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Accident

Accident

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Accident

"When life is the shadow of death."

2009

1h 29m

6.7(133 votes)

Action

Drama

Thriller

Overview

A self-styled accident choreographer, the Brain is a professional hitman who kills his victims by trapping them in well crafted accidents that look like unfortunate mishaps. When the team's next assignment goes disastrously wrong, Brain begins to suspect that someone else has planned an ‘accident’ on them.

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Production Companies

Media Asia Films

Milkyway Image

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Louis Koo

Louis Koo

Ho Kwok Fai / Brain

Richie Jen

Richie Jen

Fong Chau

Michelle Ye Xuan

Michelle Ye Xuan

Woman

Stanley Fung Shui-Fan

Stanley Fung Shui-Fan

Uncle

Lam Suet

Lam Suet

Fatty

Han Yuqin

Han Yuqin

Fong-chow's Wife

Monica Mok Siu-Kei

Monica Mok Siu-Kei

Brain's Wife

Lai Cheung-Wing

Mr. Wong's Father

Peter Lau Wai-Hung

Triad Boss

Sherwin Ming Tak-Fung

Sherwin Ming Tak-Fung

Buyer

Creative team

Directed by: Soi Cheang
Written by: Szeto Kam-Yuen
Nicholl Tang Nik-Kei
Produced by: Johnnie To

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