Life Without Principle
奪命金
“ FOR FIVE MILLION DOLLARS, HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO? ”
CINEMA2011-10-20
DIGITAL2012-07-20
RegionHK
Runtime107 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Nexus Editorial Perspective Nexus Original
“A financial crime drama examining money, morality and social pressure in contemporary Hong Kong.”
“A sharply observed, darkly comic crime mosaic dissecting global financial madness, middle-class anxiety, and raw human greed.”
“A financial crime drama examining money, morality and social pressure in contemporary Hong Kong.”
Storyline
A criminal, a bank clerk and a police officer find their destinies entwined when a loan shark gets assaulted after having withdrawn $10 million from the bank in the midst of the world financial crisis.
DIRECTOR / DirectorTOPIC
Johnnie To
KEYWORDS
greedtycoonmoneycriminalpolice officermultiple storylinesbank clerk
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