Connected (traditional Chinese: 保持通話; simplified Chinese: 保持通话) is a 2008 Hong Kong action film, and a remake of the 2004 American film Cellular co-written, produced and directed by
Benny Chan. The film stars
Louis Koo,
Barbie Hsu,
Nick Cheung and
Liu Ye. Connected tells the story of Bob (Koo), a single father who receives a distressing phone call on his cellular phone from Grace Wong (Hsu), a woman who has been kidnapped by a gang of corrupt Interpol agents who have a hidden agenda. The film began development at Warner China Film HG, the Chinese production arm of Warner Bros., who felt that a remake of Cellular would reach out to Hong Kong's cell phone user population, and decided to hire
Benny Chan to develop a screenplay for the film. Chan and his scre...
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