Drug War
Directed by Johnnie To
Manufacturing just fifty grams of meth in China will earn you a death sentence. Timmy Choi (Louis Koo) has manufactured tons. After a violent lab accident, he's in the custody of Captain Zhang (Sun Honglei). Now, he has only one chance to avoid execution: turn informant and help Zhang’s undercover team take down the powerful cartel he’s been cooking for. But as the uneasy allies rush to execute a months-long operation in just a few days, the increasingly desperate police are quickly stretched past their limits. As things spin wildly out of control, the line between duty and recklessness is blurred, and it becomes unclear whether Zhang or Choi actually has the upper hand.
A dealer turns informant in action master Johnnie To's explosive crime story.
Cast: Louis Koo, Sun Honglei, Huang Yi, Li Jing
Member Reviews
More of an action movie than a horror movie...
pretty decent although a bit confusing, some overacting and Chinese propaganda. watch it while you can cuz it'll be gone soon.
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Many combinations "its not horror". As a genre,true. But the situations/scenes we see are 'horrific and therefore qualifies from its brutality. Think a slasher with a brain. Movie itself was pretty good - being used to USA cop themes the amount of death is culture clashing but thats USAs fault.
While this is a competent action movie, like other movies made under China's censorship rules, it's rather bland. There's plenty of great action cinema from throughout Aisa that's more original than the products we see from mainland China. Since China doesn't even allow "ghosts or supernatural elements" in movies, let's see genre films that don't have a problem with those plot elements, which is pretty much every other country in the Asia Pacific region.