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.
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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, but overall grossing was disappointing with only NT$ 20.6 million (roughly $0.6 million) despite generally positive reviews. 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. It grossed ¥36.6 million (roughly $6 million) in mainland China.
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.