You know Johnnie To is involved with a project when you hear the words Chinese, Thriller, and Crime in the same sentence, and then when you throw actor Anthony Wong Chau-Sang (Vengeance) into the mix its a guarantee he’s involved in someway shape or form.
Wing-cheong Law’s latest film, Punished (Bou Ying), is being produced by To and is the latest Hong Kong crime thriller/drama to hit the scenes and, by the look of the trailer, it seems that it will definitely feature gangs as well as plenty of violence and blood in what is considered true gritty Hong Kong crime form.
Check out the poster on the left, synopsis and trailer below and then visit the official website for more images and poster variants. The film also star Richie Ren and Janice Man.
When a tycoon’s daughter is found dead after being rescued from abduction, he appoints his ex-bodyguard to avenge her death by not only hunting down and exterminating everyone responsible for the abduction but also videotaping the process of each “execution.” Instead of feeling liberated, the tycoon becomes more perturbed on watching the tapes, lest one day he shall get retribution himself for all the killings.
In the end, the ex-bodyguard manages to track down the mastermind behind the abduction, who turns out to be the female personal assistant of the tycoon’s daughter. The tycoon determines to carry out the final execution himself, only to discover she is the mother of a 2-year-old girl. Will he pull the trigger and make an orphan out of this innocent soul? That is the question.
Thanks to Film Smash for the heads up
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