| The Trough | |||||||||||||||
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| Director: | Nick Cheung | ||||||||||||||
| Producer: | Claudie Chung Cheung Chi-kwong | ||||||||||||||
| Screenplay: | Nick Cheung Wen Ning | ||||||||||||||
| Starring: | Nick Cheung Xu Jinglei He Jiong Yu Nan Michael Miu Yuen Wah Maggie Cheung | ||||||||||||||
| Music: | Chan Kwong-wing Benson Chen | ||||||||||||||
| Cinematography: | Cheung Man-po | ||||||||||||||
| Editing: | Li Ka-wing | ||||||||||||||
| Studio: | 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 | ||||||||||||||
| Distributor: | Edko Films One Cool Pictures | ||||||||||||||
| Runtime: | 112 minutes | ||||||||||||||
| Country: | Hong Kong China | ||||||||||||||
| Language: | Cantonese English | ||||||||||||||
| Budget: | US$22 million[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Gross: | US$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.
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.
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]
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.
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]