S Storm
S Storm is a 2016 Hong Kong-Chinese crime action thriller film directed by David Lam and starring Louis Koo, Julian Cheung and Vic Chou.[2][1] It's the second film in the Storm film series, following 2014's Z Storm. It was released in China by Huace Pictures on September 14, 2016[1] and in Hong Kong on September 15, 2016.[3]
S Storm | |
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Poster | |
Traditional | S風暴 |
Simplified | S风暴 |
Mandarin | S Fēng Bào |
Cantonese | S Fung1 Bou6 |
Directed by | David Lam |
Produced by | Raymond Wong |
Screenplay by | Wong Ho-wah |
Story by | David Lam |
Starring | Louis Koo Julian Cheung Vic Chou Ada Choi Bowie Lam Dada Chan Janelle Sing |
Music by | Anthony Chue |
Cinematography | Kenny Tse |
Edited by | Poon Hung-yiu |
Production companies | Pegasus Motion Pictures My Pictures Studio Shanghai Jiaxi Cultural Communications |
Distributed by | Huace Pictures (Tianjin) (China)[1] |
Release date |
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Running time | 95 minutes[1] |
Country | Hong Kong China |
Language | Cantonese Mandarin |
Box office | CN¥209 million |
Synopsis
While he is tailing a Jockey Club trader in his investigation, Principal Investigator William Luk (Louis Koo) of the ICAC witnesses the murder of the trader by a lone assassin (Vic Chou). Inspector Lau Po-keung (Julian Cheung) of the Crime Unit is assigned to the murder case and got nowhere with Luk's testimony as Luk refuses to disclose anything pertaining to his own investigation. Another classic run-in between the Police and ICAC is in the making.
When the Police investigation leads to someone called Teacher (Lo Hoi-pang), the biggest player who controls the illegal bookmaking on football betting in Hong Kong, Terry Lun (Bowie Lam), the Security Manager of the Jockey Club is murdered. While Lau is in hot pursuit of the assassin, the assassin escaped the first time by using Lau's sister, Ebby (Dada Chan).
The hired hit is ordered by Big Boss, the mastermind behind an international crime syndicate who manipulates football matches in Europe, to kill Teacher. Big Boss's partner is Ha Chi Yin (Shek Sau), one of the directors of the Jockey Club who is the shoo-in candidate as the next Chairman. Two disciplined forces embarked on the case with mutual distrust ended up with rapport and understanding to uproot the crime syndicate...
Cast
- Louis Koo as William Luk
- Julian Cheung as Lau Po-keung
- Vic Chou as Song Yan-sheun
- Ada Choi as Wong Man-ling
- Bowie Lam as Terry Lun
- Dada Chan as Ebby Lau
- Janelle Sing as Tammy Tam
- Lo Hoi-pang as Sun Wah-shan
- Derek Tsang as Joe Ma
- Jacky Cai as Lily Li
- Jenny Xu as Tall Girl
- Song Haijie as Liu Hang
- Sam Chan as Ballman
- Deon Cheung as Siu Leung
- Alan Luk as Choi
- Jones Lee as Fork
Special appearance
- Shek Sau as Ha Chi-yin
Guest appearance
- Philip Keung as Bill Tang
- Joe Cheung as Board member of China Company
- Joseph Tay as Daniel
- Kwok Fung as Chief Inspector of Police
- Terence Yin as Tang Siu-hung
- Jan Tse as Master of Ceremony
Reception
The film grossed CN¥209 million at the Chinese box office.[1]
Sequel
The film is followed by a sequel, L Storm, released on 23 August 2018 in Hong Kong
References
- "反贪风暴2(2016)". cbooo.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved November 6, 2016.
- "反贪风暴2 S風暴 (2016)". movie.douban.com (in Chinese). douban.com. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
- "Film review: S Storm – Julian Cheung, Louis Koo in frivolous graft-buster sequel". South China Morning Post. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
External links
- S Storm on IMDb
- S Storm at HKCinemagic