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| Directed by | Benny Chan |
| Screenplay by | Alan Yuen Benny Chan Xu Bing |
| Story by | Larry Cohen |
| Based on | Cellular by Chris Morgan |
| Produced by | Benny Chan Albert Lee Jiang Tao Kevin Yung |
| Starring | Louis Koo Barbie Hsu Nick Cheung Liu Ye |
| Cinematography | Anthony Pun |
| Edited by | Yau Chi-wai |
| Music by | Nicolas Errèra |
Production companies | Emperor Motion Pictures China Film Group Warner China Film HG Armor Entertainment Sirius Pictures International |
| Distributed by | Emperor Motion Pictures |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
| Countries | Hong Kong China |
| Languages | Cantonese Mandarin |
| Budget | HK$45 million |
| Box office | HK$13.64 million |
Connected (traditional Chinese: 保持通話; simplified Chinese: 保持通话) is a 2008 Hong Kong action film, and a remake of the 2004 American film Cellular co-written, produced and directed by Benny Chan. The film stars Louis Koo, Barbie Hsu, Nick Cheung, and Liu Ye. Connected tells the story of Bob (Koo), a single father who receives a distressing phone call on his cellular phone from Grace Wong (Hsu), a woman who has been kidnapped by a gang of corrupt Interpol agents who have a hidden agenda.
The film began development at Warner China Film HG, the Chinese production arm of Warner Bros., who felt that a remake of Cellular would reach out to Hong Kong's cell phone user population, and decided to hire Benny Chan to develop a screenplay for the film. Chan and his screenwriters spent two years working on the script. For Connected, Chan wanted to improve on the previous film by making the characters and the situations in his remake seem more believable. Principal photography took place in Hong Kong.
Connected was released in Hong Kong on 25 September 2008.