Preview: Mad Detective (2008)

• Poster: B

Review:

Looking at this poster, I would almost forget how disinteresting the trailer is. While the shattered glass look is hardly new, the colors are more appealing than past incarnations and it makes the film look like it might actually have some class and creativity.

• Trailer: C

Review:

What about this trailer suggests a title like Mad Detective is fitting? Supposedly, a film coming from Johnnie To is to bring with it a devoted audience. This trailer, however, doesn't give us any reason to expect a good movie. There is very little of the plot to be seen and what of it there is to see doesn't look terribly engrossing.

Oscar Prospects:

Foreign Language Film nominations don't go to this type of film and it's not likely the rest of the Academy's nominating branches will give it a second glance.

Release Date:

• June 27, 2008

Full Review Synopsis:

I have not seen this film.

-Wesley Lovell (June 29, 2008) Original

-Wesley Lovell (July 13, 2008) New Poster