# Mad Detective (2007)

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**Original title**: *神探*
**Runtime**: 91 min
**Genres**: Action, Crime, Thriller
**Directed by**: Johnnie To, Wai Ka-Fai
**Written by**: Wai Ka-Fai, Au Kin-Yee
**Starring**: Sean Lau Ching-Wan, Andy On Chi-Kit, Gordon Lam Ka-Tung, Kelly Lin Hsi-Lei, Karen Lee Choi-Ling, Joseph Lee Kwok-Lun

> *I can see a person's inner personality.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Rain-slicked Hong Kong alleys, winter. A discarded police badge glints under a flickering lamppost.  
A retired detective who sees seven versions of every person shadows a young cop hunting a traitor in the force.  
Feels like a Tsui Hark thriller directed by Kurosawa’s ghost, if he owned a trench coat and bad prescription.

**Mood tags**: mindfuck, paranoid, raw, surreal

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