A Strong Dialogue: "Detective", Du Qifeng, Wei Jiahui, and Liu Qingyun reunite once again.

I haven't seen such an impressive Hong Kong movie for a very long time. Right from the start, when Lau Ching-wan cuts off his own ear, I could feel that this movie was different. After seeing the excellent portrayal in the first half, it even gave me the most shocking feeling since watching "Infernal Affairs" 1 and 2. The ending was also quite exciting, but because the characters' psychology was depicted too darkly, everyone was so dark, and even the good people became dark later on, making it not very comfortable to watch... Anyway, this is the best Hong Kong movie I've seen in the past two years.

Lau Ching-wan won the Best Actor Award at the Hong Kong Film Awards last year for "I Want To Be A Star", which was really unfair. If the committee had known there would be a movie called "Detective" starring him this year, they wouldn't have rushed to give him a consolation prize.

In this movie directed by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-Fai, Lau Ching-wan delivers a nearly perfect performance. The "detective" he portrays is half a genius in his own world and half a madman rejected by the secular world, with the two sides blending together in a wonderful way.

That said, even without Lau Ching-wan, you still can't miss this "Detective", because it's the first work after Wai Ka-fai returned to Galaxy Images and teamed up with Johnnie To.

Imagine the brilliance of their early collaborations: "Gunfire", "Dark Design", "PTU", "A Bullet in the Head"... Boundless and talented, yet carrying the inescapable taste of cause and effect fate, captivating countless audiences.

After "Big Budget & Big Wisdom", Wai Ka-fai left Galaxy Images. You can see that thereafter, Johnnie To's movies clearly lacked script strength, relying solely on cinematic language to hold up appearances.

"The Election 1,2", "Exiled", "Iron Triangle", repeating the consistent taste of fate and classic scenes of multiple confrontations, difficult to break through with new ideas. After all, what Old To excels at most is camera scheduling, not content. Therefore, the return of the genius screenwriter Wai Ka-fai cannot fail to make people excited.

Even though I had imagined this, I was still shocked by "Detective". After finishing the Hong Kong version of the ending late at night, I was stunned for a few seconds, then exhaled, "Impressive, impressive!"