Mad Fate

Mad Fate
Theatrical release poster
Traditional Chinese命案
Simplified Chinese命案
Hanyu PinyinMìng Àn
JyutpingMing6 Ngon4
Directed bySoi Cheang
Screenplay byYau Nai-hoi
Melvin Li
Story byYau Nai-hoi
Au Kin-yee
Produced byJohnnie To
Yau Nai-hoi
Elaine Chu
StarringGordon Lam
Lokman Yeung
Berg Ng
Ng Wing-sze
Peter Chan
CinematographyCheng Siu-keung
Edited byDavid Richardson
Allen Leung
Music byChung Chi-wing
Ben Cheung
Production
companies
MakerVille Company
Noble Castle Asia
Milkyway Image
Distributed byGolden Scene Company
Release dates
  • 19 February 2023 (2023-02-19) (BIFF)
  • 30 March 2023 (2023-03-30) (HKIFF)
  • 20 April 2023 (2023-04-20) (Hong Kong)
Running time
108 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese
Box officeUS$1.5 million[1]

Mad Fate (Chinese: 命案) is a 2023 Hong Kong mystery thriller film directed by Soi Cheang, produced by Milkyway Image, and stars Gordon Lam, Lokman Yeung, Berg Ng, Ng Wing-sze and Peter Chan. In addition to being the film's director, Cheang also served as a film's executive producer. The film followed a fortune-teller who crosses paths with a young man with a strong desire to commit murder and tries to change the latter's destiny.

Mad Fate made its world premiere at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival on 19 February 2023 as a Berlinale Special.[2] The film also opened the 47th Hong Kong International Film Festival on 30 March 2023[3] before its theatrical release in Hong Kong on 20 April 2023.[4]

  1. ^ "Mad Fate - Box Office Mojo".
  2. ^ "Berlinale Program - Mad Fate".
  3. ^ "Mad Fate - Hong Kong International Film Festival".
  4. ^ "Watch the Trailer for the Johnnie To-produced 'Mad Fate' from 'SPL II' director Soi Cheang starring Gordon Lam".