Firestorm
2013 · Movie · 105 min · ★ 6.1
After a violent daytime armored-car robbery leaves innocent people dead, a veteran Hong Kong police inspector is pushed to the edge. As the criminals stay one step ahead, he turns to increasingly ruthless methods to bring them in, blurring the line between justice and vengeance.
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Details
- Original title
- 風暴
- Years
- 2013
- Release date
- 2013-12-12
- Language
- Chinese
- Runtime
- 105 min
- TMDB rating
- 6.1/10 (123 votes)
- Box office
- $55,800,000
- Budget
- $20,000,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a hard-edged Hong Kong action thriller with a tense cat-and-mouse chase and tough moral choices, like New Police Story or The Viral Factor; Not for you if you dislike harsh violence.
Pros: relentless action; high-stakes manhunt; gritty intensity | Cons: brutal violence; morally dark tone; thin character depth
Themes
- robbery
- street war
- gun battle
- rogue cop
- 风暴
Cast & crew
Andy Lau
as Inspector Lui
Gordon Lam Ka-Tung
as To Sing Bong
Yao Chen
as Yan Bing
Hu Jun
as Cao Nan
Ray Lui
as Paco
Philip Keung Ho-Man
as Tony Keung
Jacqueline Chan
as Yiu-Yiu
Kenny Wong Tak-Ban
as Chiu Kin Kwok
Michael Wong
as Chief Superintendant Choi
Ben Wong Chi-Yin
as PTU Commander
Directed by Alan Yuen Kam-Lun