Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Breakneck
- Intensity
- Extreme
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- paranoid
- frantic
- visceral
- late night thriller viewing
- Hong Kong cinema marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly recognized the film's energetic Hong Kong action-crime spectacle while finding its relentless pacing exhausting and its thriller substance lightweight.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Jun's independent inquiry and the police task force investigation repeatedly jump between murders, suspects, and confrontations at extreme speed.
Jun is a formerly brilliant investigator whose mental breakdown and psychotic obsessions complicate his pursuit of The Sleuth.
The murder victims are revealed to be suspects in cold cases being systematically eliminated by The Sleuth.
The film's police investigation is repeatedly punctuated by shoot-outs, explosions, and brutal confrontations.
Films like Detective vs. Sleuths, and why
Mad Detective
Hong Kong crime investigation, psychological instability, violent spectacle, and frenetic thriller pacing
Infernal Affairs
Hong Kong police thriller combining obsessive detectives, conspiratorial plotting, and hard-edged action
The Detective
Stylized detective mystery driven by serial killings, eccentric investigators, and escalating brutality
Drug War
Relentless Hong Kong action-crime energy, shoot-outs, explosions, and morally unstable law enforcement
Movie Details
- Director
- Wai Ka-Fai
- Release Date
- 2022-07-02
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 (99)
Cast
- Lau Ching-Wan
- Raymond Lam Fung
- Charlene Choi Chuek-Yin
- Tan Kai
- Carman Lee Yeuk-Tung
- Carlos Chan Ka-Lok
- Kathy Tong Yee
- Jeana Ho Pui-Yu
- German Cheung Man-Kit
- Edward Ma Chi-Wai
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Rakuten Viki
- Rent
- Amazon Video
- Buy
- Amazon Video
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Detective vs. Sleuths about?
- A mentally fractured Hong Kong detective races a police task force to stop a killer who is erasing the suspects of forgotten crimes.
- What is Detective vs. Sleuths like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Detective vs. Sleuths as breakneck, its intensity as extreme and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Detective vs. Sleuths violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Detective vs. Sleuths as graphic.
- What did critics think of Detective vs. Sleuths?
- Critics broadly recognized the film's energetic Hong Kong action-crime spectacle while finding its relentless pacing exhausting and its thriller substance lightweight.
- Which films are like Detective vs. Sleuths?
- Films with a similar feel include Mad Detective, Infernal Affairs, The Detective, and Drug War.
- How long is Detective vs. Sleuths?
- Detective vs. Sleuths runs 102 minutes.
- Where can I watch Detective vs. Sleuths?
- In United States, Detective vs. Sleuths streams on Rakuten Viki.
