Drug War (2012)

Original title

毒戰

Directed by

Johnnie To

Genre

crime film

Country

Hong Kong, People's Republic of China

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

R

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 307 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A drug lord is caught and agrees to help the police take down his meth ring to avoid execution. The police captain grows suspicious of his cooperation as the operation moves forward.

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What happens

Drug War (simplified Chinese: 毒战; traditional Chinese: 毒戰) is a 2012 action thriller film directed and produced by Johnnie To. A Chinese-Hong Kong co-production, the film stars Sun Honglei as Police Captain Zhang, who partners with a drug lord named Timmy Choi (Louis Koo) after Choi is arrested. To avoid the death penalty, Choi agrees to reveal information about his partners' methamphetamine ring. Zhang starts to harbor doubts about Choi's honesty as the police begin to take on the drug ring. The film premiered at the Rome Film Festival on November 15, 2012. It has received positive reviews. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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