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Black Coal, Thin Ice (2014)

11/06/2014 (CN)Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller1h 46m
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Overview

Two former cops start investigating the series of murders that tanked their careers when the killings begin again.

    Top Billed Cast

    1. Liao Fan

      Liao Fan

      Zhang Zili

    2. Gwei Lun-Mei

      Gwei Lun-Mei

      Wu Zhizhen

    3. Wang Xuebing

      Wang Xuebing

      Liang Zhijun

    4. Wang Jingchun

      Wang Jingchun

      Rong Rong

    5. Yu Ailei

      Yu Ailei

      Captain Wang

    6. Ni Jingyang

      Ni Jingyang

      Su Lijuan

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    7.0
    Written by CinemaSerf on Apr 1, 2024

    OK, so yes - this is a very slow burn a times with far too many establishing and shots of decaying urban industrialisation, but when the action does actually focus on the story it's not a bad crime drama at all. We start with an arm sticking out of a pile of coal. The cops arrive and "Zhang" (Fan Liao) is soon on the case. He can only identify the corpse, though, and unimpressed his bosses ensure that five years down the line he is reduced to working as a security guard with a penchant for the bottle too. What we now know, though, is that there were a series of such killings and they are now u...

    StatusReleased

    Original LanguageChinese

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    • china