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Firestorm (2013)

Firestorm poster
Original title
風暴
Directed by
Alan Yuen
Genre
action film, crime film, thriller film
Country
Hong Kong
Runtime
1h 58m
Rated
PG12
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 125 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Hong Kong police inspector becomes frustrated with the justice system and decides to take on a group of violent criminals on his own terms. He goes after them with extreme methods as they keep causing more destruction.

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What happens

Firestorm is a 2013 Hong Kong action film written and directed by Alan Yuen, produced by and starring Andy Lau. Lau plays a hard-boiled police inspector who takes the law to his own hands in order to take down a group of violent criminals who have taken multiple innocent lives while repeatedly evading justice. The film was converted to 3D during post-production, making it the first 3D Hong Kong police action film. Firestorm was chosen to be the opening film at Screen Singapore held on 4 December 2013 where Lau and co-star Gordon Lam walked the red carpet for the film's premiere. The film also opened the 56th Asia Pacific Film Festival on 13 December 2013 in Macau before it was theatrically released on 19 December 2013 in Hong Kong. In addition, Firestorm also had its North American premier at the 57th San Francisco International Film Festival on 3 May 2014. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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