| Firestorm | |||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 風暴 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 风暴 | ||||||||||
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| Directed by | Alan Yuen | ||||||||||
| Written by | Alan Yuen | ||||||||||
| Produced by | Andy Lau William Kong | ||||||||||
| Starring | Andy Lau Yao Chen Gordon Lam Hu Jun Ray Lui | ||||||||||
| Cinematography | Chan Chi-ying | ||||||||||
| Edited by | Kwong Chi-leung Ron Chan | ||||||||||
| Music by | Peter Kam | ||||||||||
Production companies | Edko Films Sil-Metropole Organisation Focus Films Good Friends Entertainment China Dream Film Culture Productions Ample Ideas (Hong Kong) International He Xin Zhongshan Jin Investment Management Elegance Media Guangdong Company Youku Tudou Inc | ||||||||||
| Distributed by | Edko Films | ||||||||||
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Running time | 109 minutes | ||||||||||
| Country | Hong Kong | ||||||||||
| Languages | Cantonese Mandarin | ||||||||||
| Budget | US$20 million[1] | ||||||||||
| Box office | US$55.8 million[2][3] | ||||||||||
Firestorm is a 2013 Hong Kong action film written and directed by Alan Yuen, produced by and starring Andy Lau. Lau plays a hard-boiled police inspector who takes the law to his own hands in order to take down a group of violent criminals who have taken multiple innocent lives while repeatingly evading justice. The film was converted to 3D during post-production, making it the first 3D Hong Kong police action film.[4]
Firestorm was chosen to be the opening film at Screen Singapore held on 4 December 2013 where Lau and co-star Gordon Lam walked the red carpet for the film's premiere.[5] The film also opened the 56th Asia Pacific Film Festival on 13 December 2013 in Macau before it was theatrically released on 19 December 2013 in Hong Kong.[6] In addition, Firestorm also had its North American premier at the 57th San Francisco International Film Festival on 3 May 2014.[7]
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- ^ "影／劉德華博命掀《風暴》 訓斥劇組嘆當偶像難".
- ^ Brzeski, Patrick (18 November 2013). "Andy Lau's 'Firestorm' to Open ScreenSingapore". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ "Andy Lau's Firestorm to open 56th Asia-Pacific Film Fest". Archived from the original on 10 October 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
- ^ "Firestorm | SFFS". Archived from the original on 18 February 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2014.