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Accident (2009)

Accident poster
Original title
意外
Directed by
Soi Cheang
Genre
action film, thriller film
Country
Hong Kong
Runtime
1h 29m
Rated
R
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 133 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of hitmen stage assassinations to look like random accidents. After a job goes wrong, the leader becomes obsessed with the idea that he is being targeted by another team.

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What happens

Accident (Chinese: 意外), originally titled Assassins (Chinese: 暗殺), is a 2009 Hong Kong action thriller film directed by Soi Cheang, produced by Johnnie To and starring Louis Koo and Richie Jen. Accident competed at the 66th Venice International Film Festival, and was released theatrically in Hong Kong on 17 September 2009. The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc in Region 1 by Shout! Factory in 2012. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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