Black Coal, Thin Ice

Two former cops start investigating the series of murders that tanked their careers when the killings begin again.

Cast

Liao Fan

as Zhang Zili

Gwei Lun-Mei

as Wu Zhizhen

Wang Xuebing

as Liang Zhijun

Wang Jingchun

as Rong Rong

Yu Ailei

as Captain Wang

Ni Jingyang

as Su Lijuan

Wang Liang

as Bus Thief

Reviews

CinemaSerf

OK, so yes - this is a very slow burn a times with far too many establishing and shots of decaying urban industrialisation, but when the action does actually focus on the story it's not a bad crime drama at all. We start with an arm sticking out of a pile of coal. The cops arrive and "Zhang" (Fan Li...

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