Detective Chinatown Page #3

Synopsis: After being rejected from the police college, a mannerly man travels to Bangkok where he and an energetic distant relative must solve a murder case.
Director(s): Sicheng Chen
Production: mm2 Entertainment
  3 wins & 7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Year:
2015
136 min
$435,718
393 Views


What about the Grand Palace?

You have caused me

so much trouble.

You are such a bird of ill omen.

Where are you going now?

- I have to give this to Xiang.

Are you out of your mind?

- I'll ask Tai to meet us there.

I don't want to die

for no good reason.

How did the gangsters know

where we were?

What are you talking about?

- How did they get the handcuffs?

You mean there is

a mole in the police?

Even so, it can't be Tai.

You trust him?

- I'm sure he won't lie to me.

Do you think the bike

is still working?

Cut the crap.

Ask him for the case report.

In Chinese.

- Why?

Don't you want to know

who you killed?

Come in. Hurry up!

What are you doing here? You are

wanted in the whole Bangkok.

Happy birthday.

- You're crazy.

I didn't kill anyone.

Do you believe me?

So what if I believe you? You have

to make the police believe you.

So I want to meet Tai here

to find out.

Did you steal the gold or not?

- I...

Is it Tai?

Go upstairs.

What do you want?

You are Xiang, right?

We are friends of Tang Ren.

Who is Tang Ren?

- Drop the act.

Aren't you the love of his life?

- Who the heck are you?

We are Tang Ren's partners.

Come in. Hurry up!

Did you really steal the gold?

- Didn't he share it with you?

Yes.

Isn't it pretty?

He is so cheap. You deserve more.

They didn't say how much you stole

in the news.

Where is he?

I'll ask him to tell you himself.

Why does he have to meet me here?

If anybody sees this,

I will be fired.

Where is he?

Huang.

Go upstairs.

Happy birthday.

- Thank you.

Quiet!

Quiet!

Are you home alone?

- Yes.

Nobody is celebrating

your birthday with you?

I'm too old for that.

Who was that?

- No one.

No way.

Detective Huang,

there is nobody up there.

Detective Huang.

Who is he?

My cousin.

- You said there's nobody here.

He is nobody.

He is retarded.

I won't see you out

since you are so busy.

Come to Night In Shanghai

sometime. I'm right next door.

By the way, you are so handsome.

Bye bye

Who are they?

- Tang Ren's partners.

Partners for what?

- The gold shop burglary.

They are not my partners.

- We are.

Did you really steal the gold?

- No, I didn't.

We did it together.

- Nonsense!

You killed the man, too?

- He killed him.

No, I didn't.

- Yes, you did.

No, I didn't.

- Yes, you did.

You really killed him?

- No, I didn't.

And I didn't stole the gold.

I don't have any partners.

So, who am I?

I know who you are.

He knows who you are.

- But who the heck are they?

Yes. Who the heck are you?

Is it done?

- No.

Come with me.

Detective Huang,

what brings you here again?

There is only my cousin upstairs.

Nobody else.

He shows up out of thin air.

He is my other cousin.

- Second cousin.

How many cousins do you have?

Where is your eldest cousin?

Your third cousin?

Happy Birthday to you.

Happy Birthday to you.

Surprise!

- Happy Birthday to you.

Thank you, guys.

You must feel surprised today.

Be happy.

- Thank you, guys.

I have something else to do.

I have to go.

Goodbye, cousins.

Happy Birthday to you.

- Goodbye, eldest cousin.

Xiang, your taste of men

is so special.

Detective Huang, I'll see you out.

Tai.

- This is the last time I help you.

I've got you the things you need.

The time and place

are all in here.

Tai.

- Don't say anything.

I can't help you anymore.

I don't want to see you again...

...for the rest of my life.

Take care.

Tai.

I have nothing to repay you for

all these years' of brotherhood.

Keep my heirloom as a token.

- What the heck is this?

It's been blessed and efficacious.

With it, you can drive without

fastening the seatbelt.

I'd better fasten it.

You really didn't kill that man?

- Of course I didn't.

So why did you go there?

- I was playing mahjong...

...and I got a phone call

from a stranger.

The caller asked me to

go to Sompat Workshop...

...at 12pm on April 14th

to pick up a Buddha statue...

...and drop it off at the

parking lot of Haitian Mansion.

And he said he would pay me.

That man asked me to

fill out a carrier's note...

...and gave me the money.

The man was still alive

when I left.

Where is the box?

I delivered it to the parking lot

of Haitian Mansion as asked.

There was only one van waiting.

Did you see the consignee?

- No, I didn't.

That man asked me to put the box

next to the van.

That place is higher at front

and lower in the rear.

It is so gloomy.

I'm sure it's a jinx.

So I left right away.

- Didn't you open the box?

It was sealed. Who would have

thought there was gold inside?

Interesting.

- Interesting?

According to the evidence,

you are the murderer.

No, I am not.

So how did he die?

- How would I know?

Don't you want to know the truth?

I want to survive.

- Stay here.

Why should I stay?

- Solve the case.

You are not having a fever.

Why do you talk nonsense?

It's fun.

- Nonsense!

I'm risking my life.

You are on your own now.

I have to leave.

The boat is here.

I'm getting out of here.

Goodbye, Thailand. Thailand.

I don't know how to explain

to the folks.

Why do I suddenly go back

while I have a good life here?

To think that

I'll never see Xiang again...

...I am torn with grief.

Torn with grief, you know?

Come on, hurry up.

We are leaving.

Are they going to China, too?

- Who told you that?

So where are you going?

- Equatorial Guinea.

What?

- Equatorial Guinea.

Where is that?

- I think it's in Africa.

Will we die there?

- Maybe we will die on the boat.

Get on board.

- No, no, no.

Are you coming or not?

- No, we are not.

We are not?

I'd rather go to prison.

You go ahead.

Go.

Let's solve the case.

- No way.

You are just a loser

rejected by the police college.

You are the Number One Detective

of Chinatown, aren't you?

Detective my foot.

I'm not a detective,

neither are you.

But we can probably

solve it together.

What are you doing?

We need to equip ourselves

for the case.

Why don't we look like

detectives at all?

What's this?

It can check feng shui and

find out good or bad luck.

It was used to seek treasures.

I use it to track down murderers.

It's a Chinese treasure

of five thousand years.

The Americans use it

to find aliens.

Its English name is Dowsing Rod.

And our ancestors called it

Dragon-Seeking Ruler.

The van was parked right there.

But now it's gone.

What have you found?

Due to the unity in the heart,

it points to the south.

The murderer is in the south.

A van without plate.

An abandoned parking lot.

Conspiracy.

It must be a conspiracy.

The van had been parked here

for a long time.

The left-front tyre is new.

What are you doing?

- Sherlock Holmes can identify...

...the carriage type

by the smell on the ground.

Fish odour. Do you smell that?

No. Not at all.

You have a dog's nose?

What else do you remember

about that van?

Nothing. Do we have to find

that seafood van...

...among the six million vehicles

in Bangkok?

There aren't many seafood market

in Bangkok, are there?

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