I have never seen one of Johnnie To‘s films so I’m hoping to make his new film, Blind Detective (Man Tam) the first as it will play as part of the Midnight selection at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival and today a trailer for the film is available.
The film stars Andy Lau (Infernal Affairs, House of Flying Daggers) as a cop forced into early retirement due to retinal damage. But after witnessing a bank robbery along with a female inspector – who believes he has acute senses – they team up in hope to solve the case.
The idea immediately makes me think of Takeshi Kitano‘s Zatoichi, though that’s a character that’s hardly his alone, adapted into a cop drama. I also seem to remember a film from the ’80s or ’90s focused on a blind man that went around protecting people. I’m not sure it was the television show “Blind Justice” but it might have been.
Either way, check out the trailer and a trio of posters for Blind Detective directly below.
