Sweet Alibis

Sweet Alibis is a 2014 Taiwanese comedy film starring Alec Su as a cowardly veteran cop and Ariel Lin as an overzealous rookie. The film follows the pair who team up to solve crimes together in Kaohsiung.

Sweet Alibis
Traditional Chinese	甜蜜殺機
Simplified Chinese	甜蜜杀机
Directed by	Lien Yi-chi
Starring	Alec Su Ariel Lin Matt Wu Lei Hong Lang Tsu-yun Ken Lin Chu Chih-ying Austin Lin Kao Meng-chieh
Cinematography	Randy Che
Release date	17 January 2014 (2014-01-17)
Running time	112 minutes
Country	Taiwan
Languages	Mandarin Taiwanese

Plot

Starting from a seemingly pointless case of a puppy's accidental death, from eating chocolate, the essentially incompatible pair unexpectedly digs up the clues to a series of mysterious deaths.

Cast

• Alec Su
• Ariel Lin
• Matt Wu
• Lei Hong
• Lang Tsu-yun
• Ken Lin
• Chu Chih-ying
• Austin Lin
• Kao Meng-chieh
• Ma Nien-hsien
• Bebe Du
• Tao Chuan-cheng
• Lin Chia-ling
• Lee Kuo-hung
• Ruby Lin - Cameo

Theme song

• "Lao Tian You Yan" (老天有眼) performed by Alec Su (originally sung by Hei-pao in the 1980s)

Reception

It was the number-one film in Taiwan box office for a week in January 2014,^[1] but overall grossing was disappointing with only NT$ 20.6 million (roughly $0.6 million) despite generally positive reviews.^[2] It was successful in the Chinese box office in March 2014, ranking only behind 2 Taiwanese films — You Are the Apple of My Eye (2011) and Black & White Episode I: The Dawn of Assault (2012) — in first-week grossing.^[3] It grossed ¥36.6 million (roughly $6 million) in mainland China.^[4]

Awards

• 2014 51st Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards
  • Nominated — Lang Tsu-yun, Best Supporting Actress
• 2014 Osaka Asian Film Festival
  • Nominated — Grand Prix
• 2014 6th Straits Film and Television Awards
  • Won — Favourite Taiwanese film in mainland China

Trivia

There are in-jokes in the film referencing characters from the TV series In Time with You (2011) starring Ariel Lin and Romance in the Rain (2001) starring Alec Su and Ruby Lin.