Gau ngao gau (Dog Bite Dog) (2006)
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65% of users liked it
(3,098 ratings)
A Cambodian boxer smuggled into Hong Kong is pursued by a hotheaded young cop with serious authority issues in director Sio Cheang's hyper-violent crime thriller. Pang (Edison Chen) is a tattooed street boxer from Cambodia. Spirited away from the Cambodian garbage dumps he once called home and… More A Cambodian boxer smuggled into Hong Kong is pursued by a hotheaded young cop with serious authority issues in director Sio Cheang's hyper-violent crime thriller. Pang (Edison Chen) is a tattooed street boxer from Cambodia. Spirited away from the Cambodian garbage dumps he once called home and offered the opportunity to rise through the ranks as a fearsome triad hit-man, the ambitious young fighter carries out his first mission with rough but ruthless efficiency. Later, after wandering over to the local landfill and watching as a homeless man brutally rapes his own daughter, Pang murders the abhorrent offender and enters into a tender relationship with the frightened young girl (Pei Pei). As Pang's gentle true nature is gradually awakened by the damaged innocence of his new companion, belligerent young cop Wai (Sam Lee) sets out on a restless crusade to bring the resourceful killer to justice no matter what the cost. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Pou-Soi Cheang
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense
- In Theaters
- Aug 17, 2006 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Marlow Stern, Manhattan Movie Magazine
One can't help but brand the final 15 minutes of this film as one of the most glaring cases of self-sabotage since the twist-ending of M. Night Shyamalan's The Village.
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Bill Gibron, PopMatters
Dog Bite Dog...is the horror movie of Hong Kong action films. It's Halloween with an abused Cambodian orphan as Michael Myers and a tripwire maverick cop as his equally volatile Dr. Loomis.
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Cast
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Edison Chen
as Pang
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Sam Lee
as Wai
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Pei Pei
as Yue Yue
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Suet Lam
as Lin
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Siu-Fai Cheung
as Police Chief
- Yiu-Cheung Lai
- Cheung Suet
- Lam Ka Wah