The Trough (film)

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The Trough
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Traditional Chinese 低壓槽
Simplified Chinese 低压槽
Hanyu Pinyin Dī Yā Cáo
Jyutping Dai1 Ngaat3 Cou4
Directed by Nick Cheung
Screenplay byNick Cheung
Wen Ning
Produced byClaudie Chung
Cheung Chi-kwong
Starring Nick Cheung
Xu Jinglei
He Jiong
Yu Nan
Michael Miu
Yuen Wah
Maggie Cheung
CinematographyCheung Man-po
Edited byLi Ka-wing
Music by Chan 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]

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.

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Plot

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

Production

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

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

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]

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