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Sweet Alibis

2014 Taiwanese comedy film

Sweet Alibis


Traditional Chinese	甜蜜殺機
Simplified Chinese	甜蜜杀机


Directed by	Lien Yi-chi
Starring	Alec Su Ariel Lin Matt Wu Lei Hong Lang Tsu-yun Ken Lin Chu Chih-ying Austin Lin Kao Meng-chieh
Cinematography	Randy Che
Release date	17 January 2014 (2014-01-17)
Running time	112 minutes
Country	Taiwan
Languages	Mandarin Taiwanese

Sweet Alibis is a 2014 Taiwanese comedy film starring Alec Su as a cowardly veteran cop and Ariel Lin as an overzealous rookie. The film follows the pair who team up to solve crimes together in Kaohsiung.

Plot

Starting from a seemingly pointless case of a puppy's accidental death, from eating chocolate, the essentially incompatible pair unexpectedly digs up the clues to a series of mysterious deaths.

Cast

Alec Su
Ariel Lin
Matt Wu
Lei Hong
Lang Tsu-yun
Ken Lin
Chu Chih-ying
Austin Lin
Kao Meng-chieh
Ma Nien-hsien
Bebe Du
Tao Chuan-cheng
Lin Chia-ling
Lee Kuo-hung
Ruby Lin - Cameo

Theme song

"Lao Tian You Yan" (老天有眼) performed by Alec Su (originally sung by Hei-pao in the 1980s)

Reception

It was the number-one film in Taiwan box office for a week in January 2014,^[1] but overall grossing was disappointing with only NT$ 20.6 million (roughly $0.6 million) despite generally positive reviews.^[2] It was successful in the Chinese box office in March 2014, ranking only behind 2 Taiwanese films — You Are the Apple of My Eye (2011) and Black & White Episode I: The Dawn of Assault (2012) — in first-week grossing.^[3] It grossed ¥36.6 million (roughly $6 million) in mainland China.^[4]

Awards

2014 51st Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards
- Nominated — Lang Tsu-yun, Best Supporting Actress
2014 Osaka Asian Film Festival
- Nominated — Grand Prix
2014 6th Straits Film and Television Awards
- Won — Favourite Taiwanese film in mainland China

Trivia

There are in-jokes in the film referencing characters from the TV series In Time with You (2011) starring Ariel Lin and Romance in the Rain (2001) starring Alec Su and Ruby Lin.