Clean My Name, Mr. Coroner! Explained

Clean My Name, Mr. Coroner!

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T:	救薑刑警
S:	救姜刑警
P:	Jiù Jiāng Xíng Jǐng
J:	Gau3 Geong1 Jing4 Ging2

Director:

James Yuen

Producer:

Joe Ma

Screenplay:

James Yuen

Starring:

Francis Ng
Ti Lung
Nick Cheung
Stephanie Che

Music:

Lincoln Lo

Cinematography:

Edmond Fung

Editing:

Jacky Leung

Studio:

Mei Ah Film Production
Brilliant Idea Group

Distributor:

Mei Ah Entertainment

Runtime:

104 minutes

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Gross:

HK$3,796,682

Clean My Name, Mr. Coroner! is a 2000 Hong Kong crime comedy thriller film written and directed by James Yuen and starring Francis Ng, Ti Lung and Nick Cheung.

Plot

Undercover cop Fred Cheung (Nick Cheung) successfully assisted the police in arresting counterfeiters during an illegal transaction. However, afterwards, the illicit money, along with police officer Herman Law (Calvin Poon), went missing. While searching for Law and the money, Cheung was intercepted by the police, where they discover a headless corpse in the truck of his car. The corpse was later certified by the police as Law. Cheung flees in order to prove his innocence, and hijacks coroner Dr. Keith Ko (Francis Ng). Ko feels something strange about this case, and decides to help Cheung discover the truth to this case.

Cast

Francis Ng as Dr, Keith Ko (高兆祺)
Ti Lung as Officer C.K. Lau (劉Sir)
Nick Cheung as Fred Cheung (張耀輝)
Stephanie Che as Ling
Jerry Lamb as Lo
Joe Ma as Detective Rick
Wayne Lai as Cab driver
Calvin Poon as Herman Law (阿雄)
Kristal Tin as Bobo Lam (林寶儀)
Iris Wong as Dr. Ko's date
Joe Lee as money counterfeiter
Kong Foo-keung as thug

Reception

Critical

Far East Films gave the film a score of four out of five stars and greatly praised Francis Ng's performance.^[1] LoveHKFilm gave the film a mixed review, also praising Ng's performance in addition to Ti Lung's performance and calling the film "sporadically entertaining", but criticized its poor direction and recycled script.^[2] So Good Reviews gave the film a relatively positive review, praising director James Yuen's direction despite its unoriginal plot, and the performances by Cheung and Ti, and describing Ng as the film's "biggest shining star".^[3]

Box office

The film grossed HK$3,796,682 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run from 3 to 22 November 2000.

External links

- Clean My Name, Mr. Coroner! at Hong Kong Cinemagic

Notes and References

Web site: Saroch. Andrew. Clean My Name, Mr. Coroner!. Far East Films. 10 July 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023721/http://www.fareastfilms.com/reviewsPage/Clean-My-Name-Mr.-Coroner-321.htm. March 4, 2016.
Web site: Clean My Name, Mr. Coroner! (救薑刑警) (2000).
Web site: Clean My Name, Mr Coroner! - sogoodreviews.com.