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The Stool Pigeon is a film of genre Drama directed by Dante Lam released in USA on 24 april 2011 with Nicholas Tse
The Stool Pigeon (2010)
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Add to a movie listThe Stool Pigeon (simplified Chinese: 线人; traditional Chinese: 綫人; pinyin: Xiàn Rén; Jyutping: Sin3 Jan4) is 2010 Hong Kong-Chinese action film directed by Dante Lam and starring Nicholas Tse, Nick Cheung and Gwei Lun-mei. The film is about police detective, Don Lee (Cheung), who uses informants to gain information about gangsters. Lee begins to feel guilty when his informants are caught, but sends out a street racer named Ghost (Tse) as an informant to gain information about a gangster name Barbarian (Lu Yi).
The film was released in China on August 24 and two days later in Hong Kong. The film performed very well in the Hong Kong box office. The film has received mixed reviews.
Synopsis
Don Lee (Nick Cheung), a police detective in Kowloon whose reliance on informants leaves him struggling with a guilty conscience. Lee's previous stool pigeon's cover was blown and was attacked, leading him paranoid and driven from his wife and home. Lee begins to doubt his own methods. Lee recruits a street racer named Ghost (Nicholas Tse) as his latest stool pigeon who is assigned to infiltrate a gang led by the notorious armed robber Barbarian (Lu Yi). Ghost accepts Lee's offer so he can rescue his sister from a life of prostitution as well as help his father's one-million dollar debt. Ghost joins an illegal street race to gain acceptance into Barbarian's gang. Lee also has personal problems of his own, as wife Cher (Miao Pu) who he is separated with tried to commit suicide a few months previously and has since had amnesia. Lee begins to realize how wrong he is by exploiting his informants and desperately tries to right his wrongs before Ghost is in serious trouble.Actors
Nicholas Tse
(Ghost Jr.)
Kwai Lun-mei
(Ah Di)
Nick Cheung
(Inspector Don Lee)
Liu Kai-chi
(Jabber)
Lu Yi
(Barbarian)
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