Cold War (2012 film)

Cold War
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese寒戰
Simplified Chinese寒战
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHán Zhàn
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingHon4 Zin3
Directed byLongman Leung
Sunny Luk
Written byLongman Leung
Sunny Luk
Produced byBill Kong
Mathew Tang
Ivy Ho
StarringAaron Kwok
Tony Leung Ka-fai
Aarif Rahman
Eddie Peng
Charlie Yeung
CinematographyJason Kwan (HKSC)
Kenny Tse (HKSC)
Edited byKwong Chi-leung (HKSC)
Wong Hoi
Music byPeter Kam
Production
companies
Irresistible Delta Limited
Edko Films
Sil-Metropole Organisation
Distributed byEdko Films
Release dates
  • 4 October 2012 (2012-10-04) (Busan)[1]
  • 8 November 2012 (2012-11-08) (Hong Kong)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese
Box officeHK$42,805,434

Cold War is a 2012 Hong Kong police procedural action thriller film directed by Sunny Luk and Longman Leung, starring Aaron Kwok and Tony Leung Ka-fai, and guest starring Andy Lau. The film was selected as the opening film at the 17th Busan International Film Festival and released in Hong Kong, Macau, and mainland China on 8 November 2012.

The film's title, Cold War (寒戰), is derived from the code name used in the police operation where the plot of the film evolves.

The film won nine awards including Best Actor, Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay at the 32nd Hong Kong Film Awards.[2]

The film has a sequel, known as Cold War 2.

  1. ^ "Cold War: Busan Film Review". 4 October 2012. Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  2. ^ "32nd Hong Kong Film Awards 2013". HK Neo Reviews. Archived from the original on 13 July 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2013.