Overheard 3

Overheard 3 (Chinese: 竊聽風雲3) is a 2014 Hong Kong-Chinese crime-thriller film written and directed by Alan Mak and Felix Chong and starring Sean Lau, Louis Koo, Daniel Wu, Zhou Xun and Michelle Ye. It is a sequel to the 2011 film Overheard 2 in which Lau, Koo and Wu play different roles with a different storyline (abolishing the Small House Policy), but the key elements of the previous two films are kept. The film was released in China on 29 May 2014 and in Hong Kong on 5 June 2014.[2][3]

Overheard 3
Overheard 3 poster
Traditional Chinese竊聽風雲3
Simplified Chinese窃听风云3
Directed byAlan Mak
Felix Chong
Written byAlan Mak
Felix Chong
Produced byDerek Yee
Ronald Wong
StarringSean Lau
Louis Koo
Daniel Wu
Zhou Xun
Michelle Ye
CinematographyAnthony Pun
Edited byCurran Pang
Music byChan Kwong-wing
Production
companies
Distributed byDistribution Workshop (Hong Kong)
Bona Film Group (China)
Release dates
  • 29 May 2014 (2014-05-29) (China)
  • 5 June 2014 (2014-06-05) (Hong Kong)
Running time
131 minutes (Hong Kong)
130 minutes (China)
CountriesHong Kong
China
LanguagesCantonese
Mandarin
Box officeUS$53,493,428[1]

Overheard 3 won three awards at the 34th Hong Kong Film Awards including Best Actor for Lau, Best Supporting Actor for Kenneth Tsang and Best Screenplay, while also nominated for eight other awards.

Cast

Reception

Boon Chan of The Straits Times states "The complicated web of relationships and land dealings plus the high-tech electronic monitoring make Overheard 3 feel overstuffed and underwhelming."[4]

Gabriel Chong of Moviexclusive.com gave the film a 2.5 out of 5 stars, and states "Compared to its predecessors too, the storytelling goes bogged down in way too much exposition particularly in the middle segment."[5]

The film grossed ¥27.7 million (US$4.43 million) on the opening day in China.[6]

Awards and nominations
Ceremony Category Recipient Results
34th Hong Kong Film Awards Best Film Overheard 3 Nominated
Best Director Alan Mak, Felix Chong Nominated
Best Screenplay Won
Best Actor Sean Lau Won
Best Supporting Actor Kenneth Tsang Won
Alex Fong Nominated
Best Cinematography Anthony Pun Nominated
Best Film Editing Curran Pang Nominated
Best Art Direction Man Lim-chung Nominated
Best Costume Make up Design Nominated
Best Sound Design Kinson Tsang Nominated
21st Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards Best Film Overheard 3 Won
Best Director Alan Mak, Felix Chong Nominated
Best Screenplay Won
Best Actor Sean Lau Won
Best Actress Zhou Xun Nominated
Michelle Ye Nominated
Film of Merit Overheard 3 Won
9th Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild Awards Best Actor Sean Lau Won
9th Asian Film Awards Best Actor Sean Lau Nominated
15th Chinese Film Media Awards Most Watched Film Overheard 3 Nominated

References
  1. "OVERHEARD 3". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  2. 《窃听风云3》发情境版海报 刘青云古天乐吴彦祖针锋相对暗潮涌动. mtime.com (in Chinese). 5 May 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  3. 竊聽風雲3. Yahoo! Movies (in Chinese). Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  4. Chan, Boon (30 May 2014). "Third time isn't a charm for Overheard 3". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 3 June 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  5. Chong, Gabriel. "OVERHEARD 3 (窃听风云3) (2014)". Moviexclusive.com.
  6. Kevin Ma (1 June 2014). "Bona announces Q1 2014 results". Film Business Asia. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
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