Z Storm

Z Storm
Official poster
Traditional ChineseZ風暴
Simplified ChineseZ风暴
Hanyu PinyinZ Fēng Bào
JyutpingZ Fung1 Bou6
Directed byDavid Lam
Screenplay byHo-Wah Wong
Story byDavid Lam
Produced byJohn Chong
Starring
CinematographyTony Cheung
Edited byChi-Leung Kwong
Hung Poon
Music byAnthony Chue
Production
companies
Distributed byPegasus Motion Pictures Distribution
Release date
  • 19 June 2014 (2014-06-19)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese
BudgetHK$60 million
(US$7.75 million)[1]
Box officeUS$17.2 million[2]

Z Storm (Chinese: Z風暴) is a 2014 Hong Kong action thriller film directed by David Lam, and starring Louis Koo, Gordon Lam and Dada Chan.[1] The plot revolves around Hong Kong's Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) and its investigation of a charity fund that has become involved in a Madoff-style ponzi scheme.[3][4]

Co-produced by Pegasus Motion Pictures, Sil-Metropole Organisation and LeVision Pictures,[5][6] it is the first installment in a pentalogy, succeeded by S Storm (2016),[7] L Storm (2018), P Storm (2019) and G Storm (2021).

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  3. ^ Shackleton, Liz (7 November 2013). "Pegasus stirs up Z storm". Media Business Insight Limited. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  4. ^ Ma, Kevin (9 December 2014). "Fist, Z Storm, Taoist scripts approved by SAPPRFT". Film Business Asia Limited. Archived from the original on 9 December 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Z Storm". EntGroup Inc. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  6. ^ "电影拍摄制作备案公示表". State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television (China). Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  7. ^ "反贪风暴2 S風暴 (2016)". Douban (in Chinese). Retrieved 1 November 2022.