''The Liquidator'' ( zh, 心理罪：城市之光) is a Chinese
suspense
Suspense is a state of mental uncertainty, anxiety, being undecided, or being doubtful. In a dramatic work, suspense is the anticipation of the outcome of a plot or of the solution to an uncertainty, puzzle, or mystery, particularly as it aff ...
crime film
Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...
directed by Xu Jizhou and starring
Deng Chao
Deng Chao (, born 8 February 1979) is a Chinese actor, comedian, director and singer. His recent films, '' The Breakup Guru'' (2014), '' The Mermaid'' (2016) and ''Duckweed'' (2017) are among the highest-grossing Chinese films of all time in ...
,
Ethan Juan
Ethan Juan (, born 8 November 1982) is a Taiwanese actor and model. He rose to prominence with the television series '' Fated to Love You'' (2008). Juan won the Best Actor award at the 47th Golden Horse Awards for his role in '' Monga'' in 201 ...
and
Cecilia Liu
Liu Shishi (; born 10 March 1987), also known as Cecilia Liu, is a Chinese actress best known for portraying Long Kui in the television series ''Chinese Paladin 3'' and Ruoxi in the Chinese time-travel drama ''Scarlet Heart'' and '' Imperial Doc ...
. It is based on the novel ''Evil Minds: City Light'' written by Lei Mi. The film was released in China on December 22, 2017.
Synopsis
A criminal psychologist (
Deng Chao
Deng Chao (, born 8 February 1979) is a Chinese actor, comedian, director and singer. His recent films, '' The Breakup Guru'' (2014), '' The Mermaid'' (2016) and ''Duckweed'' (2017) are among the highest-grossing Chinese films of all time in ...
) and a forensic fingerprint expert (
Cecilia Liu
Liu Shishi (; born 10 March 1987), also known as Cecilia Liu, is a Chinese actress best known for portraying Long Kui in the television series ''Chinese Paladin 3'' and Ruoxi in the Chinese time-travel drama ''Scarlet Heart'' and '' Imperial Doc ...
) work together to track down a serial killer (
Ethan Juan
Ethan Juan (, born 8 November 1982) is a Taiwanese actor and model. He rose to prominence with the television series '' Fated to Love You'' (2008). Juan won the Best Actor award at the 47th Golden Horse Awards for his role in '' Monga'' in 201 ...
) who targets people who have been acquitted of notable crimes and uses their guilt as his
modus operandi
A ''modus operandi'' (often shortened to M.O.) is someone's habits of working, particularly in the context of business or criminal investigations, but also more generally. It is a Latin phrase, approximately translated as "mode (or manner) of op ...
.
Cast
Main
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Deng Chao
Deng Chao (, born 8 February 1979) is a Chinese actor, comedian, director and singer. His recent films, '' The Breakup Guru'' (2014), '' The Mermaid'' (2016) and ''Duckweed'' (2017) are among the highest-grossing Chinese films of all time in ...
as Fang Mu
**Wang Kaiyi as young Fang Mu
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Ethan Juan
Ethan Juan (, born 8 November 1982) is a Taiwanese actor and model. He rose to prominence with the television series '' Fated to Love You'' (2008). Juan won the Best Actor award at the 47th Golden Horse Awards for his role in '' Monga'' in 201 ...
as Jiang Ya
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Cecilia Liu
Liu Shishi (; born 10 March 1987), also known as Cecilia Liu, is a Chinese actress best known for portraying Long Kui in the television series ''Chinese Paladin 3'' and Ruoxi in the Chinese time-travel drama ''Scarlet Heart'' and '' Imperial Doc ...
as Mi Nan
Supporting
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Karena Lam
Karena Lam (; born 17 August 1978) is a Taiwanese Canadian actress and singer based in Hong Kong. In 2015, she won the Best Actress award at the Golden Horse Awards for her role in '' Zinnia Flower'', making her the first person ever to have wo ...
as Wei Wei
*Guo Jingfei as Ren Chuan
*Lei Mi
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Vicky Chen
Vicky Chen Wen-chi (; born 10 August 2003), better known by her stage name Wen Qi (), is a Taiwanese actress. The daughter of a Taiwanese businessman, Chen and her parents moved to Suzhou in 2007, where she spent most of her childhood. In 2017 ...
as Liao Yafan
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He Hongshan
He Hongshan (; born April 10, 1987), also known as Viva Ho, is a Chinese actress and model. She rose to prominence for her lead role in youth drama ''Back in Time'', and subsequently appeared in a number of television series including ''Above Th ...
as Qi Yuan
Soundtrack
Awards and nominations
See also
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Guilty of Mind
''Guilty of Mind'' () is a Chinese suspense crime film based on the novel ''Guilty of Mind: Portrait'' () by Lei Mi, starring Li Yifeng, Liao Fan and Wan Qian. The film was released in China on August 11, 2017.
Synopsis
A gifted criminal profiler ...
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References
Chinese suspense films
Chinese crime films
Films based on Chinese novels
2010s Mandarin-language films
2017 crime films
2017 films
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