# China Moon (1994)

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**Runtime**: 99 min
**Genres**: Mystery, Thriller, Crime
**Directed by**: John Bailey
**Written by**: Roy Carlson
**Starring**: Ed Harris, Madeleine Stowe, Charles Dance, Patricia Healy, Benicio del Toro, Tim Powell

> *He thought it was passion. It was deceit. He thought it was love. It was murder.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Moonlit swamp water laps at a cypress tree a shotgun rings out a detective's badge 
A body hidden in the murky waters a suspicious partner sniffs around 
John Bailey directs a tense thriller.

**Mood tags**: neon-soaked, paranoid, raw

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