Detective Kien 2 reveals string of murders, sets premiere for 1st day of Tet

On November 12, director Victor Vũ released the teaser for Detective Kien: The Golden Curse, unveiling the next investigative journey of Detective Kien (Quốc Huy). This time, audiences will follow in his footsteps as he tracks down the trail of haunting murders.

The teaser opens with a series of striking visuals: a ship carrying blood-soaked corpses, a murder victim with a mutilated face, and a wooden box tightly locked with iron chains. The haunting whisper, "it is not human," makes the chain of murders difficult to explain, hinting at unimaginable hidden forces manipulating the crimes.

On his journey to uncover the truth, Detective Kien is repeatedly confronted with bizarre crime scenes and increasingly complex details. Moreover, he gets entangled in the schemes and machinations of the officialdom. An official attempts to obstruct Kien when he tries to investigate the wealthy elite in order to solve a case involving a tavern courtesan.

Secrets gradually unfold through an inscribed gold bar, concealing numerous enigmatic clues. According to Kien, "there are forces beyond our understanding meddling in this." At the end of the teaser, audiences reunite with a familiar character closely tied to Detective Kien's investigative journey from the previous installment: Hai Mẫn (Đinh Ngọc Diệp).

The footage reveals an intriguing interaction between her and a merchant (Trầm Minh Hoàng) who is auctioning the mysterious gold bar, which appears to be the exact one mentioned by Detective Kien earlier. Hai Mẫn offers 300 taels of silver in exchange for the gold bar, with the condition that she learns the story behind this mysterious treasure. It seems she is attempting to track down a crucial clue. More notably, standing right behind Hai Mẫn is Detective Kien in disguise as a servant.

One of the highlights of the teaser is the appearance of several new faces alongside Quốc Huy and Đinh Ngọc Diệp, including Quách Ngọc Ngoan, Vĩnh Đam, Lê Hoàng Long, Trầm Minh Hoàng, Rima Thanh Vy, Lê Minh Thuấn, Linh Chi, Yến My, Bảo Kha, Trà My, and others.

Alongside detective elements, the teaser continues to treat audiences to grand panoramic scenes and intense rooftop chases across tightly packed tiled roofs. Will the gold bar lead Detective Kien and Hai Mẫn closer to the clues of the crimes, or will it unleash even greater mysteries that no one can foresee? Detective Kien: The Golden Curse is scheduled for theatrical release on the 1st day of Lunar New Year 2027.