Chinese Midnight Express (1997)

Original title

黑獄斷腸歌之砌生豬肉

Directed by

Billy Tang

Genre

drama film, crime film, prison film

Country

Hong Kong

Runtime

1h 40m

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A journalist is framed for a crime he did not commit and sent to prison. Inside, he struggles to survive the brutal conditions and the corrupt system that put him there.

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What happens

Chinese Midnight Express is a 1997 Hong Kong crime drama film directed by Billy Tang. Set in the 1960s, the film stars Tony Leung Chiu-wai as a righteous journalist who gets framed and jailed after exposing the collusion between the corrupt police force and triads. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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