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That Demon Within

Action, Horror - 2014
That Demon Within
5.9
47%
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By a strange twist of fate, dutiful Hong Kong policeman Dan saves the life of the leader of a violent gang of armed robbers. When they commit another crime, Dan is determined to put an end to their activities. He works with the leader, whom the gang had betrayed, to engineer a plan to wreak havoc within the gang and let the gangsters kill one another. But it becomes increasingly obvious to Dan and to his colleagues that Dan is suffering from a severe mental disorder, and Dan finds that instead of upholding the law as a righteous police officer, he has now become a fugitive wanted for murder.

Details

Rated:
N/A
Runtime:
112 min
Release date:
17 Apr 2014
Country:
HK, CN
Languages:
cn
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
1 win & 12 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Pulp done with passion can be its own reward, as the veteran Hong Kong filmmaker Dante Lam shows with his feverish cop thriller "That Demon Within."
– Nicolas Rapold,
New York Times,
17 Apr 2014
rotten:
[The] Stephen King-like angle is the richest material in "That Demon Within," which is otherwise another tale of gangsters turning against one another.
– Tom Keogh,
Seattle Times,
17 Apr 2014
rotten:
This Hong Kong import can't resist the urge to dumb down a fascinating premise for the sake of mass consumption.
– Martin Tsai,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr 2014
rotten:
There's a half-realized, half-haunting Hitchcockian psychodrama buried somewhere within "That Demon Within." What's on the surface plays more like Wong and Lam simply forgot to take their meds.
– Ethan Gilsdorf,
Boston Globe,
17 Apr 2014
rotten:
When "That Demon Within" finally burns down, all that's left is char and ash.
– Mark Jenkins,
Washington Post,
17 Apr 2014
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