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

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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