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Crime: Hong Kong Style - That Demon Within + Intro
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With a city of 7.2 million people, youre bound to get a few bad apples. CRIME: Hong Kong Style is an explosive new season of crime films from Hong Kong presented by HOME, Manchester between March April.
From noir-tinged thrillers, to tales of hardnosed gangsters, to entertainingly comic capers, CRIME: Hong Kong Style offers stone cold classics, cult movies, forgotten? gems and the latest releases from some of the worlds most revered and stylish directors.
Join Tyneside Cinema to celebrate some of the greatest crime films ever made.
That Demon Within
The new Hong Kong action maestro Dante Lam is behind this taut and ultimately unsettling psychological thriller. Quiet and distant cop Dave (Daniel Wu) is increasingly haunted by the violent images of a criminal gang who use traditional demon masks when committing their crimes. Truth, reality and imagination begin to blur in this stylish film with which Lam once again brings a new energy to the Hong Kong crime film.
