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Drug War

Johnnie TO

Hong Kong, China2012 107min D-Cinema color International Premiere

Synopsis

When Inspector Zhang runs into the Cai at the hosital, who has been in a car accident due to chemical poisoning, he immediately senses something fishy about him. It turns out Cai is indeed a drug manufacturer closely linked to the notorious drug lord Li. To save his own neck, Cai agrees to help Zhang arrest Li by facilitating his disguise as a buyer in order to lure Li into a drug deal.

Diretor

Johnnie TO

He had already won international acclaim for films like Running Out of Time(1999) and The Mission(1999) before selecting at Cannes2004 for the first time with Breaking News. His subsequent works were regularly in competition - Election at Cannes2005; Exiled at Venice2006; Sparrow at Berlin2008; Vengeance at Cannes2009; and Life Without Principle at Venice2011 – He gains Best Director honors all over the world.