Synopsis: Set in Jinshan, China, Ming, a cold-hearted drug dealer, crushed his car into a convenient store after the explosure of his drug factory. In saving his own life, he locked his wife and brother-in-law inside the factory. Police officer Lei, extremely smart and careful, tries to track down drug criminals by offering opportunity for Ming to reduce the penalty. Ming helped out by betraying all his brothers, but until the last minute he turned back... [Synopsis courtesy of Rome Film Festival]
Johnnie To is a prime example of a director whose name means one thing to overseas audiences, and quite another to those in his native Hong Kong. While his home fans know him as a prolific genre-hopping polyglot whose production company Milkyway Image is a force to be reckoned with on the national f...
Read More »A solid, visceral action flick from Hong Kong maestro Johnnie To, "Du Zhan" ("Drug War") delivers on audience expectations. Confidently following a familiar route, the Chinese director brings his brand of muscular gangster movies to a new potential market. In fact, "Drug War...
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