Zhi chi
- 2021
- 1h 58min
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7.1/10
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El policía novato Will Ren y su compañero, el veterano Cham Lau, persiguen a un obsesivo y brutal asesino de mujeres.El policía novato Will Ren y su compañero, el veterano Cham Lau, persiguen a un obsesivo y brutal asesino de mujeres.El policía novato Will Ren y su compañero, el veterano Cham Lau, persiguen a un obsesivo y brutal asesino de mujeres.
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- Guionistas
- Elenco
- Premios
- 14 premios ganados y 26 nominaciones en total
Wai-Chuen So
- Grizzly
- (as Kumer So)
- Dirección
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Opiniones destacadas
The whole plot is ambiguous and out of focus. The lines between characters were cringy and stupid. It's supposed to be a crime thriller, but the directors made it about how to torture a woman until she can be forgiven. Noted that she already served her crime by admitting to jail. For some reasons, she was willingly destroyed and endangered herself so the cop will say forgive her. The characters kept contradicting themselves in their beliefs. There were also lack of logics such as trying to stop 7-8 men to beat up a woman by trying to yell at them, which lost the gun in the end. When confronted with a serial killer, one decided to go without a gun; when the killer was captured and passed out, the idiot cop put a gun in front of his chest resulting him opened fire. Make it make sense. Otherwise, the filming was good and cinematic. I give a 5 for that. 0 for the story and acting.
Limbo is a gritty stylized noir Hong Kong thriller from Soi Cheang, director of SPL 2 and Accident. Adapted from a Chinese crime novel by Lei Mi, the film features beautiful black-and-white cinematography, impressive production design, and solid performances from its three leads, especially from actress Yase Liu.
Will Ren, a rookie cop is assigned with Lau, a veteran cop, to investigate a series of brutal murders across east Kowloon.
Lau runs into Wong To, a down-and-out car thief on parole with whom he shares a dark past with, and recruits her to be an informant to search for the murderer.
Milkyway veteran Cheng Siu Keng's digital black and white cinematography is gorgeous and rich in contrast, creating a moody nihilistic atmosphere and transforms familiar Hong Kong locales into an unfamiliar Asian city where only bad things happen.
Kenneth Mak's production design is meticulous, sculpting the Hong Kong cityscape into a hyper-stylized setting that's something out of an adult graphic novel. For instance, the police station was fashioned out of a local Hong Kong market, creating an underground cavernous office, desks full of unsolved cases and cluttered with wornout cops.
There is so much garbage everywhere littered throughout the entire film. My first thought was, "That's some beautifully arranged garbage. Look at the contrast and texture!" Eventually, watching endless scenes of people rummaging through garbage makes it feel like the rubbish is on you. I took a shower before watching Limbo and wanted a second immediately after the end.
The grimness, while stylistically engaging, paints the film into a corner that does it a disservice. It is like Soi Cheang is squeezing out every last bit of the Grim brand toothpaste and there's no speck of hope in a literal garbage dump of a world. By the finale, all the grimness got tiring and I was yearning for another emotion to take over.
If there's no ray of hope for these characters, what's at stake then? The atmosphere is trying to choke them all to death.
What kept the film together was Yase Liu's performance, who steals the show as the film's unofficial protagonist. It is a well-written redemption arc that Liu plays with earnest and commitment, performing her own stunts in a lot of the film's chase scenes. Yase Liu becomes the ray of hope the film needs, despite all the surrounding nihilism trying hard to extinguish it.
Limbo is a heavy somber film and I could see it being hit-or-miss depending on whether your proverbial glass is half-empty or half-full. In the end, it was entertaining but I don't fully buy Soi Cheang thinks the world is utterly hopeless as he vehemently portrays.
For this reason, SPL 2 is still my favorite Soi Cheang film as it's where he kept both the grittiness and heart in better balance.
Will Ren, a rookie cop is assigned with Lau, a veteran cop, to investigate a series of brutal murders across east Kowloon.
Lau runs into Wong To, a down-and-out car thief on parole with whom he shares a dark past with, and recruits her to be an informant to search for the murderer.
Milkyway veteran Cheng Siu Keng's digital black and white cinematography is gorgeous and rich in contrast, creating a moody nihilistic atmosphere and transforms familiar Hong Kong locales into an unfamiliar Asian city where only bad things happen.
Kenneth Mak's production design is meticulous, sculpting the Hong Kong cityscape into a hyper-stylized setting that's something out of an adult graphic novel. For instance, the police station was fashioned out of a local Hong Kong market, creating an underground cavernous office, desks full of unsolved cases and cluttered with wornout cops.
There is so much garbage everywhere littered throughout the entire film. My first thought was, "That's some beautifully arranged garbage. Look at the contrast and texture!" Eventually, watching endless scenes of people rummaging through garbage makes it feel like the rubbish is on you. I took a shower before watching Limbo and wanted a second immediately after the end.
The grimness, while stylistically engaging, paints the film into a corner that does it a disservice. It is like Soi Cheang is squeezing out every last bit of the Grim brand toothpaste and there's no speck of hope in a literal garbage dump of a world. By the finale, all the grimness got tiring and I was yearning for another emotion to take over.
If there's no ray of hope for these characters, what's at stake then? The atmosphere is trying to choke them all to death.
What kept the film together was Yase Liu's performance, who steals the show as the film's unofficial protagonist. It is a well-written redemption arc that Liu plays with earnest and commitment, performing her own stunts in a lot of the film's chase scenes. Yase Liu becomes the ray of hope the film needs, despite all the surrounding nihilism trying hard to extinguish it.
Limbo is a heavy somber film and I could see it being hit-or-miss depending on whether your proverbial glass is half-empty or half-full. In the end, it was entertaining but I don't fully buy Soi Cheang thinks the world is utterly hopeless as he vehemently portrays.
For this reason, SPL 2 is still my favorite Soi Cheang film as it's where he kept both the grittiness and heart in better balance.
This is a dark Chinese black and white film noir which is vicious. I would put it in a category with both Seven and Kalifornia. Two detectives, a rookie and a salty veteran investigate the murders of junkie prostitutes. The killer has cut off their hands and the police are stumped by the crimes. The cinematography is excellent and the two leads credible. A completely unpredictable ending make this a must watch film.
Excellent crime thriller drama. Yes, the characters could have been a bit more fleshed out, but overall the tone, directing, cinematography and acting were outstanding. Gordon Lam is seriously one of the most under-rated HK actors. After an alphabet soup of "Storm" movies starring the same-old same-old familiar actors in the lead, I had almost given up on HK cinema, but this gives me new hope.
A very dark and grim thriller filmed in black & white, mostly in the slums of Hong Kong. This movie is so atmospheric with a soundtrack that compliments it to perfection.
This really is one of the best thrillers I have ever seen. Emotions run high in this true masterpiece of a movie!
This really is one of the best thrillers I have ever seen. Emotions run high in this true masterpiece of a movie!
¿Sabías que…?
- TriviaThe movie is an adaption of The Wisdom Tooth, a 2015 book by Chinese novelist Lei Mi. Director Soi Cheang tried to make a movie out of it in continental China but couldn't, so he set this project aside. A few years after that, he came back to Hong Kong and set out to make a smaller-scale movie (as he was used to direct the Monkey King movies in China). He thus gave the novel to his writer Kin-Yee Au, so that he would adapt it into a movie, while relocating the action to Hong Kong.
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- Tiempo de ejecución1 hora 58 minutos
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- 2.39 : 1
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