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Dog Bite Dog Directed by Cheang Pou-Soi Produced by Sam Leong
Shin YoneyamaWritten by Szeto Kam-Yuen
Matt Chow
Melvin LiStarring Edison Chen
Sam Lee
Cheung Siu-Fai
Lam SuetMusic by Ben Cheung Cinematography Fung Yuen-Man Editing by Angie Lam Distributed by Art Port
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Dragon Dynasty (DVD)Release date(s) August 17, 2006 Country Hong Kong Language Cantonese
KhmerDog Bite Dog (Chinese: 狗咬狗) is a 2006 Hong Kong action crime thriller directed by Soi Cheang and starring Edison Chen as a brutal Cambodian assassin, desperately trying to evade police after completing an assignment in Hong Kong. The film was released in Hong Kong cinemas on August 17, 2006.
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Synopsis
A young Cambodian man who has been trained to fight for money in his country is hired to kill someone in Hong Kong. He performs the hit and then flees from Hong Kong police, who are wrestling with internal problems of a model cop and his son, who is also on the force and who was told by his dad not to become a police officer. The father goes into a coma after being shot, and internal affairs suspects him of dealing drugs on the side.
The assassin then befriends a young girl who is molested and abused by her father. They both plan to get back on a ship to Cambodia but have to get past Hong Kong police, who do everything they can to catch him.
Reception
G4s Asian Underground named Dog Bite Dog a bitter sweet action drama that touched on many emotional levels, but it is not for everyone.
Festivals
The Film played later that year at the Tokyo International Film Festival. In 2007, the film played at the Deauville Asian Film Festival, the Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival, the New York Asian Film Festival, the Fantasy Film Fest (Germany) and the Fantasia Festival in Montreal.
Distribution
North American rights to the film were purchased by The Weinstein Company for its Dragon Dynasty DVD line, which released the film on DVD on October 23, 2007.[1][2]
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External links
Categories:- Hong Kong films
- 2006 films
- Crime thriller films
- Martial arts films
- Thriller film stubs
- Hong Kong film stubs
- Heroic bloodshed films
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