Sweet Alibis | |
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Traditional Chinese | 甜蜜殺機 |
Simplified Chinese | 甜蜜杀机 |
Directed by | Lien Yi-chi |
Starring | Alec Su Ariel Lin Matt Wu Lei Hong Lang Tsu-yun Ken Lin Chu Chih-ying Austin Lin Kao Meng-chieh |
Cinematography | Randy Che |
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Running time | 112 minutes |
Country | Taiwan |
Languages | Mandarin Taiwanese |
Sweet Alibis is a 2014 Taiwanese comedy film starring Alec Su as a cowardly veteran cop and Ariel Lin as an overzealous rookie. The film follows the pair who team up to solve crimes together in Kaohsiung.
Starting from a seemingly pointless case of a puppy's accidental death, from eating chocolate, the essentially incompatible pair unexpectedly digs up the clues to a series of mysterious deaths.
It was the number-one film in Taiwan box office for a week in January 2014, [1] but overall grossing was disappointing with only NT$ 20.6 million (roughly $0.6 million) despite generally positive reviews. [2] It was successful in the Chinese box office in March 2014, ranking only behind 2 Taiwanese films — You Are the Apple of My Eye (2011) and Black & White Episode I: The Dawn of Assault (2012) — in first-week grossing. [3] It grossed ¥36.6 million (roughly $6 million) in mainland China. [4]
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