Drug War
de Johnnie To
Trailer
Synopsis
Zhang is in charge of a narcotics brigade. When he finally arrests the criminal Timmy Choi, they both reach an agreement: Choi can avoid the death penalty in exchange for working undercover for the police. For the first time Johnnie To moves to continental China to shoot a complex, tense, dry and stylized thriller, where the storylines are dark and the shots smell of gunpowder.
Director
Johnnie To
Born in Hong Kong, co-founder of the Milkyway Image Production Company, a Sitges regular and an essential name in contemporary action movies, he’s directed seminal works like Breaking News (04), Election (05) or Vengeance (09).
Technical information
Edition: 2013
Section: Focus Àsia
Original language:
Cantonese, Mandarin