Divergence
2005 · Hong Kong · 101 min
- Director
- Benny Chan
- Screenplay
- Ivy Ho
- Cinematography
- Anthony Pun
Cast
What it is about
Hong Kong police inspector Suen Siu-yan arrests the accountant of a money launderer, but the man is murdered as soon as he reaches the airport, and his killer vanishes without a trace. At the same time, the launderer's son is kidnapped, and the case begins to draw together several characters: lawyer To Hou-san, who represents the launderer, and the killer himself, Coke. Suen, who has spent years unable to find his missing girlfriend, meets a woman who looks strikingly like her and is married to To. Meanwhile the city is hit by other murders and disappearances whose connection to the story is not yet clear.
How it was made
Divergence was directed by Benny Chan from a screenplay by Ivy Ho, with cinematography by Anthony Pun. Shot in Cantonese, it stars Aaron Kwok, Ekin Cheng and Daniel Wu, alongside Eric Tsang, Lam Suet and Angelica Lee, who plays two roles. Running 101 minutes, it belongs to the Hong Kong action tradition and builds its police thriller around several protagonists, each carrying secrets of their own.
Reception and legacy
The available references list no awards or nominations, and there is no reliable information about its critical or commercial reception, so any assessment of its impact would be speculative.
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