Sweet Alibis
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| Traditional Chinese | 甜蜜殺機 |
| Simplified Chinese | 甜蜜杀机 |
| Directed by | Lien Yi-chi |
| Starring | Alec Su Ariel Lin Matt Wu Lei Hong Lang Tsu-yun Ken Lin Chu Chih-ying Austin Lin Kao Meng-chieh |
| Cinematography | Randy Che |
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Running time | 112 minutes |
| Country | Taiwan |
| Languages | Mandarin Taiwanese |
Sweet Alibis is a 2014 Taiwanese comedy film starring Alec Su as a cowardly veteran cop and Ariel Lin as an overzealous rookie. The film follows the pair who team up to solve crimes together in Kaohsiung.
Plot
[edit | edit source]Starting from a seemingly pointless case of a puppy's accidental death, from eating chocolate, the essentially incompatible pair unexpectedly digs up the clues to a series of mysterious deaths.
Cast
[edit | edit source]- Alec Su
- Ariel Lin
- Matt Wu
- Lei Hong
- Lang Tsu-yun
- Ken Lin
- Chu Chih-ying
- Austin Lin
- Kao Meng-chieh
- Ma Nien-hsien
- Bebe Du
- Tao Chuan-cheng
- Lin Chia-ling
- Lee Kuo-hung
- Ruby Lin - Cameo
Theme song
[edit | edit source]- "Lao Tian You Yan" (老天有眼) performed by Alec Su (originally sung by Hei-pao in the 1980s)
Reception
[edit | edit source]It was the number-one film in Taiwan box office for a week in January 2014,[1] but overall grossing was disappointing with only NT$ 20.6 million (roughly $0.6 million) despite generally positive reviews.[2] It was successful in the Chinese box office in March 2014, ranking only behind 2 Taiwanese films — You Are the Apple of My Eye (2011) and Black & White Episode I: The Dawn of Assault (2012) — in first-week grossing.[3] It grossed ¥36.6 million (roughly $6 million) in mainland China.[4]
Awards
[edit | edit source]- 2014 51st Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards
- Nominated — Lang Tsu-yun, Best Supporting Actress
- 2014 Osaka Asian Film Festival
- Nominated — Grand Prix
- 2014 6th Straits Film and Television Awards
- Won — Favourite Taiwanese film in mainland China
Trivia
[edit | edit source]There are in-jokes in the film referencing characters from the TV series In Time with You (2011) starring Ariel Lin and Romance in the Rain (2001) starring Alec Su and Ruby Lin.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ (in Chinese) 《甜蜜殺機》勇奪票房冠軍 林依晨喜感具幫夫運
- ^ (in Chinese) 《大稻埕》遭社會學者譙破億爛片
- ^ (in Chinese) 《甜蜜殺機》陸上映3天 票房破億
- ^ (in Chinese) 原音重現 開兩岸電影契機
External links
[edit | edit source]- Sweet Alibis at IMDbLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Youtube - Sweet Alibis Trailer with English subtitles
- Hollywood Reporter review
- Taipei Times review