Clean My Name, Mr. Coroner!

Clean My Name, Mr. Coroner!

Film poster
Traditional 救薑刑警
Simplified 救姜刑警
Mandarin Jiù Jiāng Xíng Jǐng
Cantonese Gau3 Geong1 Jing4 Ging2
Directed by James Yuen
Produced by Joe Ma
Screenplay by James Yuen
Starring Francis Ng
Ti Lung
Nick Cheung
Stephanie Che
Music by Lincoln Lo
Cinematography Edmond Fung
Edited by Jacky Leung
Production
company
Mei Ah Film Production
Brilliant Idea Group
Distributed by Mei Ah Entertainment
Release dates
3 November 2000 (2000-11-03)
Running time
104 minutes
Country Hong Kong
Language Cantonese
Box office HK$3,796,682

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.

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.

Cast

Reception

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.[1] 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.[2] 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".[3]

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.

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