The Four is a 2012 Hong Kong wuxia film directed by Gordon Chan and Janet Chun. It is the first film adaptation of Woon Swee Oan's novel series Si Da Ming Bu (四大名捕; The Four Great Constables), which has previously been adapted to a television series. [1]
The film is set during the reign of Emperor Huizong in the late Northern Song Dynasty. The government department known as the "Department Six" customarily has full jurisdiction over all criminal investigations in the imperial capital. Their chief, Commandant Liu, ranks the investigators by clearance rate and dangles the prospect of an operator to be named one of the "Great Four". The story begins with the country experiencing a significant increase in circulation of counterfeit coin currency, leading to growing unrest and instability. Official investigators from the Department Six, acting on a tip-off, rush in full force to apprehend a suspect who is trying to sell a coin die stolen from the imperial mint, only to find the suspect and the evidence being taken into custody by agents of a hitherto unknown secret service, known as the Divine Constabulary, which is commissioned by the Emperor himself. This arouses jealousy in Commandant Liu, who openly fires Cold Blood, one of his best men. Liu secretly orders Cold Blood to infiltrate the Divine Constabulary to find a way to bring down the rival agency. Liu is unaware that his own establishment has been infiltrated by double-agents dispatched by the mastermind behind the counterfeit currency. Despite being aware of Cold Blood's true mission, the chief of the Divine Constabulary seeks out Cold Blood and welcomes him into the agency. Once inside, Cold Blood is surprised to observe that the Divine Constabulary staff live and work together more like a family than a highly formalised professional security force. [2]
The film stars Deng Chao as Cold Blood, Liu Yifei as Emotionless, Collin Chou as Iron Hands, Ronald Cheng as Life Snatcher and Anthony Wong as Zhuge Zhenwo. The film also features Wu Xiubo as An Shigeng, the God of Wealth, Jiang Yiyan as Ji Yaohua, Cheng Taishen as Sheriff King and Sheren Tang as Aunt Foise. The film is the first in a trilogy, the second installment of which started shooting in 2012. [2] The Four II was released on 6 December 2013. The last film, The Four III, was released on 22 August 2014. [3]
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