A drug cartel boss who is arrested in a raid is coerced into betraying his former accomplices as part of an undercover operation.A drug cartel boss who is arrested in a raid is coerced into betraying his former accomplices as part of an undercover operation.A drug cartel boss who is arrested in a raid is coerced into betraying his former accomplices as part of an undercover operation.
- Awards
- 10 wins & 28 nominations
Honglei Sun
- Captain Zhang
- (as Sun Honglei)
Yi Huang
- Yang Xiaobei
- (as Huang Yi)
Yunxiang Gao
- Xu Guoxiang
- (as Gao Yunxiang)
Guangjie Li
- Chen Shixong
- (as Li Guangjie)
Tao Guo
- Senior Dumb
- (as Guo Tao)
Hoi-Pang Lo
- Birdie
- (as Lo Hoi Pang)
Eddie Cheung
- Su
- (as Cheung Siu Fai)
Ka-Tung Lam
- East Lee
- (as Lam Ka Tung)
Ting Yip Ng
- Hatred
- (as Ng Yuk San)
Philip Keung
- Darkie
- (as Keung Hon Man)
Taishen Cheng
- Captain Liu (Erzhou)
- (as Cheng Taishen)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaMarks the tenth time director Johnnie To and actor Louis Koo collaborated in a director / actor relation.
- GoofsIn the opening scene when Timmy is driving erratically he vomits on the driver side window. After he crashes the vomit is gone. It is still missing when Captain Zhang arrives on the scene shortly after.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Boundless (2013)
Featured review
The drab, dusty, industrial backdrop of what is purported as the unglamorous metropolis of Tian Jin, China, tacky haute facades are the setting for Drugs War's series of raw, tension filled episodes. From a country riddled with censorship, Drugs Wars, a film by Johnnie To, is an unbridled glimpse of organized crime and crystal meth in China. Although perhaps a tad sensationalistic, the film delivers a bold statement: the Chinese the drug market is alive and well.
Louis Koo plays a busted crystal meth baron who has a choice, either help police bust a massive organized crime syndicate, or be executed. He chooses to help police.
In an elaborate tireless scheme, actor Honglei Sun dazzlingly plays a police officer portraying a criminal in the attempt to infiltrate this upper echelon syndicate. The best scene of the film is when Sun's character is forced to rail two massive lines of crystal meth as part of this act. The effects of the meth play out into a powerful piece of cinema. Post- OD, literally having come back from the edge death, the chase for the criminals continues with out a flinch.
At times this police tenacity is too exaggerated to be believable. The chase for the bad guys goes on endlessly for days. None of the cops ever eat or sleep. They seem to have inexhaustible resources at their disposal. They are able to commandeer an entire harbor just to put on a show of authenticity for the crooks. The cops risk their lives over and over, and for what? To rid the world of a few truckloads of drugs? The conventional divide between the good guy cops and bad guy criminals doesn't blur, until it does. After an epic final gun battle, we have no idea who's who.
Drug Wars attains excellence as an action movie and serves as a rare example of a controversial work to emerge from a country that produces so much state-approved propaganda. More @ getthebonesaw.blogspot.com
Louis Koo plays a busted crystal meth baron who has a choice, either help police bust a massive organized crime syndicate, or be executed. He chooses to help police.
In an elaborate tireless scheme, actor Honglei Sun dazzlingly plays a police officer portraying a criminal in the attempt to infiltrate this upper echelon syndicate. The best scene of the film is when Sun's character is forced to rail two massive lines of crystal meth as part of this act. The effects of the meth play out into a powerful piece of cinema. Post- OD, literally having come back from the edge death, the chase for the criminals continues with out a flinch.
At times this police tenacity is too exaggerated to be believable. The chase for the bad guys goes on endlessly for days. None of the cops ever eat or sleep. They seem to have inexhaustible resources at their disposal. They are able to commandeer an entire harbor just to put on a show of authenticity for the crooks. The cops risk their lives over and over, and for what? To rid the world of a few truckloads of drugs? The conventional divide between the good guy cops and bad guy criminals doesn't blur, until it does. After an epic final gun battle, we have no idea who's who.
Drug Wars attains excellence as an action movie and serves as a rare example of a controversial work to emerge from a country that produces so much state-approved propaganda. More @ getthebonesaw.blogspot.com
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- Countries of origin
- Official site
- Languages
- Also known as
- Cuộc Chiến Á Phiện
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- CN¥100,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $128,195
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $5,926
- Jul 28, 2013
- Gross worldwide
- $24,676,341
- Runtime1 hour 47 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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