Ulterior Motive (film)

Ulterior Motive
Film poster
Traditional Chinese	別有動機
Simplified Chinese	别有动机
Hanyu Pinyin	Bié Yǒu Dòng Jī
Jyutping	Bit6 Jau2 Dung6 Gei1
Directed by	Arthur Wong
Screenplay by	Jerry Chan Peng Yanwen
Produced by	Zhao Qing
Starring	Gordon Lam Qin Lan Simon Yam Archie Kao Liu Wei
Production companies	Beijing CHS Culture Zhejiang CHS Media China Movie Channel
Distributed by	Zhejiang CHS Media Huayi Brothers China Film Co. China Film Digital
Release date	17 September 2015 (2015-09-17)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	China
Language	Mandarin

Ulterior Motive is a 2015 Chinese action thriller film directed by cinematographer Arthur Wong and starring Gordon Lam, Qin Lan, Simon Yam, Archie Kao and Liu Wei. The film is Wong's first directorial effort since 1988's In the Line of Duty 3 . ^{[1] [2]}

Plot

Originally living a happy and stable life, things have become clouded for rich heiress Ye Shuang (Qin Lan) after the unexpected disappearance of her husband Ling Feng (Archie Kao) and daughter. After consulting with her father Ye Cheng (Simon Yam), Shuang decides to call the police, where she re-encounters her ex-boyfriend, Yao Jie (Gordon Lam).

During the investigation process, Jie finds this million-dollar ransom kidnapping case to be a misty mystery. Specializing in investigating by starting from minor details, he targets Cheng as a potential suspect. At this time, Cheng's activities has also become suspiciously strange. When the mystery seemed to have dispersed, Cheng dies from an accident. At this time, clues from a murder case that took place 20 years ago begins to surface. Behind the mysterious kidnappings lies the ulterior motive.

Cast

• Gordon Lam as Yao Jie
• Qin Lan as Ye Shuang
• Simon Yam as Ye Cheng
• Archie Kao as Ling Feng
• Liu Wei as Xiao Xin
• Steven Miao
• Gao Xin as Xiao Qiang
• Qu Qingqing
• Ren Shan

References

1. "Hong Kong action director returns with an 'Ulterior Motive'".
2. "ARTHUR WONG Back In The Director's Chair For HK Actioner ULTERIOR MOTIVE". Archived from the original on 2023-03-23. Retrieved 2015-09-12.

External links

• Ulterior Motive at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
• Ulterior Motive at Douban