Bob’s life isn’t going well at all. A single father in a dead-end job as a debt collector, he’s trapped in a job that goes against his usual easy-going helpful nature and he’s under tremendous pressure to be a better dad, a better brother, a better worker, even a better person.

While dealing with all this and his sister’s threat to move to Australia with his son to force him to clean up his act, Bob receives a call out of the blue. It’s a stranger called Grace who claims a mysterious kidnapper is keeping her against her will and begs him to save her and her young daughter.

Is it just a prank? The detective he tried reporting the call to seem to think so but Bob’s instincts tell him that he may just be the only thing standing between them and a painful death. But does he have the mettle to rise above his own self-centred concerns and risk everything – including his own son – for two people he has never met and who may not even exist?

This is Benny Chan’s newly released Connected (Cantonese title: “Bo chi tung wah!”; Literal title: Maintain the telephone conversation) starring popular actors Louis Koo and Nick Cheung. The filmmakers, cast and crew just celebrated the Hong Kong Gala Premiere on September 19^th 2008. The movie opens in Hong Kong next week while the cast and director kick off for a short Asian promotional tour beginning with Singapore, Malaysia.

With Benny Chan’s recent directorial successes such as New Police Story, Rob-B-Hood and Invisible Target - many say with Connected he has done it again.

Look out for a full review of Connected here soon. In the meantime, check out some photos from the Hong Kong Gala below: