Review | In Broad Daylight movie review: a must-see for anyone with a conscience, fact-based drama about a Hong Kong care home scandal stars Jennifer Yu as a journalist
- Fact-based film about a care home for the disabled where suspicious deaths and sexual abuse were alleged is unlike most dramas about investigative journalism
- Jennifer Yu excels as Kay, a journalist working undercover in the home to collect evidence against its warden (Bowie Lam) and his evil nurse (Baby Bo)
4/5 stars
A series of atrocious abuse allegations against the staff of a Hong Kong residential care centre for the disabled form the narrative basis of In Broad Daylight, a clear-eyed drama, based on a true story, about the pursuit of justice through investigative journalism and the heavy price this sometimes entails.
A sense of indignation understandably permeates In Broad Daylight, the bleak second feature of director Lawrence Kan Kwan-chun, whose debut feature was 2013’s When C Goes With G7. It also represents a sharp departure from the cheeky tone of In Geek We Trust, the popular 2021 ViuTV drama series that he directed.
Except that things aren’t what they seem: the ostensibly caring Kay is in fact a tenacious investigative reporter from a newspaper tipped off about the ongoing abuses and Tung, as we subsequently learn, has a far better understanding of his situation than he lets on.