Watch: 証人 2008 123movies, Full Movie Online – A traffic accident changed their lives forever. In capturing wanted criminal Zhang Yidong, Sergeant Tang Fei (Nicholas Tse) was involved in a gunfight and car accident that put the criminal in a coma. But in the process he also crippled an fellow officer, and mistakenly shot dead the elder daughter of public prosecutor and single mother Gao Min (Zhang Jingchu). Unable to handle the guilt, Tang Fei succumbs to a fog of pain. Gao Min, meanwhile, pours all her love and attention to her younger daughter Ling. Three months later, the criminal Zhang Yidong awakens from his coma. Gao Min, who had been working hard on bringing him to justice, insists he stand trial immediately..
Plot: Sergeant Tong is wracked with guilt after he unwittingly kills a young girl whilst capuring a criminal named Cheung. When the girl’s sister is later kidnapped in a ploy to get Cheung released, Sergeant Tong vows to find and rescue her before she comes to harm.
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Pulse-pounding thriller with real heart
BEAST STALKER is one of those wonderful films – a crime movie with real heart behind it. The story may be hackneyed and predictable and the plot twists might be anything but, but in the end this film is a triumph because it gets to the real darkness and emotion behind the subject matter. Police procedurals and crime thrillers have long been popular in Hong Kong, but many of them are inevitably slick and soulless, providing entertainment but without real depth to back it up. Not so BEAST STALKER.The overall story is one of kidnapping, but there’s much more going on with the film than that. Both heroes and villains are painted with the same level of painstaking care, so that in the end the film becomes all about character rather than cliché and the latest effort to make the hero look cool in front of a slow-motion explosion. The acting is a triumph; Nicholas Tse bags the fairly predictable role of the tortured cop and does a good job with it, but it’s Nick Cheung as the would-be kidnapper who really shines. Cheung could easily have been over the top or theatrical in his turn as the film’s villain, but instead he comes across as an all-too real person. He’s one of the most interesting bad guys I’ve seen in a film, and he ignites every scene he takes part in with his dynamic performance.
Of course, at the end of the day this is still a thriller, and director Dante Lam makes sure we don’t forget it. There are car crashes, fist fights, shoot-outs and foot chases, and all of them are portrayed with the maximum excitement. This is the first time I’ve seen a film of Lam’s, and I love his cinematography: he sets the scene in long shots before moving in close and staying in close whether dialogue or action is playing out. It adds a level of realism and catapults the viewer into the film in an effective, engaging way. On the strength of BEAST STALKER I’m already eager to track down more of the director’s work.
Original Language cn
Runtime 1 hr 49 min (109 min) (Hong Kong)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Not Rated
Genre Action, Thriller
Director Dante Lam
Writer Dante Lam, Wai Lun Ng
Actors Nicholas Tse, Jingchu Zhang, Nick Cheung
Country Hong Kong
Awards 10 wins & 12 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A
Sound Mix Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera Arriflex 435 Advanced, Zeiss Ultra Prime, Angenieux HR and Optimo Lenses, Moviecam Compact, Zeiss Ultra Prime, Angenieux HR and Optimo Lenses
Laboratory Shaw Brothers (Hong Kong) Limited, Hong Kong (also prints)
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm (Fuji Eterna 500T 8573)
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format), Spherical (source format)
Printed Film Format 35 mm (Fuji Eterna-CP 3513DI)