''Caught in Trap'', formerly known as ''Broken Bureau'', is a 2014 Chinese

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directed by Lee Tso Nam and starring

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, Che Xiao, Lee Qiang and Guo Wei. The film was released throughout China on 11 July 2014.

Plot

In a village, due to the occurrence of forced land acquisition, villager Chang Ching accidentally killed a demolition personnel during an armed group fight and was arrested by the police, making the villagers dissatisfied. This incident also reflected illegal collisions between government officials and businesspeople, with the villagers wanting to punish corrupt officials. Newcomer Zhang Yun (Che Xiao) of the City Procuratorate, while reviewing Chang's case of intentional injury, discovers many contradictions from the confiscated items, and collaborates with the head of the Anti-malfeasance Bureau Gu Changfeng (

), who is in charge of investigating the corruption behind the case. Starting from the incident where suspect Ma Yicheng dies in a traffic accident, and discovers that demolition company owner Yang Shenqiang and "Jin Hua Yu Ting" boss Jin Yuting (Lee Qiang) has been illegally colluding, transferring and selling land with land planning and real estate management officials. To avoid legal action, Jin Yuting and others attempts to bribe Gu with money and blackmailing him by kidnapping with young daughter. Gu denies Jin and does not back off from the case, and also gets help from Yun, whom have secretly admired him for a long time. Eventually, Chang Ching's intentional injury case is identified as self-defense with the strict control by Yun. Chang was released without charge and unscrupulous businessmen and corrupt officials were all arrested. At this time, Jin plans to abscond with money abroad and Yun, while attempting to apprehend Jin, was injured when Ma's wife ignited gasoline on her.

Cast

as Gu Changfeng (顧長風) *Che Xiao as Zhang Yun (張芸) *Lee Qiang as Jin Yuting (金玉庭) *Guo Wei

Production

Star

reveals that since the film was planned and produced by real-life veteran prosecutors, the cases and the characters' encounters in the film were based on real-life events. Also with the help of The Society of Prosecutors of HuBei Province, scenes depicting prisoner interrogations were filmed on location in real offices of prosecutors. Lam states,

References

{{reflist 2014 films Chinese crime thriller films 2014 crime thriller films 2014 crime drama films 2010s legal films 2010s Mandarin-language films Films set in China Films shot in China