Beyond Hypothermia (film)
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| Directed by | Patrick Leung |
| Produced by |
Jung-il Choi Johnnie To |
| Written by | Roy Szeto |
| Starring |
Jacklyn Wu Sean Lau Sang Woo Han Jae-seok Han Shirley Wong |
| Music by | Siu-hung Chung |
| Cinematography |
Arthur Wong Yat-Man Cheung |
| Edited by | Wing-ming Wong |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Newport Entertainment (Hong Kong) |
Release dates |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country |
Hong Kong South Korea |
| Language |
Cantonese Korean |
| Box office | HK $2,621,660.00 |
Beyond Hypothermia (Chinese: 攝氏32度) is a 1996 Hong Kong action film directed by Patrick Leung, co-produced by Johnnie To, and starring Jacklyn Wu and Sean Lau.
Plot
A nameless hitwoman (Jacklyn Wu) who, for reasons not entirely clear, has a lower than average body temperature. She is cold-blooded in other ways as well, assassinating her targets with steely detachment and having only two real acquaintances: the Cambodian woman who gives her killing assignments and money, and the street vendor Long Shek (Sean Lau), at whose stand she habitually relaxes after successful hits with a bowl of noodles. Long Shek dubs her Pretty Ghost, and the two gradually become something like friends. Pretty Ghost ends up traveling to South Korea to assassinate a local gangland kingpin, a job she decides will be her last. However, the dead man's bodyguard, Yichin (Sang Woo Han), is out for revenge and comes after Pretty Ghost, and she is quickly betrayed by her Cambodian boss. In between scenes of violence, the film explores Pretty Ghost's character and her slow change from icy killing machine to humanized woman.
Cast
- Jacklyn Wu – Shu Li Han
- Sean Lau – Long Shek
- Sang Woo Han – Yichin
See also
External links
- Sip si 32 dou at the Internet Movie Database
- Beyond Hypothermia at Hong Kong Cinemagic
- Beyond Hypothermia at Hong Kong Movie DataBase
- Beyond Hypothermia at cinemasie database