Accident (2009 film)

Accident
Promotional poster
Traditional	意外
Simplified	意外
Mandarin	Yì Wài
Cantonese	Ji3 Ngoi6
Directed by	Soi Cheang
Produced by	Johnnie To
Written by	Szeto Kam-Yuen Nicholl Tang Milkyway Creative Team
Starring	Louis Koo Richie Jen Michelle Ye
Music by	Xavier Jamaux
Cinematography	Edmund Fung
Edited by	David M. Richardson
Production company	Media Asia Films Milkyway Image
Distributed by	Media Asia Distribution
Release date	17 September 2009 (2009-09-17)
Running time	86 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese

Accident (Chinese: 意外), originally titled Assassins (Chinese: 暗殺), is a 2009 Hong Kong action thriller film directed by Soi Cheang, produced by Johnnie To and starring Louis Koo, and Richie Jen. Accident competed at the 66th Venice International Film Festival, and was released theatrically in Hong Kong on 17 September 2009.

The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc in Region 1 by Shout! Factory in 2012.

In the opening scene, a man is killed in what appears to be an accident. However, it is revealed that the man was actually murdered, with the supposed accident actually orchestrated by a group of killers led by the Brain (Louis Koo). The group specializes in killing their victims using elaborate schemes that mask the murders as if they were accidents. Uncle (Stanley Fung), one of the team members, accidentally leaves a cigarette butt at the crime scene, and it is found by the Brain. After an argument, Uncle vows to quit smoking afterwards.

The team then gets a job from a son that wants to kill his own father, likely for insurance money. They plan an accident to kill their target via electrocution, but the plan requires for it be to raining at a specific time. The team tries to execute their plan many times but fail due to the rain falling later than necessary. During one run, Uncle smokes a cigarette and begins to show signs of Alzheimer's disease, forgetting that he made a vow to stop smoking. However, the rain falls on time, and the team decides to go forth with their plan. Uncle forgets to play his part in the murder, but the murder is successfully executed nonetheless.

Unexpectedly, after the murder, a bus loses control and almost runs over the Brain. The Brain manages to get out of the bus's path, but the bus then runs over Fatty (Lam Suet), another member of the team, killing him on the scene. The Brain takes Fatty's belongings, with Fatty asking the Brain whether it really was an accident before he dies. The Brain then returns home to find police officers investigating his flat, which was broken into.