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ICAC: Steak Fee

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FEFF:
2009
Film Director: 
Ann HUI
Year: 
1978
Running time: 
49'
Country: 
Hong Kong
A construction bribery case gives rise to crowd-pleasing drama in Steak Fee. The series’ intrepid investigators (Damian Lau and Kwan Chung) hit building sites and pore over accounting books as they try to find where $600,000 in “steak expenses” was siphoned to. The filmmakers use a light touch in bringing out the leading men’s personalities, having the bellbottomed duo trade amiable banter while the wrongdoers are laughing off their venality. But darker matter is never far away: for Hongkongers living with shoddy construction in their homes and essential infrastructure, this is depressing stuff.
Tim Youngs
 
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