| Overheard 3 | |||||||||||
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| Director: | Alan Mak Felix Chong | ||||||||||
| Producer: | Derek Yee Ronald Wong | ||||||||||
| Starring: | Sean Lau Louis Koo Daniel Wu Zhou Xun Michelle Ye | ||||||||||
| Music: | Chan Kwong-wing | ||||||||||
| Cinematography: | Anthony Pun | ||||||||||
| Editing: | Curran Pang | ||||||||||
| Studio: | Sil-Metropole Organisation Bona Film Group Pop Movies | ||||||||||
| Distributor: | Distribution Workshop (Hong Kong) Bona Film Group (China) | ||||||||||
| Runtime: | 131 minutes (Hong Kong) 130 minutes (China) | ||||||||||
| Country: | Hong Kong China | ||||||||||
| Language: | Cantonese Mandarin | ||||||||||
| Gross: | US$53,493,428[1] | ||||||||||
Overheard 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 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.
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]
| Ceremony | Category | Recipient | Results |
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| 34th Hong Kong Film Awards | Best Film | Overheard 3 | |
| Best Director | Alan Mak, Felix Chong | ||
| Best Screenplay | |||
| Best Actor | Sean Lau | ||
| Best Supporting Actor | Kenneth Tsang | ||
| Alex Fong | |||
| Best Cinematography | Anthony Pun | ||
| Best Film Editing | Curran Pang | ||
| Best Art Direction | Man Lim-chung | ||
| Best Costume Make up Design | |||
| Best Sound Design | Kinson Tsang | ||
| 21st Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards | Best Film | Overheard 3 | |
| Best Director | Alan Mak, Felix Chong | ||
| Best Screenplay | |||
| Best Actor | Sean Lau | ||
| Best Actress | Zhou Xun | ||
| Michelle Ye | |||
| Film of Merit | Overheard 3 | ||
| 9th Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild Awards | Best Actor | Sean Lau | |
| 9th Asian Film Awards | Best Actor | Sean Lau | |
| 15th Chinese Film Media Awards | Most Watched Film | Overheard 3 | |