S Storm

S Storm
S Storm
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Directed by	David Lam
Screenplay by	Wong Ho-wah
Story by	David Lam
Produced by	Raymond Wong
Starring	Louis Koo ; Julian Cheung ; Vic Chou; Ada Choi; Bowie Lam; Dada Chan; Janelle Sing
Cinematography	Kenny Tse
Edited by	Poon Hung-yiu
Music by	Anthony Chue
Production; companies	Pegasus Motion Pictures ; My Pictures Studio ; Shanghai Jiaxi Cultural Communications
Distributed by	Huace Pictures (Tianjin) (China)
Release dates	September 14, 2016 (China); September 15, 2016 (Hong Kong);
Running time	95 minutes
Countries	Hong Kong ; China
Languages	Cantonese ; Mandarin
Box office	CN¥209 million

S Storm is a 2016 Hong Kong-Chinese crime action thriller film directed by David Lam and starring Louis Koo, Julian Cheung and Vic Chou.^[2]^[1] It's the second film in the Storm film series, following 2014's Z Storm. It was released in China by Huace Pictures on September 14, 2016^[1] and in Hong Kong on September 15, 2016.^[3]

Synopsis

While he is tailing a Jockey Club trader in his investigation, Principal Investigator William Luk (Louis Koo) of the ICAC witnesses the murder of the trader by a lone assassin (Vic Chou). Inspector Lau Po-keung (Julian Cheung) of the Crime Unit is assigned to the murder case and got nowhere with Luk's testimony as Luk refuses to disclose anything pertaining to his own investigation. Another classic run-in between the Police and ICAC is in the making.

When the Police investigation leads to someone called Teacher (Lo Hoi-pang), the biggest player who controls the illegal bookmaking on football betting in Hong Kong, Terry Lun (Bowie Lam), the Security Manager of the Jockey Club is murdered. While Lau is in hot pursuit of the assassin, the assassin escaped the first time by using Lau's sister, Ebby (Dada Chan).

The hired hit is ordered by Big Boss, the mastermind behind an international crime syndicate who manipulates football matches in Europe, to kill Teacher. Big Boss's partner is Ha Chi Yin (Shek Sau), one of the directors of the Jockey Club who is the shoo-in candidate as the next Chairman. Two disciplined forces embarked on the case with mutual distrust ended up with rapport and understanding to uproot the crime syndicate...

Cast

Louis Koo as William Luk
Julian Cheung as Lau Po-keung
Vic Chou as Song Yan-sheun
Ada Choi as Wong Man-ling
Bowie Lam as Terry Lun
Dada Chan as Ebby Lau
Janelle Sing as Tammy Tam
Lo Hoi-pang as Sun Wah-shan
Derek Tsang as Joe Ma
Jacky Cai as Lily Li
Jenny Xu as Tall Girl
Song Haijie as Liu Hang
Sam Chan as Ballman
Deon Cheung as Siu Leung
Alan Luk as Choi
Jones Lee as Fork

Special appearance

Shek Sau as Ha Chi-yin

Guest appearance

Philip Keung as Bill Tang
Joe Cheung as Board member of China Company
Joseph Tay as Daniel
Kwok Fung as Chief Inspector of Police
Terence Yin as Tang Siu-hung
Jan Tse as Master of Ceremony

Reception

The film grossed CN¥209 million at the Chinese box office.^[1]

Sequel

The film is followed by a sequel, L Storm, released on 23 August 2018 in Hong Kong

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "反贪风暴2（2016）". cbooo.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved November 6, 2016.
^ "反贪风暴2 S風暴 (2016)". movie.douban.com (in Chinese). douban.com. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
^ "Film review: S Storm – Julian Cheung, Louis Koo in frivolous graft-buster sequel". South China Morning Post. Retrieved March 15, 2017.

External links

S Storm at IMDb
S Storm at HKCinemagic

[cbooo-1] "反贪风暴2（2016）". cbooo.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved November 6, 2016.

[douban-2] "反贪风暴2 S風暴 (2016)". movie.douban.com (in Chinese). douban.com. Retrieved September 11, 2016.

[scmp_review-3] "Film review: S Storm – Julian Cheung, Louis Koo in frivolous graft-buster sequel". South China Morning Post. Retrieved March 15, 2017.

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