Loui Blair It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

Hattie I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

Rexanne It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

Geraldine The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Yashua Kimbrough (jimniexperience) A washed up deranged detective who believes he sees ghosts and inner personalities get invited to solve a new case by a rookie cop who's way over his head: A cop has been missing for 18 months after a botched arrest in the woods. But his gun was taken by the suspect and used in multiple armed robberies, some of which resulted in murder ..Everybody is on the case to find the missing cop , and the crazy detective believes he's the man who can solve the case

Korto Malteze Before this I haven't watched a single movie for a while (for about 4 months) and I decided to give an opportunity to Asian cinematography. And I certainly did not regret. This movie isn't as complex as other crime movies but it contains great amount of drama and humor. This "weird" detective is one of the best roles I have seen in a while and in my opinion he carries this whole movie to the next level. If you want to give a chance to Asian cinematography I would highly recommend you this movie.

iamnotazombie City on Fire, The Infernal Affairs trilogy, One Night in Mongkok, Hard Boiled, The Killer, Bullet in the head, Election and A Better Tomorrow all of these films are classics of the Hong Kong crime thriller genre, but all are fairly typical in their execution - this is where Mad Detective comes in.I've read a lot of press for this film, press which basically states that this film has carved out a niche all of its own. Now upon reading this, it gave the impression that it was one of two things: a pretentious load of rubbish or an ambitious failure, luckily its neither of these things.What makes this film different is the lead character (Detective Bun), someone who claims they can see people's inner personalities or inner ghosts. It's never determined whether he can see such things or it's the visual representation of his madness, either way such an ambiguous concept is a good thing, if it was confirmed to be one thing or the other it would damage the tone of the film.The story of Mad Detective revolves around an 8 month old case to find a missing police officer and his gun, a case which a former employee of Detective Bun's openly asks for help from the Mad Detective. He asks as Bun has been fired for literally being the mad detective, it'll make sense when you watch it.What follows is a fairly typical police crime thriller, outside of Bun's world, anyway. On the face of it, mad Detective is a simple tale in which Bun and his junior officer are investigating what has happened to a missing officer and who is responsible for his disappearance. This is punctuated by certain realities of Bun's life and the reality of his madness in everyday situation which helps flesh out the story considerably.But the investigation is where the story lies, the main narrative of the story focuses on the confusion of whether Bun is solving the crime correctly or whether it is just his madness leading him in a certain direction - something which pervades the junior officers every thought (after a certain point). Yes, this is confusing, but at the same time it's brilliant, much in the way that the final few scenes of fight club & memento change the entire meaning of the film. That for me is what I want from a film, an ending which shocks and entertains in equal measures, and better than most other contemporary films.So given the inclusion of Bun's madness it does, as certain film critics have claimed create a niche unto itself. One thing is for sure you won't have seen many films like this, I certainly haven't. A truly brilliant, rewarding film, even if its demands quite a bit patience.

dbborroughs Johnnie To and Ka-Fai Wai have reinvented the detective genre and things will probably never be the same.Inspector Ho is stumped by the disappearance of a detective 18 months earlier.Desperate for a break he looks to Bun, a genius profiler with whom he briefly worked years before...when Bun went crazy and was thrown off the force. A funny, tense un-nerving cop drama where nothing is certain. Is Bun a genius or crazy? Has Ho lost his mind? Where will it all end? Its a trip. I'd tell you more but I'm still trying to process what I saw since things shift from our reality to Bun's, often so its not clear. Its a trip and then some. Actually I'd be very surprised if this film doesn't end up with a cult following, an American remake and lots of articles written about it. Its just a nifty little thriller.Definitely worth a viewing or two.