Guilt by Design (2019)

Original title

催眠·裁決

Directed by

Kenneth Lai, Paul Sze, Lau Wing-Tai

Genre

action, crime

Country

Hong Kong

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

IIA

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 18 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man uses hypnosis to influence a jury's decision in a high-profile murder trial. The film follows his manipulation of the jurors as he tries to secure a specific verdict for his own reasons.

tensesuspensefulmorally complexslow-burnmanipulativepsychologicaldarkhigh-stakes

What happens

Guilt by Design (Chinese: 催眠·裁決) is a 2019 crime thriller film written and directed by Lai Siu-kwan, Paul Sze, and Lau Wing-tai. A Hong Kong-Chinese co-production, the film stars Nick Cheung, alongside an ensemble cast that includes Hans Zhang, Paul Chun, Kent Cheng, Cheung Siu-fai, and Elaine Jin. It is one of the award-winning film projects of the Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

More like this

• Declared Legally Dead (2019)
• Death Notice (2019)
• Shadows (2023)
• Walk With Me (2019)
• The White Storm 2 - Drug Lords (2019)
• The Sparring Partner (2022)
• Deception of the Novelist (2019)
• Viagara Madness