:Sweet Alibis
{{short description|2014 Taiwanese comedy film}}
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| name = Sweet Alibis
| image = Sweet Alibis poster.jpg
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| director = Lien Yi-chi
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| story =
| screenplay=
| starring = Alec Su
Ariel Lin
Matt Wu
Lei Hong
Lang Tsu-yun
Ken Lin
Chu Chih-ying
Austin Lin
Kao Meng-chieh
| music =
| cinematography = Randy Che
| editing =
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2014|01|17}}
| runtime = 112 minutes
| country = Taiwan
| language = Mandarin
Taiwanese
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| gross =
| native_name = {{Infobox Chinese/Chinese|child=yes|hide=no|header=none|s = 甜蜜杀机|t =甜蜜殺機 }}
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Sweet Alibis is a 2014 Taiwanese comedy film starring Alec Su as a cowardly veteran cop and Ariel Lin as an overzealous rookie. The film follows the pair who team up to solve crimes together in Kaohsiung.
Plot
Starting from a seemingly pointless case of a puppy's accidental death, from eating chocolate, the essentially incompatible pair unexpectedly digs up the clues to a series of mysterious deaths.
Cast
- Alec Su
- Ariel Lin
- Matt Wu
- Lei Hong
- Lang Tsu-yun
- Ken Lin
- Chu Chih-ying
- Austin Lin
- Kao Meng-chieh
- Ma Nien-hsien
- Bebe Du
- Tao Chuan-cheng
- Lin Chia-ling
- Lee Kuo-hung
- Ruby Lin - Cameo
Theme song
- "Lao Tian You Yan" (老天有眼) performed by Alec Su (originally sung by Hei-pao in the 1980s)
Reception
It was the number-one film in Taiwan box office for a week in January 2014,{{in lang|zh}} [http://www.nownews.com/n/2014/01/21/1095932 《甜蜜殺機》勇奪票房冠軍 林依晨喜感具幫夫運] but overall grossing was disappointing with only NT$ 20.6 million (roughly $0.6 million) despite generally positive reviews.{{in lang|zh}} [http://www.chinatimes.com/newspapers/20140211000783-260112 《大稻埕》遭社會學者譙破億爛片] It was successful in the Chinese box office in March 2014, ranking only behind 2 Taiwanese films — You Are the Apple of My Eye (2011) and Black & White Episode I: The Dawn of Assault (2012) — in first-week grossing.{{in lang|zh}} [http://www.chinatimes.com/realtimenews/20140310006024-260404 《甜蜜殺機》陸上映3天 票房破億] It grossed ¥36.6 million (roughly $6 million) in mainland China.{{in lang|zh}} [http://tccanet.org.tw/article-375.html#.VNql5C6GOXc 原音重現 開兩岸電影契機]
Awards
- 2014 51st Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards
- Nominated — Lang Tsu-yun, Best Supporting Actress
- 2014 Osaka Asian Film Festival
- Nominated — Grand Prix
- 2014 6th Straits Film and Television Awards
- Won — Favourite Taiwanese film in mainland China
Trivia
There are in-jokes in the film referencing characters from the TV series In Time with You (2011) starring Ariel Lin and Romance in the Rain (2001) starring Alec Su and Ruby Lin.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|3582088}}
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaGrmK1cxB0 Youtube - Sweet Alibis Trailer with English subtitles]
- [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/sweet-alibis-berlin-review-680606 Hollywood Reporter review]
- [http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2014/01/17/2003581466 Taipei Times review]
Category:2014 crime comedy films
Category:2010s Mandarin-language films
Category:Taiwanese crime comedy films