Drug War (film)

Drug War
Drug War
Simplified Chinese	毒战
Traditional Chinese	毒戰
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Dú zhàn
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	duk6 zin3

Drug War
Drug War
Directed by	Johnnie To
Written by	Wai Ka-Fai; Yau Nai-hoi; Ryker Chan; Yu Xi;
Produced by	Johnnie To; Wai Ka-Fai;
Starring	Sun Honglei; Louis Koo; Huang Yi; Wallace Chung;
Cinematography	Cheng Siu-Keung; To Hung-Mo;
Edited by	Allen Leung
Music by	Xavier Jamaux
Production; companies	Beijing Hairun Pictures; Milkyway Image;
Distributed by	Media Asia Distribution (Hong Kong); Variance Films (North America); Huaxia Film Distribution
Release dates	November 15, 2012 (Rome Film Festival); April 2, 2013 (Mainland China); April 18, 2013 (Hong Kong); July 26, 2013 (North America);
Running time	105 minutes
Countries	China; Hong Kong;
Languages	Mandarin; Cantonese
Box office	US$24,676,341

Drug War (simplified Chinese: 毒战; traditional Chinese: 毒戰) is a 2012 action thriller film 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.

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