Hong Kong Film Gala Presentation 2023 (Shaw)
The Sparring Partner
正義迴廊
Rating
R21 Violence and Some Nudity
Language
Cantonese with English & Chinese subtitles
Director
Ho Cheuk Tin（何爵天）
Cast
Alan Yeung 杨伟伦, Mak Pui Tung 麦沛东, Louisa So 苏玉华, Michael Chow 周文健, Jan Lamb 林海峰
Synopsis
nspired by a sensational 2013 family murder, Henry Cheung partnered up with his friend Angus Tong to murder and dismember his parents. In the courtroom, two veteran lawyers Wilson Ng and Carrie Yau were defending the pair pleading not guilty. The prosecutor Allen Chu suggests the murder was a calculated move for money. But the plot thickened when Ng and Yau began to present their case, and when Tong rebutted all accusations on his own. The truth becomes all the more elusive as the defendants played the role of ‘genius’ and ‘idiot’ in court. In the breakroom, discussions between the nine jury members spiraled into debates of right and wrong.张显宗联同友人唐文奇于寓所内杀害父母，并进行肢解。案件进入法庭审讯程 序，二人皆否认谋杀罪名。两位资深大律师吴冠峰和游嘉莉分别代表二人上庭辩护，检控官朱爱伦却质疑二人早已部署杀人计划，为财谋命似是毋庸置疑。 然而在攻守互换后，吴和游两位大律师 施展各自辩才，揭露出案情中更为扑朔迷离之处，而唐文奇出庭自辩时更把一 切指控推得一干二净。在一幕幕激烈的法庭辩论下，两位被告上演出「天才」 与「白痴」的戏码，真相似乎越辩越模糊。九位不同背景的陪审员在休息室展开话语权的角力，同时陷入对与错的正义思辩中。