THE STOOL PIGEON
is a 2010 movie.
Written by: Jack Ng
Produced by: Candy Leung, Dai Song, Zhongjun Wang
Cinematography: Chong To Tse
- Nick Cheung - Don Lee
- Nicholas Tse - Ghost
- Lunmei Kwai
- Kai Chi Liu
- Yi Lu - Barbarian
- Pu Miao - Cher
- Deep Ng
Introduction
The film performed very well in the Hong Kong box office in 2010, which received mixed reviews in that year. Don Lee, a police detective in Kowloon whose reliance on informants leaves him struggling with a guilty conscience. Lee's previous stool pigeon's cover was blown and was attacked, leading him paranoid and driven from his wife and home. Lee begins to doubt his own methods. Lee recruits a street racer named Ghost as his latest stool pigeon who is assigned to infiltrate a gang led by the notorious armed robber Barbarian. Ghost accepts Lee's offer so he can rescue his sister from a life of prostitution as well as help his father's one-million dollar debt. Ghost joins an illegal street race to gain acceptance into Barbarian's gang. Lee also has personal problems of his own, as wife Cher who he is separated with tried to commit suicide a few months previously and has since had amnesia. Lee begins to realize how wrong he is by exploiting his informants and desperately tries to right his wrongs before Ghost is in serious trouble.
Trailer of the movie - THE STOOL PIGEON
I love this movie because all the stars detached from its characters from the part one of this movie (FIRE OF CONSCIENCE) and their perceived realities, while it is still a superior thriller, gripping drama and fast-paced action movie THE STOOL PIGEON suffers from the filmmaker’s dilemma to either produce a carbon copy of a great predecessor or to throw it all overboard and start anew. Mr. Lam could not decide, and as a result is trying too hard to be more diverse, more intelligent and necessarily different without really improving his well-crafted formula.
THE STOOL PIGEON, while standing out as clearly above-average thriller, is a variation on a strong theme that is falling behind its own aspirations.
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