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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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