CrimeMysteryComedy

A Guilty Conscience

After his negligence causes an innocent woman to go to jail, a lawyer and his colleagues work to clear her name.

Release Date : 2023-01-20

Language :Cantonese

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Edko FilmsAlibaba Pictures GroupIrresistible Beta Limited

Production Country : ChinaHong Kong

Alternative Titles : A Guilty Conscience

Cast

Character Name : Adrian Lam

Original Name : 黃子華

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jolene Tsang

Original Name : 王丹妮

Gender : Female

Character Name : Kam Yuen Shan

Original Name : 謝君豪

Gender : Male

Character Name : Evelyn Fong

Original Name : 楊偲泳

Gender : Female

Character Name : Prince

Original Name : 何啟華

Gender : Male

Character Name : Victoria Chung

Original Name : Fish Liew

Gender : Female

Character Name : James Tung

Original Name : 王敏德

Gender : Male

Character Name : Desmond Chung

Original Name : 柏天男

Gender : Male

Character Name : TK Ho

Original Name : 谷德昭

Gender : Male

Character Name : Luk Ting Hang

Original Name : 林保怡

Gender : Male

Character Name : Madam Chung

Original Name : 林小湛

Gender : Female

Character Name : Elsa Tsang

Original Name : 莫然

Gender : Female

Character Name : Kwok Gwok Keung

Original Name : 林芷沿

Gender : Male

Character Name : Patrick

Original Name : 吳瑞庭

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ben

Original Name : 羅孝勇

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Choi

Original Name : 馬錫忠

Gender : Male

Character Name : Barrister

Original Name : 劉智堅

Gender : Male

Character Name : Barrister

Original Name : Lee Wong

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : 黃志偉

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : 甄懋強

Gender : Male

Character Name : ICAC Officer

Original Name : 李柏健

Gender : Male

Character Name : Duty Lawyer

Original Name : 陳建全

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wong Kin-Chai

Original Name : 彭泰興

Gender : Male

Character Name : Brother Bo's Henchman

Original Name : 杜宏傑

Gender : Male

Character Name : Brother Bo's Henchman

Original Name : 鍾汶灝

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wilson

Original Name : 黃俊豪

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chan Hong-Man

Original Name : 李俊華

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prosecutor

Original Name : 盧海鷹

Gender : Male

Character Name : Staff of TK Ho

Original Name : 甘穎佳

Gender : Male

Character Name : Detective

Original Name : 曾子力

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prince's Henchman

Original Name : 胡柏羽

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Leung's Clerk

Original Name : 崔凱聰

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-02-11

"Adrian Lam" (Dayo Wong) is a magistrate who doesn't really care about his job. He gets a bit of a shock, though, when his new boss sends him back to the benches where he must, again, actually practice law. It's here, after a night on the booze, that he turns up to defend a woman charged with the negligent homicide of her young son. A combination of his laziness, incompetence and his hangover leaves this woman hung out to dry when one of the witnesses - from whom he didn't get a written deposition - changes his story. Off to jail she goes and into a maelstrom of despair goes he before the guilt starts to kick in, and he decides to get his act together. His co-defending counsel "Evelyn" from the original trial (Renci Yeung) and he decide to try and convince the convicted "Jolene" (Louise Wong) to let them work on an appeal and the remainder of this rather flat courtroom drama follows their efforts. It starts off quite entertainingly, with a bit of a tetchy dynamic between the lawyers and to be fair, Dayo Wong is quite proficient as the bored and rather indolent lawyer. Sadly, though, once the ship is all upright again, the story becomes one of rather predicable family intrigue and power-broking that exposes us to many from a supporting cast that are as unremarkable as the dialogue. The photography has something of a television feature to it and the denouement, though quite lively paced - well you can see that coming from space. At 2¼ hours it is also far too long with just not enough meat on the story to sustain it. Perhaps a more judiciously cut edit and a few fewer side-stories might have made it more of a watchable "Perry Mason" style drama, but as it is - I was a bit bored by the end.