Sleeping Dogs (Film, Political Thriller): 2023 Reviews, Ratings, Cast and Crew
Sleeping Dogs is an imaginative take on the open-world style of play established by Grand Theft Auto, and it takes the sandbox life-of-crime genre to a logical next step.

Who are the cast members of Sleeping Dog?
  • Peri Baumeister as Lenni Atlas.
  • Antonio Wannek as Roland Sokowski.
  • Melodie Wakivuamina as Britney Adebayo.
  • Melika Foroutan.
  • Martin Wuttke.
  • Helga Schmid.
  • Steffen Mennekes as Ralf Baum.
  • Bernd Hölscher.
Directed byRoger Donaldson
Release date6 October 1977
Runtime107 minutes
RYM Rating3.26 5.0 from 52 ratings
Ranked#145 for 1977
LanguageEnglish
GenresPolitical ThrillerDystopian
ActionBlack Comedy

Set in a fictional version of Hong Kong, the game puts you in control of Wei Shen - a Chinese/American cop whose job prospects take a dangerous turn when he ends up working undercover in a triad gang.

Like so many games, Sleeping Dogs will put your morality to the test, with the separate cop and triad skill upgrade paths being a wee bit reminiscent of the Paragon/Renegade paths in the Mass Effect series.

Walking the line isn't as easy as it sounds. Because the experience - the graphics, the sound, the voice acting, and the writing - is so engaging, it shouldn't be a surprise to find yourself regretting certain actions or wishing you'd done something a little dirtier. The deeper you go, the harder it is to remain purely good - or purely evil, for that matter - and fortunately the game understands that. You can replay completed missions if they haven't been done to your satisfaction.