''Overheard 3'' () is a 2014 Hong Kong-Chinese

crime-thriller Crime fiction, detective story, murder mystery, mystery novel, and police novel are terms used to describe narratives that centre on criminal acts and especially on the investigation, either by an amateur or a professional detective, of a crime, ...

film written and directed by Alan Mak and

Felix Chong Felix Chong Man-keung () (born December 27, 1968) is a Hong Kong screenwriter, film director and actor. He is one of the most celebrated screenwriters in Hong Kong and has won several prestigious awards at the Hong Kong Film Awards. Chong is kn ...

and starring

Sean Lau Sean Lau Ching-wan (born 16 February 1964) is a Hong Kong actor who has acted in both films and television series. He won Best Actor in the 2007 and 2015 Hong Kong Film Awards and in the 2000 and 2007 Golden Bauhinia Awards. Career Lau was born ...

Louis Koo Louis Koo Tin-lok ( zh, t=古天樂; born 21 October 1970) is a Hong Kong actor, singer and film producer. He began his professional career as an actor in local television series, winning TVB's Best Actor award in 1999 and 2001. After 2001, he f ...

Daniel Wu Daniel Ng Neh-Tsu (, born September 30, 1974) is an American actor, director and producer based in Hong Kong. He is known as a "flexible and distinctive" leading actor in the Chinese language film industry. Since his film debut in 1998, he has ...

Zhou Xun Zhou Xun (, born 18 October 1974) is a Chinese actress and singer. She is regarded as one of the Four Dan Actresses of China. She gained international fame for her roles in '' Suzhou River'' (2000) and ''Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress'' ...

and

Michelle Ye Michelle Ye or Ye Xuan (born 14 February 1980) is a Chinese actress and producer. She is best known for her roles in, ''Eternal Happiness'', ''Triumph in the Skies'', and ''Lost in the Chamber of Love''. Her most notable role was in the 2009 f ...

. It is a sequel to the 2011 film ''

Overheard 2 ''Overheard 2'' is a 2011 Hong Kong crime thriller film produced by Derek Yee, written and directed by Alan Mak and Felix Chong and starring Louis Koo, Lau Ching-wan and Daniel Wu. It is a sequel to the 2009 film '' Overheard'' where Koo, Lau an ...

'' in which Lau, Koo and Wu play different roles with a different storyline (abolishing the

Small House Policy The Small House Policy (SHP, ) was introduced in 1972 in Hong Kong. The objective was to improve the then prevailing low standard of housing in the rural areas of the New Territories. The Policy allows an indigenous male villager who is 18 ye ...

), but the key elements of the previous two films are kept. The film was released in China on 29 May 2014 and in Hong Kong on 5 June 2014. ''Overheard 3'' won three awards at the 34th Hong Kong Film Awards including Best Actor for Lau, Best Supporting Actor for

Kenneth Tsang Kenneth Tsang Kong (; 5 October 1934 – 27 April 2022) was a Hong Kong actor. Tsang's career spanned 50 years and included a variety of acting roles. Tsang won the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 34th Hong Kong Film Awards in 2015. Early ...

and Best Screenplay, while also nominated for eight other awards.

Cast

as Luk Kam-keung *

as Law Wing-jau *

as Joe *

as Moon *

as Luk Wing-yu * Alex Fong as Fu *

as Uncle To *

Ng Man-tat Richard Ng Man-tat (, 2 January 1952 – 27 February 2021) was a Hong Kong actor originally from Fujian. He was a veteran actor in the Hong Kong film industry, with dozens of awards, including Best Supporting Actor at the 10th Hong Kong Fi ...

as Szeto *

Huang Lei Huang Lei (Born December 6, 1971) is a Chinese actor, director, singer and screenwriter. He was born in Nanchang, Jiangxi, and now lives in Beijing. Huang ranked 58th on ''Forbes ''Forbes'' () is an American business magazine owned b ...

as Wan *

Gordon Lam Gordon Lam Ka-tung (林家棟; born 21 September 1967) is a Hong Kong actor, film producer and screenwriter. Initially known for his supporting roles in films directed by Andrew Lau and Johnnie To, Lam eventually became a lead actor in the Hon ...

as Paul *

Dominic Lam Dominic Lam Ka-wah (Traditional Chinese: Simplified Chinese: ; born 2 April 1957) is an Hong Kong Canadian actor and radio personality for Fairchild Radio in Richmond Hill, Canada. His acting career spans four decades, beginning with his tel ...

as Chuck * Huang Yi as Fu's wife *

Chin Ka-lok Chin Ka-lok, sometimes credited as Chin Kar-lok ( Chinese: 錢嘉樂, Pinyin: Qián Jiālè, born 6 August 1965), is a Hong Kong actor, action choreographer, and television presenter. Chin was born in Hong Kong, the younger brother of actor an ...

as Yuen *

Wilfred Lau Wilfred Lau Ho-Lung is a Hong Kong singer and actor. He is also known as "師兄" (C-Hing, Senpai) in the entertainment industry because he was the winner of the 16th annual New Talent Singing Awards International Finals in 1997, despite not be ...

as Dragon boy *

Vincent Kok Vincent Kok Tak-chiu (; born 15 August 1965) is a Hong Kong actor, scriptwriter and film director. Vincent's ancestral hometown is Shandong province. Kok is best known for his frequent collaborations with Stephen Chow, acting and co-writing wi ...

as Computer expert *

Law Lan Law Lan () MHAwarded in her original name Lo Yin-ying (born Lo Yin-ying (); 13 November 1934), is a veteran Hong Kong actress in both the film and TV industry. Career She first started out in the film industry in 1939, cast in antagonistic roles ...

as Aunt Gil * Yeung Ying-wai as Villagers A *

Kwok Fung Kwok Fung (born 27 October 1951 in Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative reg ...

as Uncle Nine * Vincent Lo as Sunny *

Ben Yuen Ben Yuen (; born 12 February 1964) is a Hong Kong actor. Yuen began his film career in 1995. He won the Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2018. He was nominated in the Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actor the following year. ...

as Worker B *

Felix Lok Felix Lok Ying-kwan is a Hong Kong actor. His television appearances include roles in ''Looking Back in Anger'', ''The Drive of Life'' and '' The Academy''. Filmography Television series Films *''Heroes of the Underground'' (1976) *''The Happ ...

as Mark * Tony Ho as Head of trucker * Lung Tin-sang as Hung * Candy Yuen as a prostitute (uncredited)

Reception

Boon Chan of ''

The Straits Times ''The Straits Times'' is an English-language daily broadsheet newspaper based in Singapore and currently owned by SPH Media Trust (previously Singapore Press Holdings). ''The Sunday Times'' is its Sunday edition. The newspaper was established ...

'' states "The complicated web of relationships and land dealings plus the high-tech electronic monitoring make Overheard 3 feel overstuffed and underwhelming." Gabriel Chong of Moviexclusive.com gave the film a 2.5 out of 5 stars, and states "Compared to its predecessors too, the storytelling goes bogged down in way too much exposition particularly in the middle segment." The film grossed ¥27.7 million (US$4.43 million) on the opening day in China.

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{Alan Mak 2014 crime thriller films 2014 films 2010s Cantonese-language films Chinese crime thriller films Films directed by Alan Mak Films directed by Felix Chong Hong Kong crime thriller films Polybona Films films 2010s Mandarin-language films 2010s Hong Kong films