The Detective
It’s been awhile since I last watch a good Hong Kong movie and I was at the special screening of Oxide Pang’s The Detective, starring Aaron Kwok in the leading role.
This is one movie that IMHO, combines Thriller, Comedy, Horror and Mystery all into one good package. What this movie is about? It’s about Aaron Kwok’s character, Tam, as a Private Investigator who is in such dire straits financially that he takes a really crappy case just to pay the bills. One day, a guy nicknamed Fatty asks Tam to find a lady who wanted to kill him. He left Tam a portrait of the lady without giving any details. Tam could not resist the money and starts the investigation. He identified the lady as Sum who is a frequent mahjong player.
Tam starts tracking her whereabouts through her mahjong playmates, but he is shocked to find each of them murdered every time he is about to be in contact with them. He discovers a half-burned photo at one of the scenes. 
Tam realises the suspicions behind the deaths and decides that he has to protect the next target of the invisible murderer. The photo is the only clue for Tam to uncover the case.
Want to know how it ends? Go watch the movie. Like I said, it’s one of the better Hong Kong movies I’ve watched this year so far. I’m still traumatized by Choy and May’s movie 881: The Papaya Sisters. The Detective has given me some hope in chinese movies again.
Here’s a trailer of the movie for you to have a taste.
