The first imagery for Oxide Pang's supernatural thriller The Photo turned up at the HK Filmart in the form of an early sales flyer. The picture looks to put a bit of a noir spin on Pang's normal ghostly fixations with Aaron Kwok starring as a down on his luck detective trying to track a mysterious woman known to him only from a photograph. Kwok was very strong in last year's After This Our Exile and has proven he can play against his pop star type to turn in some pretty ragged, down beat performances which makes me rather optimistic for this one.
Synopsis:
Tam is an impoverished private detective. One day, a guy nicknamed Fatty ask Tam to find a lady who wanted to kill him. He left Tam a portrait of the lady without giving any details. Tam could not resist the money and starts the investigation. He identified the lady as Sum who is a frequent mahjong player. Tam starts tracking her whereabouts through her mahjong playmates, but he is shocked to find each of them murdered every time he is about to be in contact with them. He discovers a half-burned photo at one of the scenes. Tam realises the suspicions behind the deaths and decides that he has to protect the next target of the invisible murderer. The photo is the only clue for Tam to uncover the case.
Release Date: 4 October 2007
