Drug War (film)

Drug War
Directed byJohnnie To
Written by
Produced by
  • Johnnie To
  • Wai Ka-Fai
Starring
Cinematography
Edited byAllen Leung
Music byXavier Jamaux
Production
companies
Distributed byMedia Asia Distribution (Hong Kong)
Variance Films (North America)
Huaxia Film Distribution
Release dates
  • November 15, 2012 (2012-11-15) (Rome Film Festival)
  • April 2, 2013 (2013-04-02) (Mainland China)
  • April 18, 2013 (2013-04-18) (Hong Kong)
  • July 26, 2013 (2013-07-26) (North America)
Running time
105 minutes
Countries
  • China
  • Hong Kong[1]
LanguagesMandarin[2]
Cantonese
Box officeUS$24,676,341[3]
Drug War
Simplified Chinese毒战
Traditional Chinese毒戰
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDú zhàn
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingduk6 zin3

Drug War (simplified Chinese: 毒战; traditional Chinese: 毒戰) is a 2012 action thriller film[4] directed and produced by Johnnie To. The film stars Sun Honglei as Police Captain Zhang, who partners with a drug lord named Timmy Choi (Louis Koo) after Choi is arrested. To avoid the death penalty, Choi agrees to reveal information about his partners' methamphetamine ring. Zhang starts to harbor doubts about Choi's honesty as the police begin to take on the drug ring.

The film premiered at the Rome Film Festival on November 15, 2012. It has received positive reviews.

  1. ^ Elley, Derek (November 1, 2012). "Drug War". Film Business Asia. Retrieved December 4, 2012.
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