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Ty Burr Boston Globe Aug 8, 2008
3/4
A stylishly funky Hong Kong thriller from cult director Johnnie To and co-writer/codirector Wai Ka Fai. Go to Full Review
V.A. Musetto New York Post Jul 18, 2008
3/4
Mad Detective doesn't always make sense, and you cannot always tell what is real and what is imaginary, but viewers will be having too much zonked-out fun to care. Go to Full Review
Manohla Dargis New York Times Jul 18, 2008
4.5/5
If the insanely inventive and entertaining Mad Detective weren't so weird -- and in Cantonese -- hordes of action geeks would be lining the block to see it. Go to Full Review
Daniel Kasman MUBI Nov 17, 2017
After so many stoical, staunchly confident films from Johnnie To, it's always refreshing to see one of his collaborations with fellow Milkyway Image director/producer Wai Ka-fai... Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews May 9, 2010
B
An inventive oddball pic that's diverting and borders on the ridiculous but never becomes uninteresting or completely loses its way. Go to Full Review
Stan Hall Oregonian Sep 26, 2008
Expect an inferior American remake within five years. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Johnnie To

Director

Ka-Fai Wai

Director

Ching Wan Lau

Inspector Bun

Andy On

Ho Ka-on

Ka Tung Lam

Ko Chi-Wai

Kelly Lin Hsi-Lei

May

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Synopsis 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. He is invited back to active duty by Ho Ka On (Andy On), a cop investigating the disappearance of a fellow officer whose weapon has been used in multiple robberies. Ho and Ko Chi Wai (Lam Ka Tung), the missing cop's partner, go after an Indian suspect. Bun, however, can see both men's inner selves and suspects something else at play.
Director
Johnnie To, Ka-Fai Wai
Producer
Johnnie To, Ka-Fai Wai
Screenwriter
Ka-Fai Wai, Kin Yee Au
Distributor
IFC First Take
Production Co
One Hundred Years of Film Co. Ltd., Milky Way Image Company
Genre
Crime, Drama
Original Language
Chinese
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 18, 2008, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 19, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$4.6K
Runtime
1h 29m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital
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