The Sparring Partner
strong gory violence
Director(s)Ho Cheuk-tin
Production year2022
Release date05/11/2022
Genre(s)Crime, Mystery
Approx. running minutes137m
CastWai Lun Yeung, Pui Tung Mak, David Siu, Nicky Wong, James Au, Kam-Fung Chan, Pak-Him Chu, Xenia Chong, Matt Chow, Myth Or, Cheuk-Tin Ho, Frankie Tam, Philip Yung, Sara Fung, Yau Cheong Leung, J. Him Lee, Jojo Shek, Zhao Zhang
The Sparring Partner
strong gory violence
THE SPARRING PARTNER is a crime thriller in which a man is arrested for the murder of his parents.
THE SPARRING PARTNER is a crime thriller in which a man is arrested for the murder of his parents.
violence
There is strong violence, including a man’s throat being slashed, with close up detail. There are sequences in which men are seen cutting up bodies, with strong gory detail. There are several shots of severed body limbs and heads, grisly bones and bloody organs which are stored in a freezer before the men attempt to dispose of them. In one scene, it is implied a woman’s stomach is cut open, and her innards are seen falling to the ground.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
There is infrequent use of very strong language (‘c**t’), use of strong language ('f**k') and milder terms (‘whore’, ‘damn’, ‘hell’, ‘screw’). A woman disrobes, and there is sight of sexualised breast nudity. A man attempts to take his own life, and another references wanting to kill himself before reaching a certain age. A man references how he, his brother and mother were beaten by his father when he was a child. There are references to sexual violence.
strong gory violence
Classified Date:
28/10/2022
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Trinity Filmed Entertainment
violence
There is strong violence, including a man’s throat being slashed, with close up detail. There are sequences in which men are seen cutting up bodies, with strong gory detail. There are several shots of severed body limbs and heads, grisly bones and bloody organs which are stored in a freezer before the men attempt to dispose of them. In one scene, it is implied a woman’s stomach is cut open, and her innards are seen falling to the ground.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
Classified date28/05/2022
LanguageCantonese
violence
There is strong violence, including a man’s throat being slashed, with close up detail. There are sequences in which men are seen cutting up bodies, with strong gory detail. There are several shots of severed body limbs and heads, grisly bones and bloody organs which are stored in a freezer before the men attempt to dispose of them. In one scene, it is implied a woman’s stomach is cut open, and her innards are seen falling to the ground.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
There is infrequent use of very strong language (‘c**t’), use of strong language ('f**k') and milder terms (‘whore’, ‘damn’, ‘hell’, ‘screw’). A woman disrobes, and there is sight of sexualised breast nudity. A man attempts to take his own life, and another references wanting to kill himself before reaching a certain age. A man references how he, his brother and mother were beaten by his father when he was a child. There are references to sexual violence.
Director(s)Ho Cheuk-tin
Production year2022
Release date05/11/2022
Genre(s)Crime, Mystery
Approx. running minutes137m
CastWai Lun Yeung, Pui Tung Mak, David Siu, Nicky Wong, James Au, Kam-Fung Chan, Pak-Him Chu, Xenia Chong, Matt Chow, Myth Or, Cheuk-Tin Ho, Frankie Tam, Philip Yung, Sara Fung, Yau Cheong Leung, J. Him Lee, Jojo Shek, Zhao Zhang
strong gory violence
Classified Date:
28/10/2022
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Trinity Filmed Entertainment
violence
There is strong violence, including a man’s throat being slashed, with close up detail. There are sequences in which men are seen cutting up bodies, with strong gory detail. There are several shots of severed body limbs and heads, grisly bones and bloody organs which are stored in a freezer before the men attempt to dispose of them. In one scene, it is implied a woman’s stomach is cut open, and her innards are seen falling to the ground.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
Classified date28/05/2022
LanguageCantonese
