The Stool Pigeon (2010)
- Original title
- 綫人
- Directed by
- Dante Lam
- Genre
- action film, thriller film, crime thriller film
- Country
- Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Rating
- 5.9 of 10 from 58 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.
How it feels
A police detective uses confidential informants to catch gangsters. He feels guilty when his informants are caught but still sends a street racer undercover to infiltrate a dangerous criminal's crew.
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What happens
The Stool Pigeon (simplified Chinese: 线人; traditional Chinese: 綫人; pinyin: Xiàn Rén; Jyutping: Sin3 Jan4) is a 2010 action thriller film directed by Dante Lam and starring Nicholas Tse, Nick Cheung and Gwei Lun-mei. A Hong Kong-Chinese co-production, the film is about police detective, Don Lee (Cheung), who uses informants to gain information about gangsters. Lee begins to feel guilty when his informants are caught, but sends out a street racer named Ghost (Tse) as an informant to gain information about a gangster name Barbarian (Lu Yi). The film was released in China on August 24 and two days later in Hong Kong. The film performed well in the Hong Kong box office, though it has received mixed reviews. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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