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The Detective (2007)

The Detective poster
Original title
C+偵探
Directed by
Oxide Pang Chun
Genre
thriller film
Country
Hong Kong
Runtime
1h 49m
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 71 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A private investigator in Thailand is hired to find a missing young woman. He discovers she may be connected to a string of murders.

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What happens

The Detective is a 2007 Hong Kong neo-noir mystery thriller film directed by Oxide Pang, and starring Aaron Kwok as a private investigator hired to track down a missing young woman who may be linked to a series of murders in Thailand. The film was followed by a sequel, The Detective 2, which was released in 2011. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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