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MysteryDramaCrime

The Invisible Guest

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A greedy police chief learns that a wealthy businesswoman has been wrongly accused of murder and strikes a deal with her – her freedom for a large sum of money. As the case progresses, a revelation that a sadistic politician and the businesswoman have a long standing relationship, the details of which will uncover the truth about the murder.

Release Date : 2023-12-08

Language :Mandarin

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : CMC Pictures

Production Country : China

Alternative Titles : The Invisible Guest

Cast

Greg Hsu

Character Name : Zheng Wei

Original Name : 許光漢

Gender : Male

Janine Chang

Character Name : Qiao Wenna

Original Name : 張鈞甯

Gender : Female

Yin Zheng

Character Name : Ming Hao

Original Name : 尹正

Gender : Male

Kara Wai Ying-Hung

Character Name : Sister Hong

Original Name : 惠英紅

Gender : Female

Qian Yi

Character Name : Lu Ping

Original Name : Qian Yi

Gender : Male

Li Feng

Character Name : Uncle Qiang

Original Name : Li Feng

Gender : Male

Maiqian Guo

Character Name :

Original Name : Maiqian Guo

Gender : Male

Xue Xuchun

Character Name : Xia Pi

Original Name : Xue Xuchun

Gender : Male

Hamza Al-sal

Character Name : Bu Di

Original Name : Hamza Al-sal

Gender : Male

Reviews

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@Geronimo1967

2023-12-22

When a wealthy man is found in a pool of his own blood with his wife sitting beside him, dagger in hand, it doesn't take "Poirot" to put two and two together. She (Janine Chun-NIng) naturally protests her innocence and for some reason a policeman (Greg Han Hsu) decides to explore her postulations. As it turns out, she's been involved with some quite unsavoury sorts over the years; her husband wasn't exactly scrupulous, and there is the corpse of an innocent man to be found here too. Moreover, it also starts to be come clear that the policeman is not averse to a bit of bribery and corruption either. Can she clear her name? Is she even guilty? What about the dodgy cop? It's actually not a bad premiss this - lots of greed, avarice, manipulation; but the acting is not very good and there's a relentless stream of dialogue that (admittedly via subtitles) starts to rob the thriller of, well, thrills! The complexities of the plot are over-played and repeated to illustrate the possible permutations of the crimes just once too often, and the denouement - which the observant amongst us might just have anticipated - is all just a little too implausibly convenient. It's a decent whodunit, but not one I expect to remember.