1/5 stars
The court of public opinion is in session and casts its judgemental eye over a freak incident at a public hospital in the mainland Chinese thriller Malice, produced and co-scripted by blockbuster filmmaker Chen Sicheng and directed by Lai Mukuan and Yao Wenyi.
Zhang Xiaofei (Hi, Mom) stars as Ye Pan, an ambitious journalist whose hunger for a sensational story spirals out of control after a nurse and a young female patient fall from the hospitalโs roof.
Mei Ting co-stars as Qian, the mother of the young victim, who cries foul and demands justice, only to also fall under polarising scrutiny.
Malice points an accusatory finger at online news agencies, which have exploded in number and popularity across China in recent years.