Ulterior Motive (film)

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Ulterior Motive
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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 byJerry Chan
Peng Yanwen
Produced byZhao Qing
Starring Gordon Lam
Qin Lan
Simon Yam
Archie Kao
Liu Wei
Production
companies
Beijing CHS Culture
Zhejiang CHS Media
China Movie Channel
Distributed byZhejiang CHS Media
Huayi Brothers
China Film Co.
China Film Digital
Release date
17 September 2015 (2015-09-17)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryChina
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]

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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.

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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".