6.6 /10 1 Votes
Traditional 救薑刑警 Mandarin Jiù Jiāng Xíng Jǐng Directed by James Yuen Genre Chinese Movies | 6.5/10 IMDb Simplified 救姜刑警 Cantonese Gau Geong Jing Ging Produced by Joe Ma | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Clean My Name, Mr. Coroner! is a 2000 Hong Kong crime comedy thriller film written and directed by James Yuen and starring Francis Ng, Ti Lung and Nick Cheung.
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Plot
Undercover cop Fred Cheung (Nick Cheung) successfully assisted the police arrest counterfeiters during an illegal transaction. However, afterwards, the illicit money, along with police officer Herman Law (Calvin Poon), went missing. While searching for Law and the money, Cheung was intercepted by the police, where they discover a headless corpse in the truck of his car. The corpse was later certified by the police as Law. Cheung flees in order to prove his innocence, and hijacks coroner Dr. Keith Ko (Francis Ng). Ko feels something strange about this case, and decides to help Cheung discover the truth to this case.
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Critical
Andrew Saroch of Far East Films gave the film a score of four out of five stars and greatly praised Francis Ng's performance. LoveHKFilm gave the film a mixed review, also praising Ng's performance in addition to Ti Lung's performance and calling the film "sporadically entertaining", but criticized its poor direction and recycled script. So Good Reviews gave the film a relatively positive review, praising director James Yuen's direction despite its unoriginal plot, and the performances by Cheung and Ti, and describing Ng as the film's "biggest shining star".
Box office
The film grossed HK$3,796,682 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run from 3 to 22 November 2000.