Cross (2012 film)
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Running time 1h 30m Country Hong Kong | 4.3/10 IMDb Genre Crime, Mystery, Thriller Music director Paul Wong, Jackie Yu Language Cantonese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Director Daniel Chan
Steve Woo
Lau Kin Ping
Hui Shu Ning Release date 4 October 2012 (2012-10-04) Writer Daniel Yee Heng Chan, Steve Woo Directors Daniel Yee Heng Chan, Steve Woo, Lau Kin Ping, Hui Shu Ning Screenplay Daniel Yee Heng Chan, Steve Woo, Lau Kin Ping, Hui Shu Ning Cast Simon Yam (Leonard), Nick Cheung (Webmaster), Tzu-yi Mo (Woo), Tak-bun Wong (Professor), Tan Lap-Man (Bank Robber), Mimi Chi Yan Kung (Mrs Yip)Similar movies Once Upon a Time in Shanghai , Cop on a Mission , Cop Shop Babes , Break Up 100 , Hungry Ghost Ritual , Probation Order Tagline Meet Leonard, a man who can help you die with a smile on your face... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A young attorney meets with his client, a serial killer whose victims all died smiling.
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Cross is a 2012 Hong Kong horror crime thriller film written and directed by Daniel Chan, Steve Woo, Lau Kin Ping, Hui Shu Ning and starring Simon Yam, Kenny Wong, Liu Kai-chi and Nick Cheung. The film revolves around a Catholic serial killer played by Yam who after witnesses his wifes death, believes he is given to duty to kill suicidal people to bring them peace and allowing them to enter heaven.
Meet Leonard, a man who will help you die with a smile on your face. A young attorney meets his client for the first time, a serial killer known as the "Smiley Face Killer", whose victims all died with a smile on their faces.
Plot
One day, a man brings a luggage to the police report room. From the luggage, he takes out some files, a plastic wrapped scalpel and a half-filled vital out one by one and methodically placed it in front of the police while confessing that he killed a man and wants to surrender. He is actually involved in many murder cases during the past few months.
He is Lee Leung, who claims he is not a serial killer but an angel of God. This is Gods test for him, first to have his wife commit suicide to end the pain of leukemia, and then to have him suffer from pain of losing his wife;if suffering people want to end their lives themselves, they would have to suffer in hell;life and death is a tragedy, there is no way out.
Lee Leung begins to pay attention to online news about suicides and incidentally found a discussion site about suicide, where people there share various methods of suicide and some would also talk about heir causes for suicide including - some for their family, and some lost the meaning of life. He understand the suffering of people wanting to suicide and believes his mission is to help those people escape from pain. He asked God to give him strength to redeem these suffering people- since they choose to die, he will perform the duty of murder, so the victim can be murdered instead of suicide and may enter heaven after they die. He meets four suicidal men online and communicates to them one by one and fulfills their wishes. When Lee Leung opinionated that he is executing for Gods will, he finds that his faith and plan of salvation is suffering from an impact unable to withstand...
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