The Pig, The Snake and The Pigeon (2023)

Original title

周處除三害

Directed by

Wong Ching-po

Genre

crime, drama, thriller

Country

Taiwan

Runtime

2h 14m

Rated

18

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 272 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A dying hitman decides to hunt down two more dangerous criminals before his death. He works his way through the underworld to take them out.

darkly comicintensebleakfast-pacedviolentgrittysuspenseful

What happens

The Pig, The Snake and The Pigeon (Chinese: 周處除三害) is a 2023 Taiwanese black comedy action thriller film directed and written by Hong Kong director Wong Ching-po. Starring Ethan Juan, Ben Yuen, Chen Yi-wen, Gingle Wang, Lee Lee-zen, and Cherry Hsieh, the film revolves around a dying and fame-seeking hitman (Juan) who endeavoured to eliminate the country's two most wanted criminals (Yuen and Chen) before his own demise. The film was theatrically released on 6 October 2023, in Taiwan. It received 7 nominations in the 60th Golden Horse Awards and 13 nominations in the 26th Taipei Film Awards, with Ethan Juan and Lee Lee-zen winning Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor respectively in the latter. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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