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.
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, 《甜蜜殺機》勇奪票房冠軍 林依晨喜感具幫夫運 but overall grossing was disappointing with only NT$ 20.6 million (roughly $0.6 million) despite generally positive reviews. 《大稻埕》遭社會學者譙破億爛片 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. 《甜蜜殺機》陸上映3天 票房破億 It grossed ¥36.6 million (roughly $6 million) in mainland China. 原音重現 開兩岸電影契機
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.
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External links
Youtube - Sweet Alibis Trailer with English subtitles Hollywood Reporter review Taipei Times review