Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- paranoid
- brooding
- tense
- crime thriller night
- hong kong cinema marathon
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The officers monitor a listed company, making stock-market intelligence and wiretapping central to the moral conflict.
The three officers' surveillance work places professional duty, personal gain, and corruption in direct conflict.
Police surveillance recordings drive discoveries, reversals, and mounting pressure throughout the investigation.
Surveillance operations, financial offices, and intercepted communications create a tense metropolitan atmosphere.
Films like Overheard, and why
Infernal Affairs
shared hong kong crime thriller framework, police corruption, surveillance, and morally compromised protagonists
Election
shared tense crime investigation, institutional corruption, and escalating pressure on law-enforcement characters
Internal Affairs
shared urban surveillance thriller atmosphere, financial crime, and conflicted male ensemble
Movie Details
- Directors
- Felix Chong Man-Keung, Alan Mak Siu-Fai
- Release Date
- 2009-07-23
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Rating
- 6.9 / 10 (121)
Cast
- Lau Ching-Wan
- Louis Koo
- Daniel Wu
- Zhang Jingchu
- Alex Fong Chung-Sun
- Michael Wong
- Dominic Lam Ka-Wah
- Waise Lee Chi-Hung
- Sharon Luk Sze-Wan
- William Chan
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Midnight Pulp, Midnight Pulp Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Overheard about?
- Three Hong Kong police officers monitoring a listed company become trapped between duty, greed, and the dangerous secrets their surveillance uncovers.
- What is Overheard like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Overheard as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Overheard violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Overheard as moderate.
- Which films are like Overheard?
- Films with a similar feel include Infernal Affairs, Election, and Internal Affairs.
- How long is Overheard?
- Overheard runs 100 minutes.
- Where can I watch Overheard?
- In United States, Overheard streams on Midnight Pulp, Midnight Pulp Amazon Channel.
