Drug War

Genre: Crime, Drama, Action

Runtime: 107 mins

Rated: R

Release Date: 2013

Countries: China, Hong Kong

Languages: Mandarin, Cantonese

DIRECTED BY:

Johnnie To

WRITTEN BY:

Ka-Fai Wai, Nai-Hoi Yau, Ryker Chan, Xi Yu

CAST INCLUDES:

Louis Koo, Sun Honglei, Michelle Ye, Huang Yi

ANGELIKA’S NOTE

Johnnie To (ELECTION, MAD DETECTIVE) crafts "a deeply intelligent, exhilarating and eminently satisfying adult crime story" (Philadelphia Inquirer) that is at once exhilarating and sophisticated. Rated 94% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, it follows a drug cartel boss who is arrested in a raid is coerced into betraying his former accomplices as part of an undercover operation.

SYNOPSIS

After he’s taken into custody, a drug lord (Louis Koo) must help the police bust his former associates or else face the death penalty.

Drug War

Genre: Crime, Drama, Action

Runtime: 107 mins

Rated: R

Release Date: 2013

Countries: China, Hong Kong

Languages: Mandarin, Cantonese

DIRECTED BY

Johnnie To

WRITTEN BY

Ka-Fai Wai, Nai-Hoi Yau, Ryker Chan, Xi Yu

CAST INCLUDES

Louis Koo, Sun Honglei, Michelle Ye, Huang Yi

ANGELIKA’S NOTE
SYNOPSIS

After he’s taken into custody, a drug lord (Louis Koo) must help the police bust his former associates or else face the death penalty.

"...features a tense, unstoppable momentum, a morally ambiguous protagonist and hugely involving action scenes, all of which provide a welcome alternative to many of the less precise spectacles released on American screens this summer."

Indiewire

"An intense and constantly surprising crime story in which destiny seems to fold in on itself…"

Seattle Times

"DRUG WAR is a deeply intelligent, exhilarating and eminently satisfying adult crime story, one of the best thrillers you're likely to see this year."

Philadelphia Inquirer