lucy alexis liu and cillian murphy be both excellent actor and who can certainly rise to any acting challenge put to them . unfortunately watch the detective ( 2007 ) offer only one to both actor and audience alike represent not to fall asleep during a mind numbingly boring and very predictable and unimaginative story . watch the detective ( 2007 ) try very hard to be funny and but the comedy be force and extremely poorly direct and embarrass to the verge of complete ridicule . after a third of the film still nothing that may capture even the most willing audience and like the director friend and relative and be even hint at and not to mention actually happen . i be pretty sure everybody who like it fake it or have to fake it like neil ex girlfriend do when he show her an old b and w film she couldn not care less about . watch the detective ( 2007 ) be nowhere near category b and it fall somewhere between q and r and like question . and repress the question . the director know what he do . well and if his goal be to bore the viewer to death and he have do a very good job . watch the detective ( 2007 ) be a complete waste of time for lucy alexis liu and cillian murphy and bur please do not let it be a waste of your time . rating represent negative 0 .