The Dead End

The Dead End Lièrì zhuó xīn
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Directed by	Cao Baoping
Produced by	Ye Jinjun Cao Baoping
Screenplay by	Cao Baoping Mia Jiao
Based on	Sunspot by Xu Yigua
Starring	Deng Chao Duan Yihong Guo Tao Wang Luodan
Music by	Bai Shui
Cinematography	Luo Pan
Edited by	Cao Baoping Li Yongyi
Production company	Dream Sky Film Bona Film Group Beijing Standard Image Culture Communication
Release date	June 15, 2015 (2015-06-15) (SIFF) August 27, 2015 (2015-08-27) (China)
Running time	137 minutes 227 minutes (Director's Cut)
Country	China
Language	Mandarin
Box office	US$46.75 million

The Dead End (Chinese: 烈日灼心 Lièrì zhuó xīn) is a 2015 Chinese crime-drama film based on Xu Yigua's novel Sunspot (Chinese: 太阳黑子). The film is directed by Cao Baoping, starring Deng Chao, Duan Yihong, Guo Tao, and Wang Luodan. The film was released on August 27, 2015.

Seven years after the events of the Water Chamber Murders, newly transferred officer Yi Guchun began to suspect that his assistant police, Xin Xiaofeng, is deeply-tied with the murders.