The Bullet Vanishes (2012)

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One rainy night in an arms factory near Shanghai, a young female worker accused of stealing a box of bullets from the ruthless Boss Ding is violently killed in a game of Russian roulette. Half a month later, a series of inexplicable deaths takes place in the factory, where the victims are shot but no bullets are found. Rumors of a deadly curse begin to spread in the factory, terrorizing the workers there. So, eccentric police inspector Song Donglu and his hot-blooded, gunslinging partner Guo Zhui are sent in to investigate the mystery of the phantom bullets...

• Released: 2012-08-14
• Genres: Action, Mystery
• Runtime: 1h 48m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.4/10 from 80 votes

Directed by Lo Chi-Leung.

Top cast

• Lau Ching-Wan as Inspector Song Donglu
• Nicholas Tse Ting-Fung as Captain Guo Zhui
• Yang Mi as Little Skylark
• Wu Gang as Police Chief Jin
• Jing Boran as Xiaowu
• Gao Hu as NPA senior officer
• Jiang Yiyan as Fu Yuan
• Chin Ka-Lok as Wu Zhongguo
• Yumiko Cheng Hei-Yi as Li Jia, forensic doctor
• Wang Ziyi as Wang Hai

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Where to watch The Bullet Vanishes

• Australia: rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fetch TV; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fetch TV

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