# The Detective (2007)

> A troubled private detective follows a missing-woman case into a shadowy murder labyrinth where every clue deepens the danger.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/38596

## Facts

- Runtime: 109 min
- Genres: Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery
- Director: Oxide Pang
- Cast: Aaron Kwok Fu-Shing, Liu Kai-Chi, Kenny Wong Tak-Ban, Lau Siu-Ming, Wayne Lai Yiu-Cheung, Shing Fui-On, Kiki Sheung, Jo Kok Cho-Lam
- TMDB rating: 6.4/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1107807/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: brooding, paranoid, foreboding, late night mystery viewing, hong kong cinema night

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