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The Trough (film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Trough', formerly known as 'Taste of Crime', is a 2018 Hong Kong neo-noir crime thriller film written and directed by Nick Cheung, who also stars alongside Xu Jinglei, He Jiong and Yu Nan.
Plot
Undercover police officer Yu Chau (Nick Cheung) has successfully apprehended many criminals in the city of full of evil. Because a child abduction case, Yu's identity is starting to be brought to light, attracting the hunt from criminal groups. In order to adhere to justice within his heart, Yu does not hesitate to risk his life to start a life and death battle of wits against the leader of the mysterious criminal group.
Cast
*Nick Cheung as Yu Chau ()
*Xu Jinglei as The Boss ()
**Keira Wang plays The Boss as a child.
*He Jiong as Jim
*Yu Nan as Jackie (special appearance)
*Michael Miu as Ching Wan (; special appearance)
*Yuen Wah as Chun Wah (; special appearance)
*Maggie Cheung Ho-yee as Diane Cheung (; special appearance)
*Lam Suet as Nine Lame Fingers ()
*Louis Cheung as Jeejah
*Li Haitao as Zhong ()
*Zaha Fathima as The girl
*Chris Collins as Frankie
*Paul Chun as Chief Lee (; guest appearance)
*Ni Dahong as Mr. Ren (; guest appearance)
*Philip Ng as Leader of the security guards (guest appearance)
Production
Production for 'The Trough' began in January 2017. Filming took place in Shanghai, Japan and Thailand before wrapping up on 9 May 2017 in Shanghai.
Release
The film's first teaser trailer was released on 11 March 2017 which was also presented at the 2017 Hong Kong FILMART. The film was theatrically released in Hong Kong on 3 May 2018.
Box office
'The Trough' was a box-office bomb, grossing only US$6,061,514 worldwide against a budget of US$22 million.
In Hong Kong, the film grossed a total of HK$4,716,276 during its theatrical run from 3 May to 6 June 2018.
In China, the film grossed a total of CN34,909,000 at the box office.
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