The Stool Pigeon
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- Movie: The Stool Pigeon / The Beast Stalker 2
- Chinese: 线人 (Xian Ren)
- Director: Dante Lam
- Writer: Dante Lam, Wai Lun Ng
- Producer: Candy Leung,Dai Song,Zhongjun Wang, Albert Yeung
- Cinematographer: Chung-to Tse
- Release Date: August 24, 2010 (China) / August 26, 2010 (Hong Kong)
- Runtime: 113min.
- Language: Cantonese
- Country: Hong Kong
Plot
Police inspector Don (Nick Cheung) works with stool pigeons - dangerous informants willing to rat on others for the right price. Don is also wracked with guilt after the near death of his prior stool pigeon Jabber ( Kai Chi Liu), who is now insane and living out of cardboard boxes.
Don learns that a jewelry heist gang led by a man known named Barbarian (Yi Lu) is back in Hong Kong and setting up for their next score. Word on the streets is that the gang is in need of a getaway driver. Don then attempts to recruit Ghost Jr. (Nicholas Tse), an ex-con supremely talented at street car racing, as his next stool pigeon. When Ghost Jr. discovers that his sister works as a prostitute to pay off their dead father's debt, Ghost Jr. decides to work for Don ...
Notes
- Related titles:
- The Beast Stalker | Zheng Ren (2008)
Cast
- Nick Cheung - Don Lee
- Nicholas Tse - Ghost Jr.
- Lunmei Kwai - Dee
- Kai Chi Liu - Jabber
- Yi Lu - Barbarian
- Pu Miao - Cher
- Sherman Chung - Ghost's sister
- Deep Ng - Fairing
- Tony Ho - Pimp Wing
- Kong Kim - Cher's father
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Film Festivals
- 2010 (11th) TOKYO FILMeX - November 20-28, 2010 - TOKYO FILMeX Competition
- 2011 (61st) Berlin International Film Festival - February 10-20, 2011 - Special Screenings *European Premiere
- 2011 (35th) Hong Kong International Film Festival - March 20 - April 5, 2011 - Hong Kong Panorama 2010-2011
- 2011 (54th) San Francisco International Film Festival - April 21-May 5, 2011 - World Cinema
- 2011 (13th) Udine Far East Film - April 29-May 7, 2011 *Italian Premiere
- 2011 (15th) Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival - July 14-24, 2011 - World Fantastic Cinema
- 2011 (10th) Asian Film Festival of Dallas - July 14-21, 2011
- 2011 (12th) San Diego Asian Film Festival - October 20 - 28, 2011 - Asia Pop!
Awards
- Best Actor (Nicholas Tse) - 2011 (30th) Hong Kong Film Awards - April 17, 2011
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