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Mad Detective (2008)
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as Bun
as Insp. Ho Kar-on

as Ko Chi Wai
as May Cheung
as Wong

as Gigi
as Ko's Inner Personality
as Ko's Inner Personality
as Ko's Inner Personality
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Critic Reviews for Mad Detective
All Critics (21) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (17) | Rotten (4)
A stylishly funky Hong Kong thriller from cult director Johnnie To and co-writer/codirector Wai Ka Fai.
Mad Detective doesn't always make sense, and you cannot always tell what is real and what is imaginary, but viewers will be having too much zonked-out fun to care.
If the insanely inventive and entertaining Mad Detective weren't so weird -- and in Cantonese -- hordes of action geeks would be lining the block to see it.
Fleeting confusion and bizarre literalization aside, Mad Detective is an effective mystery story, with an oddball hero -- like TV's Monk, but far crazier -- and some moments of visceral violence that raise the stakes.

Every moment in Mad Detective seems engineered for maximum oddity; it almost becomes overwhelming...Yet the movie feels adventuresome, too, a new bridge to Asiaâ(TM)s soulful ghost canon. Itâ(TM)s a metaphysical mystery masquerading as a doodle.
Even if you lose track of who's shooting whom and why during the abstract climactic face-off, the clever last shot shows you're not alone.

Audience Reviews for Mad Detective
An original and intriguing Hong Kong made thriller about a detective who claims to have the supernatural ability to see the inner personalities of people, something he puts to good use in his line of work. It's an interesting idea but I think it deserved a better story to play out the use of its gimmick. It kept my attention though and I was never really sure if the characters' "gift" was real or just in his imagination until all is revealed after the climactic Mexican stand-off. It's a good film but could have been better.

Super Reviewer
edge of your seat thriller with an insane and/or psychic lead character keeps u guessing about what's real/not real. stylish and a lot of fun with ending straight out of lady from shanghai!

Super Reviewer
Very original character for a police story. Enjoyed, even if I did get extremely confused in places!
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