G Storm
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Directed by | David Lam |
Screenplay by | Wong Ho-wah Ronald Chan Philip Lui Howard Yip |
Produced by | Raymond Wong |
Starring | Louis Koo Julian Cheung Kevin Cheng Jessica Hsuan Bosco Wong |
Cinematography | Joe Chan |
Edited by | Poon Hung-yiu |
Music by | Anthony Chue |
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Distributed by | Mandarin Motion Pictures |
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Country | Hong Kong |
Language | Cantonese |
Budget | US$14 million[1] |
G Storm is an upcoming Hong Kong action thriller film directed by David Lam. A sequel to the 2019 film, P Storm, the film stars Louis Koo returning as ICAC investigator William Luk, who investigates a case in the Immigration Department which links to a Thai human trafficking ring.
G Storm is set for release in May 2021.[2]
Cast
- Louis Koo as William Luk (陸志廉), principal investigator of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (Hong Kong) (ICAC).
- Julian Cheung as Lau Po-keung (劉保強), chief inspector of the Joint Financial Intelligence Unit (JFIU)
- Kevin Cheng as Kenny Ching (程德明), an ICAC investigator.
- Jessica Hsuan
- Bosco Wong as Ching's younger brother.
- Rosyam Nor
- Michael Tse as a formerly corrupt inspector of the Customs and Excise Department (Hong Kong).
- Louis Cheung
- Anika Sheng as Tammy Tam (譚美莉), an ICAC officer and Luk's subordinate.
- Sienna Li
- Monna Liu as Ding Rou (丁柔), an investigator of the Supreme People's Procuratorate.
- Dada Chan
- Ding Haifeng as Hong Liang (洪亮), director of China's Anti-Corruption Bureau.
- Liu Kai-chi
- Lo Hoi-pang
- Babyjohn Choi as Cel Siu (蕭光漢), an ICAC officer and Luk's subordinate.
- Toby Chan as Cindy Lee (李慧雅), inspector of JFIU and Lau's subordinate.
- Wilfred Lau
- Deno Cheung as Wong Hoi-leung (黃海良), an ICAC officer and Luk's subordinate.
- Kendy Cheung
- Jason Wu
- Cheung Siu-fai
- Eddie Kwan as Yu Sir (余Sir), director of investigation of the ICAC.
- Justin Cheung
- Lee Fung
Production
Filming for G Storm commenced in December 2019. On 16 December 2019, filming of an explosion scene took place in Tsim Sha Tsui which featured cast members Louis Koo, Julian Cheung, Kevin Cheng, Jessica Hsuan, Bosco Wong and Deno Cheung along with over 100 extra actors.[3][4] Production for the film was paused beginning in January 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic[5] and did not resume until June 2020.[6] Production officially wrapped up by the end of June. As a result of the pandemic, filming of two major scenes which include an international conference and a large scale gunfight that was set to be filmed in Southeast Asia had to be cancelled and be shot in Hong Kong instead.[7][8]
Release
G Stormis set for theatrical release in May 2021.[2]
References
- ^ "AFM 2020: The buzz titles from China and Hong Kong".
- ^ a b "娛樂 古天樂新片《反貪風暴5》定檔5月,票房有望超越《拆彈專家2》".
- ^ "Louis Koo and Chilam Cheung Film "G Storm"".
- ^ "古仔新片炸毀鬧市 黃宗澤坐住輪椅埋位".
- ^ "《G風暴》不趕開工 黃百鳴支持娛樂場所暫時停業".
- ^ "逆市開戲救同業 黃百鳴無壓力︰擔心票房也沒辦法 (18:10)".
- ^ ""G Storm" concludes filming months after pandemic".
- ^ "《G風暴》煞科古天樂夏嫣開香檳感謝台前幕後 - 巴士的報".
External links
- G Storm at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
- G Storm at IMDb
- 2021 films
- Hong Kong films
- Upcoming films
- 2021 action thriller films
- Hong Kong action thriller films
- Hong Kong detective films
- Hong Kong sequel films
- Police detective films
- Cantonese-language films
- Films about corruption
- Films about terrorism in Asia
- Films about human trafficking
- Films set in Hong Kong
- Films shot in Hong Kong
- Independent Commission Against Corruption (Hong Kong)