The Trough, formerly known as Taste of Crime, is a 2018 Hong Kong neo-noir crime thriller film written and directed by Nick Cheung, who also stars alongside Xu Jinglei, He Jiong and Yu Nan.

The Trough
Official film poster
Traditional Chinese低壓槽
Simplified Chinese低压槽
Hanyu PinyinDī Yā Cáo
JyutpingDai1 Ngaat3 Cou4
Directed byNick Cheung
Screenplay byNick Cheung
Wen Ning
Produced byClaudie Chung
Cheung Chi-kwong
StarringNick Cheung
Xu Jinglei
He Jiong
Yu Nan
Michael Miu
Yuen Wah
Maggie Cheung
CinematographyCheung Man-po
Edited byLi Ka-wing
Music byChan Kwong-wing
Benson Chen
Production
companies
One Cool Film Production
Bona Film Group
Er Dong Pictures
Beijing Each Media
J.Q. Pictures
Uni Connect Broadcast Production
PJ One Cool Film
Shanghai Gutian Films
Star Talent Production
Distributed byEdko Films (Hong Kong)
One Cool Pictures (International)
Release dates
  • 28 April 2018 (2018-04-28) (China)
  • 3 May 2018 (2018-05-03) (Hong Kong)
Running time
112 minutes
CountriesHong Kong
China
LanguagesCantonese
English
BudgetUS$22 million[1]
Box officeUS$6.06 million[2]

Plot

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Undercover police officer Yu Chau (Nick Cheung) has successfully apprehended many criminals in the city of full of evil. Because a child abduction case, Yu's identity is starting to be brought to light, attracting the hunt from criminal groups. In order to adhere to justice within his heart, Yu does not hesitate to risk his life to start a life and death battle of wits against the leader of the mysterious criminal group.

Cast

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  • Nick Cheung as Yu Chau (于秋)
  • Xu Jinglei as The Boss (宫田惠美子)
    • Keira Wang plays The Boss as a child.
  • He Jiong as Jim
  • Yu Nan as Jackie (special appearance)
  • Michael Miu as Ching Wan (程昀; special appearance)
  • Yuen Wah as Chun Wah (春華; special appearance)
  • Maggie Cheung Ho-yee as Diane Cheung (張書文; special appearance)
  • Lam Suet as Nine Lame Fingers (九指跛)
  • Louis Cheung as Jeejah
  • Li Haitao as Zhong (阿仲忠)
  • Zaha Fathima as The girl
  • Chris Collins as Frankie
  • Paul Chun as Chief Lee (李局長; guest appearance)
  • Ni Dahong as Mr. Ren (任先生; guest appearance)
  • Philip Ng as Leader of the security guards (guest appearance)

Production

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Production for The Trough began in January 2017. Filming took place in Shanghai, Japan and Thailand before wrapping up on 9 May 2017 in Shanghai.[3][4]

Release

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The film's first teaser trailer was released on 11 March 2017 which was also presented at the 2017 Hong Kong FILMART.[5][4] The film was theatrically released in Hong Kong on 3 May 2018.[citation needed]

Box office

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The Trough was a box-office bomb, grossing only US$6,061,514 worldwide against a budget of US$22 million.[2]

In Hong Kong, the film grossed a total of HK$4,716,276 during its theatrical run from 3 May to 6 June 2018.[6]

In China, the film grossed a total of CN¥34,909,000 at the box office.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Filmart: One Cool launches sales arm with $45m sci-fi".
  2. ^ a b "The Trough - Box Office Mojo".
  3. ^ "張家輝拍《低壓槽》身兼編導演 一腳踢連徐靜蕾頭髮顏色都要理". 10 May 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Nick Cheung sports new look for latest directorial effort". 16 March 2017.
  5. ^ "《低壓槽》Taste of Crime 神秘預告- YouTube". YouTube.
  6. ^ "【香港票房2018】黃子華《棟篤特工》半年霸 唯一打入中西片十大". 5 July 2018.
  7. ^ "低压槽:欲望之城 (2018) The Trough - endata".
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